Aurelia BALISTRERI Sardina, 1892-1974
Margaret's cousin

 Father Gaetano BALISTRERI, 1856-1930
 Mother Antonina DELUCA Balistreri, 1854-1942
       Sister Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI D'amico, 1882-1969
       Brother Antonino BALISTRERI, 1883-
       Sister Stefana BALISTRERI Tomasello, 1885-1924
       Sister Caterina BALISTRERI Deluca, 1887-1965
       Sister Giuseppa BALISTRERI, 1889-
       Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI Lalicata, 1890-1971
       Aurelia BALISTRERI Sardina, 1892-1974
       Sister Francesca BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1895-
       Brother Giuseppe BALISTRERI, 1898-1899
       Sister Maria BALISTRERI, 1899-1900
       Sister Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1906-2000
       Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI, 1908-1914

 Husband Francesco SARDINA, 1887-1963
      The couple had five children, including:
       Son Giuseppi SARDINA, 1911-ca 1912
       Son Joseph SARDINA, 1912-
       Daughter Anna SARDINA, 1914-

Time Line

20 April 1892 - Born at Sant' Elia, Palermo Province, Sicily

4 February 1895, age 2 - Sister Francesca BALISTRERI Balistreri born there

November 1898, age 6 - Brother Giuseppe BALISTRERI born there

20 January 1899, age 6 - Brother Giuseppe BALISTRERI died there

November 1899, age 7 - Sister Maria BALISTRERI born there

19 January 1900, age 7 - Sister Maria BALISTRERI died there

8 February 1903, age 10 - Sister Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI, age 20, married Giuseppe "Joseph" D'AMICO, age 25, there

18 April 1904, age 11 - Emigrated in Naples. The mother with five of her children traveled on the ship "Lombardia"

28 April 1904, age 12 - Immigrated at New York, New York

12 March 1905, age 12 - Sister Stefana BALISTRERI, age 20, married Matteo TOMASELLO, age 31, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

14 April 1906, age 13 - Sister Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI Balistreri born there

8 May 1908, age 16 - Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI born there

6 September 1908, age 16 - Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI, age 18, married Giovanni LALICATA, age 28, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

12 June 1910, age 18 - Married Francesco SARDINA, age 23, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there. Attendants were Thomas Pusateri and Gaetano Sardina. The ceremony was performed by Pastor Rev. D. Leone. The couple had five children.

18 September 1910, age 18 - Sister Francesca BALISTRERI, age 15, married Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 22, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

12 January 1911, age 18 - Son Giuseppi SARDINA born there

As of sometime before 1912 until sometime before 1914 - Resided at 271 Jackson Street there

About 1912, age 19 - Son Giuseppi SARDINA died there

September 1912, age 20 - Son Joseph SARDINA born there

As of sometime before 1914 - Resided at 157 Detroit Street there

About 1914, age 21 - Mother Antonina DELUCA, age 59, married Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 57, at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church there

6 June 1914, age 22 - Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI, age 6, died there

June 1914, age 22 - Daughter Anna SARDINA born there

9 November 1923, age 31 - Sister Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI, age 17, married Giuseppe "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 24, at Buffalo, New York

5 May 1924, age 32 - Sister Stefana BALISTRERI Tomasello, age 39, died at Milwaukee of endocarditis and myocarditis

5 March 1930, age 37 - Brother-in-law Giovanni LALICATA, age 49, died there

14 November 1930, age 38 - Father Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 74, died there of gastric carcinoma

14 February 1942, age 49 - Mother Antonina DELUCA Balistreri, age 88, died there of cerebral apoplexy (stroke) due to malignant hypertension due to diabetic mellitus

25 June 1950, age 58 - Sister's widower Matteo TOMASELLO, age 77, died there of carcinoma of tongue; bronchial pneumonia; metastatic involvement of lung; diabetes

6 April 1951, age 58 - Brother-in-law Giovanni Battista DELUCA, age 68, died there

24 August 1952, age 60 - Brother-in-law Giuseppe "Joseph" D'AMICO, age 75, died there

21 January 1963, age 70 - Husband Francesco SARDINA, age 75, died there

20 March 1965, age 72 - Sister Caterina BALISTRERI Deluca, age 77, died there

27 June 1969, age 77 - Sister Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI D'amico, age 87, died there

25 May 1971, age 79 - Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI Lalicata, age 81, died there

24 August 1974, age 82 - Died there

24 March 1975 - Brother-in-law Giuseppe "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 76, died there

27 August 1976 - Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum there