Stefana BALISTRERI Tomasello, 1885-1924
Housewife
Margaret's cousin

 Father Gaetano BALISTRERI, 1856-1930
 Mother Antonina DELUCA Balistreri, 1854-1942
       Sister Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI D'amico, 1882-1969
       Brother Antonino BALISTRERI, 1883-
       Stefana BALISTRERI Tomasello, 1885-1924
       Sister Caterina BALISTRERI Deluca, 1887-1965
       Sister Giuseppa BALISTRERI, 1889-
       Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI Lalicata, 1890-1971
       Sister Aurelia BALISTRERI Sardina, 1892-1974
       Sister Francesca BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1895-
       Brother Giuseppe BALISTRERI, 1898-1899
       Sister Maria BALISTRERI, 1899-1900
       Sister Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI Balistreri, 1906-2000
       Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI, 1908-1914

 Husband Matteo TOMASELLO, 1873-1950
       Son Rosario TOMASELLO, 1906-1969
       Son Gaetano TOMASELLO, 1907-1990
       Daughter Marie TOMASELLO Norberg, 1910-1996
       Son Joseph TOMASELLO, 1912-1912
       Son Nicolas TOMASELLO, 1912-1992
       Daughter Antonina TOMASELLO Trovato, 1914-2008
       Son Francesco Nicholas TOMASELLO, 1916-1990
       Daughter Rosalia TOMASELLO Smukalla, 1918-2010

Time Line

5 March 1885 - Born at Sant' Elia, Palermo Province, Sicily

7 May 1887, age 2 - Sister Caterina BALISTRERI Deluca born there

13 October 1887, age 2 - Grandfather Giuseppi Tommaso "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 62, died there

14 September 1889, age 4 - Sister Giuseppa BALISTRERI born there

Sometime before 1890 - Sister Giuseppa BALISTRERI died there

25 April 1890, age 5 - Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI Lalicata born there

20 April 1892, age 7 - Sister Aurelia BALISTRERI Sardina born there

4 February 1895, age 9 - Sister Francesca BALISTRERI Balistreri born there

November 1898, age 13 - Brother Giuseppe BALISTRERI born there

20 January 1899, age 13 - Brother Giuseppe BALISTRERI died there

November 1899, age 14 - Sister Maria BALISTRERI born there

19 January 1900, age 14 - Sister Maria BALISTRERI died there

8 February 1903, age 17 - Sister Rosa "Rosana" BALISTRERI, age 20, married Giuseppe "Joseph" D'AMICO, age 25, there

18 April 1904, age 19 - Emigrated in Naples. The mother with five of her children traveled on the ship "Lombardia"

28 April 1904, age 19 - Immigrated at New York, New York

12 March 1905, age 20 - Married Matteo TOMASELLO, age 31, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Attendants were Baldassar Cefalu and Antonino De Luca. Marriage was performed by Pastor Rev. D. Leone.

29 January 1906, age 20 - Son Rosario TOMASELLO born there

14 April 1906, age 21 - Sister Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI Balistreri born there

17 November 1907, age 22 - Son Gaetano TOMASELLO born there

8 May 1908, age 23 - Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI born there

6 September 1908, age 23 - Sister Giuseppina BALISTRERI, age 18, married Giovanni LALICATA, age 28, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

13 January 1910, age 24 - Daughter Marie TOMASELLO Norberg born

12 June 1910, age 25 - Sister Aurelia BALISTRERI, age 18, married Francesco SARDINA, age 23, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church, Milwaukee

18 September 1910, age 25 - Sister Francesca BALISTRERI, age 15, married Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 22, at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church there

As of sometime before 1912 until sometime after 1914 - Resided at 335 North Cass Street there

25 March 1912, age 27 - Son Joseph TOMASELLO born there ; Son Nicolas TOMASELLO born there

10 November 1912, age 27 - Son Joseph TOMASELLO died of bronchial pneumonia, contributing malassimilation

About 1914, age 28 - Mother Antonina DELUCA, age 59, married Gaetano BALISTRERI, age 57, at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church, Milwaukee

18 March 1914, age 29 - Daughter Antonina TOMASELLO Trovato born there

6 June 1914, age 29 - Sister Pietrina BALISTRERI, age 6, died there

24 July 1916, age 31 - Son Francesco Nicholas TOMASELLO born there

22 July 1918, age 33 - Daughter Rosalia TOMASELLO Smukalla born

9 November 1923, age 38 - Sister Maria "Mary" BALISTRERI, age 17, married Giuseppe "Joseph" BALISTRERI, age 24, at Buffalo, New York

5 May 1924, age 39 - Died at Milwaukee of endocarditis and myocarditis

7 May 1924 - Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery there