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Rocco Carmelo AMBRUSO

Rocco Carmelo AMBRUSO

Male 1862 - 1935  (72 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document

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  • Name Rocco Carmelo AMBRUSO 
    • He must have changed his name to Ambrose when coming to the U.S.
    Birth 26 Mar 1862  Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Jan 1935  Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Rocco Ambruso Obituary 1935
    Rocco Ambruso Obituary 1935
    Rocco Ambruso died unexpectedly early this morning, Jan. 4, 1935, at his home, 929 Rutger Street following a heart attack.

    Dr. Russell Joy was called and he in turn notified Dr. Gordon A. Holden, coroner, who pronounced death due to heart disease.

    Mr. Ambruso was a bootblack and had conducted a stand at the New York State Railways waiting room on Bleecker Street for several years. During the last six months he had conducted a stand at the Arcade Building. He was born in Italy and came to this country and to Utica 20 years ago. He was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church.

    Besides his wife, Mrs. Teresa D'Alesandro Ambruso, he is survived by two sons, Dominick and Joseph, and a daughter, Miss Victoria Ambruso, all of Utica; four sisters, Mrs. Pietro D'Onofrio, Italy; Mrs. Francesco Parese and Mrs. Francesco Turi, both of Utica, and Mrs. Rocco Romano, Brooklyn, and a brother, Frank Ambruso, Hartford, Conn.
    Age 72 years 
    Person ID I2049  The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2016 

    Father Domenico Carmine Antonio AMBRUSO,   b. 10 Jun 1856, Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 6/2/1901, Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Maria Giovanna LAURIA 
    Marriage 17 Jul 1854  Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Teresa D'ALESSANDRO,   b. Abt 1861, Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1947, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1886  Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • marriage record:
      (film:1964950)
      Book:1
      Record:29
      Record Year:1886
      Groom:rocco carmelo ambruso (age:24 / pastore
      Grooms Parents:domenico ambruso & maria giovanna lauria
      Bride:maria teresa d'alessandro (age:25 / dnc)
      Brides Parents: giuseppe d'alessandro & maria carmela peloso
      Date of Marriage: 1886/07/10 Laurenzana,Italy
      Note:celibi (eg both are single at the time of marriage)
    Children 
    +1. Giuseppe Maria AMBRUSO,   b. 16 Jan 1896, Laurenzana, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1977, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +2. Maria Carmela AMBRUSO,   b. 16 Aug 1890, Laurenzana, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1933 (Age 42 years)
    +3. Dominick AMBRUSO,   b. 15 Feb 1893, Laurenzana, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1962, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +4. Vita Maria Modesta AMBRUSO,   b. 16 Mar 1902, Laurenzana, Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2012 

  • Histories
    Rocco & Giuseppe Ambruso Passenger List 1912
    Rocco & Giuseppe Ambruso Passenger List 1912
    Rocco & Francisco Ambruso Passenger List-1902
    Rocco & Francisco Ambruso Passenger List-1902