Maria Pietra "Mary" BUSALACCHI Balistreri, 1870-1937
Wife of a fisherman, municipal laborer
Margaret's uncle's wife

 Husband Andrea "Andrew" BALISTRERI, 1863-1942
       Son Giuseppe "Joseph, Joe" BALISTRERI, 1888-1970
       Son Vito "Charles" BALISTRERI, 1891-1993
       Son Gaetano BALISTRERI, 1898-1900
       Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI Morana, 1894-1955
       Son Antonino "Tony" BALISTRERI, 1895-1975
       Daughter Stefana "Fannie" BALISTRERI Mazzucco, 1901-1987
       Son Gaetano "Tom" BALISTRERI, 1902-
       Son Pietro "Peter" BALISTERRI, 1904-1997
       Daughter Francesca "Frances" BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1906-2000
       Son Francesco BALISTRERI, 1907-1975
       Son John BALISTRERI, 1909-
       Son Theodore BALISTRERI, 1911-
       Daughter Antonina BALISTRERI Naso, 1913-2008

Time Line

1 June 1870 - Born at Sant' Elia, Palermo Province, Sicily

2 May 1886, age 15 - Married Andrea "Andrew" BALISTRERI, age 22, in Santa Flavia

13 October 1887, age 17 - Father-in-law Giuseppi Tommaso "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 62, died at Sant' Elia

1 December 1888, age 18 - Son Giuseppe "Joseph, Joe" BALISTRERI born there

21 November 1891, age 21 - Son Vito "Charles" BALISTRERI born there

2 November 1894, age 24 - Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI Morana born at Santa Flavia, Palermo Province, Sicily

16 November 1895, age 25 - Son Antonino "Tony" BALISTRERI born there

15 August 1898, age 28 - Son Gaetano BALISTRERI born at Sant' Elia

26 April 1900, age 29 - Emigrated at Palermo, Palermo Province, Sicily. She traveled with four of her children on the ship "Minghetti".

15 May 1900, age 29 - Immigrated at New York, New York

About 16 May 1900, age 29 - Son Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 1, died at Ellis Island there

30 March 1901, age 30 - Daughter Stefana "Fannie" BALISTRERI Mazzucco born at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

2 October 1902, age 32 - Son Gaetano "Tom" BALISTRERI born there

22 April 1904, age 33 - Son Pietro "Peter" BALISTERRI born there

11 February 1906, age 35 - Daughter Francesca "Frances" BALISTRERI Balistreri born there

19 March 1907, age 36 - Son Francesco BALISTRERI born there

2 March 1909, age 38 - Son John BALISTRERI born there

As of sometime before April 1910 until sometime after January 1920 - Resided at 222 Milwaukee Street there

April 1910, age 39 - Recorded in the United States Census there

January 1911, age 40 - Son Theodore BALISTRERI born there

6 April 1913, age 42 - Daughter Rosa BALISTRERI, age 18, married Giuseppe MORANA, age 28, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

1 November 1913, age 43 - Daughter Antonina BALISTRERI Naso born there

January 1914, age 43 - Grandson Andrew BALISTRERI born

January 1914, age 43 - Grandson Vincenzio MORANA born at Milwaukee

April 1915, age 44 - Granddaughter Rosa MORANA born there

27 November 1915, age 45 - Son Giuseppe "Joseph, Joe" BALISTRERI, age 26, married Rosa "Rose" MACHI, age 18, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

November 1916, age 46 - Grandson Andrew BALISTRERI born in Wisconsin

27 January 1917, age 46 - Daughter Stefana "Fannie" BALISTRERI, age 15, married Giovanni MAZZUCCO, age 21, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church, Milwaukee

May 1918, age 47 - Grandson Oscar BALISTRERI born there

August 1918, age 48 - Grandson Joseph BALISTREIRE born

January 1920, age 49 - Recorded in the United States Census at Milwaukee

June 1920, age 50 - Grandson Andrea BALISTRERI born there

22 July 1920, age 50 - Son Antonino "Tony" BALISTRERI, age 24, married Josephine HAMBLETTE, age 21, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

About 1925, age 54 - Granddaughter Marion "Mary" BALISTRERI Trevithick born in Wisconsin

As of sometime before April 1930 - Resided at 541 N 24th Street, Milwaukee

4 April 1930, age 59 - Recorded in the United States Census there

21 October 1933, age 63 - Daughter Antonina BALISTRERI, age 19, married Jack NASO, age 27, at St. Michael Catholic Church there

16 January 1937, age 66 - Died there

19 January 1937 - Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum there