Giuseppi Tommaso "Joseph" BALISTRERI, 1825-1887
Fisherman in Sant' Elia
Margaret's grandfather

 Father Gaetano BALISTRERI, 1787-1843
 Mother Stefana ALIOTO Balistreri, 1802-
       Sister Leonora BALISTRERI Busalacchi Dentici, 1820-
       Sister Caterina BALISTRERI D'amato, ca 1825-
       Giuseppi Tommaso "Joseph" BALISTRERI, 1825-1887

 Wife Rosa "Rose" MACHI Balistreri, 1835-
       Daughter Stefana BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1852-1875
       Son Gaetano BALISTRERI, 1856-1930
       Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI, 1859-
       Son Andrea "Andrew" BALISTRERI, 1863-1942
       Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI Machi Balistreri, 1870-1946
       Son Pietro "Peter" BALISTRIERI, 1874-1959
       Son Francesco "Frank" BALISTRERI, 1877-1956

Time Line

17 March 1825 - Born at Sant' Elia, Palermo Province, Sicily

10 June 1837, age 12 - Sister Leonora BALISTRERI, age 16, married Vito BUSALACCHI, age 17, there

18 July 1837, age 12 - Brother-in-law Vito BUSALACCHI, age 17, died there of Cholera

22 July 1837, age 12 - Grandmother Caterina DELUCA Balistreri, age 65, died there

12 May 1838, age 13 - Sister Leonora BALISTRERI, age 17, married Pietro DENTICI, age 26, there

6 October 1843, age 18 - Father Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 56, died there

18 January 1846, age 20 - Sister Caterina BALISTRERI, age 20, married Giovanni D'AMATO, age 23, there

27 December 1851, age 26 - Married Rosa "Rose" MACHI, age 16, there

2 November 1852, age 27 - Daughter Stefana BALISTRERI Balistreri born there

26 March 1856, age 31 - Son Gaetano BALISTRERI born there

24 January 1859, age 33 - Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI born there

27 July 1863, age 38 - Son Andrea "Andrew" BALISTRERI born there

Sometime after 1865 - Sister Leonora BALISTRERI Busalacchi Dentici died there

12 February 1868, age 42 - Sister's widower Pietro DENTICI, age 56, died there

Sometime before 1870 - Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI died there

19 September 1870, age 45 - Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI Machi Balistreri born there

22 April 1874, age 49 - Son Pietro "Peter" BALISTRIERI born there

13 August 1874, age 49 - Daughter Stefana BALISTRERI, age 21, married Pietro BALISTRERI, age 30, there

14 October 1875, age 50 - Daughter Stefana BALISTRERI Balistreri, age 22, died there

28 June 1877, age 52 - Son Francesco "Frank" BALISTRERI born there

26 May 1882, age 57 - Granddaughter Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI D'amico born there

23 September 1883, age 58 - Grandson Antonino BALISTRERI born there

Sometime before 1885 - Wife Rosa "Rose" MACHI Balistreri died there

5 March 1885, age 59 - Granddaughter Stefana BALISTRERI Tomasello born there

Sometime after 1885 - Father-in-law Andrea MACHI died there

2 May 1886, age 61 - Son Andrea "Andrew" BALISTRERI, age 22, married Maria Pietra "Mary" BUSALACCHI, age 15, in Santa Flavia

Sometime before 1887 - Mother Stefana ALIOTO Balistreri died at Sant' Elia

3 April 1887, age 62 - Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI, age 16, married Pietro MACHI, age 24, at Santa Flavia, Palermo Province, Sicily

7 May 1887, age 62 - Granddaughter Caterina BALISTRERI Deluca born at Sant' Elia

13 October 1887, age 62 - Died there