Justina Ambruso was
born in Salandra in 1901. Her birth
record (Atti de Nascita) shown above,
lists her official given name was Giustina Clorinda Ambruso. The name Clorinda is very rare. I haven't run into any other person with that name in my Salandra research. I have no idea of its origin or why she was given this middle name.
This document also lists a few other interesting bits of
information. The occupation, or position, of her
father, Rocco, is given as “possidente”,
or landowner, not the common “contadina”,
or peasant farmer that is seen on most Salandra birth records. This shows that Rocco must have owned some land and had some
wealth.
Like her sisters, Mary, Angelina and Ottavia, Justina
married a man from her hometown of Salandra.
Anthony (Antonio Vincente)
Graziadei was born in Salandra in 1894.
He and Justina were married in Brooklyn, NY in 1929. They settled in Queens and Anthony worked at
the legendary Palter DeLiso shoe company on Broadway in Manhattan. They had two daughters: Isabella, born in
1931; and Rose, born in 1933. My guess is that both of Tony's daughters always wore very fashionable shoes.
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