Individual Details

Fortunato (Frank) Rizzo

(27 Dec 1889 - 7 Oct 1934)

Events

Birth27 Dec 1889Via Fazzino 11, Salaparuta, Trapani, Sicilia, Italy
Emigration1900Salaparuta, Trapani, Sicilia, Italy
Naturalization1913New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Marriage22 Jan 1913St Cecilia Catholic Church, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - Dorothea Palermo
Residence1914 - 19303035 St Ann St, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Draft RegistrationJun 1917New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Census1920New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Residence1930720 N Hagan Ave, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Census1930New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Death7 Oct 1934Drowned - Bayou St John at Orleans Ave, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Obituary8 Oct 1934Times Picayune, 1934-10-08, Pg. 2 col. 8
Burial9 Oct 1934Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Alt nameFrank Rizzo

Families

SpouseDorothea Palermo (1895 - 1967)
ChildAnna "Annie" Rizzo (1914 - 1963)
ChildAgnes D. Rizzo (1918 - 2004)
ChildJosephine Rizzo (1924 - 2013)
ChildPeter Joseph "Pigeon Peter" Rizzo (1928 - 2013)
ChildPaul F. Rizzo (1928 - )
FatherPietro Rizzo (1850 - 1917)
MotherGiuseppa Raccagno (1857 - 1925)
SiblingGiuseppe (Joseph) Rizzo (1881 - 1961)
SiblingAntonino (Anthony) Rizzo (1884 - 1930)
SiblingPietro (Peter) Rizzo (1887 - 1945)
SiblingFrancesco Rizzo (1892 - 1893)

Notes

Naturalization

Based upon 1920 census

Marriage

On the church marriage record, where it list the Contracting Parties, in the middle of Dorothea Palermo it says "her mark". Indicating she could not write.
Here is a woman in 1913 at the age of 23 and unable to write - why can't she ?
To add to the confusion the 1920 census question 17 asked whether you could read and question 18 asked if you could write - "YES" is written next to both.

Endnotes

1. Rizzo Fortunato entry, Salaparuta Birth Records, 1889 Nascita: No 110, Comune di Salaparuta, Salaparuta, Sicily.

2. , Times Picayune, 1934-10-08, Pg. 2 col. 8, New Orleans, LA, 1934-10-08, Pg. 2 col. 8.