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| Felicia Ambruso Frumento with husband A. Antonio Frumento and son Frank (circa 1900) |
Felicia Ambruso was born in Salandra to Francesco Domenico
Ambruso and Giovanna Maria Garaguso. She came to the United States with her
mother and two brothers around 1885. In
the 1910 census she said she was 32 years old (born: 1878). In the 1920 census she said she was 45 years
old (born: 1875). The Philadelphia Marriage Index says she married Angelo
Antonio Frumento in 1889. This date is
accurate. However, in my research experience
I have found that wives sometimes were known to shave a few years off their age
when responding to census takers. In any
case, it would seem that she married at a very young age.
Antonio was a barber.
He and Felicia lived on South Street and then on Bainbridge, but nowhere
near the Little Italy section of South Philly.
The censuses show that they were the only Italian-born people living in
their neighborhood.
According to the census records, Felicia bore 3 children,
but only one survived. Frank Anthony
Frumento was born in February of 1893. Notice
the proud family in the photo above.
Young Frank is dressed and posed exactly like his father. Frank married and had three sons and one
daughter. There are many descendants of
Felicia and Antonio around today. Felicia
died in 1928 and Antonio died in 1929 of diabetes. Like many other Italian-American men, he was
a member of the Order of the Sons of Italy in America, so his son received $400
in death benefits when he died. 
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