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Mario Catalano
Summary
- b. 28 Feb 1894, Aci Catena, Catania, [Sicily] Italy
- son of Nicolo Catalano and Anna Pulvirenti
- Immigrant ancestor (date unk)
- m. 27 Apr 1919, Maria Consentino, Holy Rosary Church, Lawrence, Mass.
- three children:
- Anna Catalano, 1920-1992
- Josephine Catalano, 1923-2001
- Lucy Catalano, 1925-1990
- naturalized U.S. citizen, 18 Mar 1935
- d. 25 Oct 1973, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Sources
- On 25 October 1973, at 7:25 p.m., Mario Catalano died at Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, Mass.; he was buried
at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass. on 29 October 1973.
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1949, for 1950, for 1951, for 1953, for 1956, and for 1958 show Mario Catalano
employed as a building wrecker, residing at 144 Garden Street with wife Mary and show, through 1953,
Mary's Beauty Shoppe (Mrs. Josephine L. DiZazzo proprietress in 1953)
at 85 South Union St. (and Fashion Beauty Shop, 144 Garden St., Mary Catalano, proprietress). Daughters
Anna (until 1951) and Josephine (until 1953) were working as hairdressers.
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1945 shows Mario Catalano employed as a building wrecker,
residing at 144 Garden Street with wife Mary and shows
Mary's Beauty Shoppe
at 11 Newbury St. with daughter Anna working as hairdressers.
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1944 shows Mario Catalano employed at the
Wood Mill, residing at 62 Newbury Street with wife Mary
and shows Mary's Beauty Shoppe
at 11 Newbury St. with daughters Anna and Josephine working as hairdressers.
- 1942 World War Two Draft Registration shows Mario Catalano, residing at 62 Newbury St.,
Lawrence, Mass, born 28 February 1894, an alien born in Phillipo [probably Aci San Filippo, Aci Catena, Catania], Italy;
he listed as a contact Sebastino Catalano of 74 Newbury St., Lawrence,
Mass; he was employed at the American Woolen Company Wood Mill on Union St., Lawrence, Mass.
The Second Page shows he was five feet tall and weighed 225 pounds.
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1939, for 1941 and for 1942 show Mario Catalano employed at the
Wood Mill, residing at 62 Newbury Street with wife Mary
and show Mary's Beauty Shoppe at 9 Jackson St. in 1939 and at 11 Newbury St. in 1941 and 1942.
Daughter Anna shows up as a hairdresser beginning in 1939.
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1937 and for 1938 show Mario Catalano a laborer, residing at
202 South Union Street with wife Mary and show
Mary's Beauty Shoppe at 85 South Union St.
- United States of America Certificate of Naturalization for Mario Catalano, 18 March 1935.
His residence at the time was 7 Portland St., Lawrence, Mass.
- The Lawrence City Directories for 1934 and for 1935 show Mario Catalano a fruit seller at 8-1/2 Osgood Street,
residing at 7 Portland Street with wife Maria and show
Mary's Beauty Shoppe at 85 South Union St.
- The Lawrence City Directories for 1930 and for 1931 show Mario Catalano a fruit seller at 8-1/2 Osgood Street,
residing at 10 Osgood Street with wife Maria.
- The 1930 U.S. Census shows, begining on line 56, living at 10 Osgood St., Lawrence, Mass.,
Mario Catalano, aged 34, born in Italy, having arrived America in 1911 and having filed citizenship paper
but not yet naturalized, and working as a shop keeeper at a grocery store, along with his wife
Mary Catalano, aged 28, born in Italy, having
arrived America in 1917 and still an alien; they had with them three children:
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1929 shows Mario Catalano a fruit seller at 8-1/2 Osgood Street, residing at 10 Osgood Street with wife Maria.
- On 27 April 1919 Mario Catalano married Maria Consentino at
Holy Rosary Church, Lawrence, Mass.,
according the rite of the Roman Catholic Church, M. Milanese, OSA offiating, in the presence of
Salvator Catalano and Angela Messina, witnesses. According the record this was a first marriage for each; the groom
was residing at 53 Newbury St., Lawrence, Mass. and the bride was residing at 13 Merriline Ave., Methuen, Mass.
- 1917 World War One Draft Registration shows Mario Catalano, residing at 53 Newbury St.,
Lawrence, Mass, born 28 February 1894, an alien born in Aci Catena, Catania, [Sicily] Italy; he was a single man.
- The Lawrence City Directories for the years 1915 through 1918 shows Mario Catalano boarding at 53 Newbury Street.
- On 24 February 1894 Mauro Catalano was born in Aci Catena, Italy.
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Notes
- According to Nicki Catalano, the daughter of Mario's brother
Salvator, Mario was born
in San Nicoḷ [presumably San Nicoḷ, Aci Catena, Catania, [Sicily] Italy.
- Note that in 1942, when Mario Catalano registered for the draft, he listed as a contact
person Sebastiano Catalano of 74 Newbury St., Lawrence. The Lawrence City Directories for 1922 through 1924 show a Sebastiano Catalano (and Sara Catalano),
a grocer at 77 Newbury, residing at 12 Osgood St. In 1925 Sebastiano and Sara Catalano appear with the grocery shop still at 77 Newbury St. but
having changed residence to 8-1/2 Osgood. Mario Catalano shows up in the Lawrence City Directory in 1929, a fruit seller
at 8-1/2 Osgood and residing at 10 Osgood. Sebastiano Catalano's (b. 6 Jul 1895)
World War Two draft registation shows
him as the storekeeper at Catalano Market. Sebastiano died: Aug 1977 in Lawrence, Mass.
- This record last updated 15 December 2008 by D. Trumbull.
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