Farassino wrote: 31 Dec 2024, 02:14 There is also a possibility that Frank and Lena could even be Giuseppina’s sons from a previous marriage.
On the manifest it says that Giuseppina has 3 living sons but it doesn’t state how many Benedetto has.
And according to the same manifest, Dick’s wife only has 2 living sons and they’re both on the ship.
So apparently there’s no other daughter.
Edit to add:
On the obituary it says than Benedetto was the step father of Frank Alessi.
So it’s confirmed, Giuseppina was previously married, most probably in Italy.
Yes, confirmed again with the marriage of Frank Alessi in New Orleans to Sara Hooper.
His parents are Anthony (Antonio) Alessi and Josephine (Giuseppina) Culotta.
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