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  Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1906-2000
Wife of a machinist, carpenter in Milwaukee
Margaret's cousin

14 April 1906 - Born at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

20 May 1906 - Baptized at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church there. Godparents included Salvator Sonnicola. Baptized by Pastor, Rev. D Leone, along with four other babies.

8 May 1908, age 2 - Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI born there

6 September 1908, age 2 - Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI, age 18, married Giovanni LALICATA, age 28, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

12 June 1910, age 4 - Sister Aurelia BALISTRERI, age 18, married Francesco SARDINA, age 23, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

18 September 1910, age 4 - Sister Francesca BALISTRERI, age 15, married Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 22, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

About 1914, age 7 - Mother Antonina DELUCA, age 59, married Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 57, at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church there

6 June 1914, age 8 - Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI, age 6, died there

9 November 1923, age 17 - Married Giuseppe "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 24, at Buffalo, New York

5 May 1924, age 18 - Sister Stefana BALISTRERI Tomasello, age 39, died at Milwaukee of endocarditis and myocarditis

September 1926, age 20 - Daughter Rose BALISTRERI Vella born there

18 September 1928, age 22 - Son Gaetano "Tom" BALISTRERI born there

About 1930, age 23 - Daughter Nina BALISTRERI Canfield born in Wisconsin

5 March 1930, age 23 - Brother-in-law Giovanni LALICATA, age 49, died at Milwaukee

14 November 1930, age 24 - Father Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 74, died there of gastric carcinoma

About 1932, age 25 - Son Tony BALISTRERI born in Wisconsin

About 1937, age 30 - Daughter Francis BALISTRERI Brust born there

As of sometime before April 1940 - Resided at 2219 N Weil Street, Milwaukee. The family lived next door to another Joseph Balistreri family.

1 April 1940, age 33 - Recorded in the United States Census there

14 February 1942, age 35 - Mother Antonina DELUCA Balistreri, age 88, died there of cerebral apoplexy (stroke) due to malignant hypertension due to diabetic mellitus

1943, age 36 - Father-in-law Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 81, died at Sant' Elia, Palermo Province, Sicily

14 November 1944, age 38 - Grandson Fred T. VELLA born

1946, age 39 - Mother-in-law Rosa BALISTRERI Machi Balistreri, age 75, died at Sant' Elia

25 June 1950, age 44 - Sister's widower Matteo TOMASELLO, age 77, died at Milwaukee of carcinoma of tongue; bronchial pneumonia; metastatic involvement of lung; diabetes

6 April 1951, age 44 - Brother-in-law Giovanni Battista DELUCA, age 68, died there

24 August 1952, age 46 - Brother-in-law Giuseppe "Joseph" D'AMICO, age 75, died there

25 June 1954, age 48 - Son Gaetano "Tom" BALISTRERI, age 25, died there

21 January 1963, age 56 - Brother-in-law Francesco SARDINA, age 75, died there

20 March 1965, age 58 - Sister Caterina BALISTRERI Deluca, age 77, died there

27 June 1969, age 63 - Sister Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI D'amico, age 87, died there

25 May 1971, age 65 - Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI Lalicata, age 81, died there

24 August 1974, age 68 - Sister Aurelia BALISTRERI Sardina, age 82, died there

24 March 1975, age 68 - Husband Giuseppe "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 76, died there

27 February 1994, age 87 - Son-in-law Pietro VELLA, age 73, died there

1 August 2000, age 94 - Died there

7 August 2000 - Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery and Masoleum there