Michael Messina
(1873-1961)
Giuseppa Josephine Giammanco
(1879-1945)
Mary Messina
(1899-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Salvatore Causa

Mary Messina 1 2 3

  • Born: 2 Aug 1899, Tommaso Natale, Palermo, Siciliy, ITA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Salvatore Causa on 16 Oct 1919 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA 1
  • Died: 12 Mar 1955, Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA at age 55 2 3
  • Buried: 14 Mar 1955, Mount Carbon: Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA, USA 2 3

   Another name for Mary was Maria Messina.4

   FamilySearch ID: GJHN-J5R.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Occupation: Knitting Mill on 16 Oct 1919 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 1

2. Census in 1930 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 5 The 1930 census recorded owning a $2,200 home at 512 Sanderson Street: Michael Messina, laborer in steel mill, 27, living with wife Josephine, 50; son Charles, laborer in steel mill, 27; and daughter Mary Causa, 31, and her husband Salvatore Causa, laborer in coal mine, 40. Everyone and their parents were born in Italy. Michael immigrated in 1903 and the others in 1906. Charles and Mary were U.S. citizens but their parents were aliens.

3. Census in 1940 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 6 The 1940 census recorded at 512 Sanderson Street: Michael Messina, laborer in steel mill, 66, living with wife Josephine, 60; daughter Mary Causa, 41, and her husband Salvatore Causa, fireman in coal mine, 50. Everyone was born in Italy.

4. Census in 1950 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 7 The 1950 census recorded at 512 Sanderson Street: Salvatore Causa, dig ditcher for water company, 60, living with wife Mary, 51. Also in the home is father-in-law Michael Messina, 76. They were born in Italy.

5. Cause of Death: Mary died at Wayne Hospital after falling from a porch from hemothorax due to multiple rib fractures, 12 Mar 1955, Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 3

6. Occupation: factory worker at Alpha Mills on 12 Mar 1955 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 3

7. Residence: 512 Sanderson St., Pottsville, PA on 12 Mar 1955 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 3

8. Obituary: Pottsville Republican: County Woman Dies In Fall From Porch on 14 Mar 1955 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 8 County Woman Dies In Fall From Porch
A 65-year-old Pottsville woman was fatally injured Saturday when she fell a distance of 15 feet from a porch at her home while cleaning. The victim was Mrs. Mary Causa, 65, wife of Salvadore Causa, of 517 Sanderson street, Pottsville. On Saturday morning, Mrs. Causa was cleaning outside her home when she accidentally slipped and fell from the porch shortly before noon. She was rushed to Warne Hospital where she died at 12:05 p.m., 35 minutes after admission. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church, Pottsville, and had been employed at the Alpha Mills, Schuylkil Haven. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her father and one brother.

9. Obituary: Pottsville Republican: Obituary of Mrs. Mary Causa on 16 Mar 1955 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 9 MRS. MARY CAUSA -- The funeral of Mrs. Mary Causa, wife of Salvatore Causa, 512 Sanderson St., took place from her late home on Tuesday morning. The Mass in St. Joseph's Church was celebrated by the Rev. Enrico Perlo. The Rev. George Gormley was deacon and Rev. Joseph Landolfi was sub-deacon. Father Perlo performed the absolution in the church. The final blessing at the grave in the parish cemetery was give by Father Gormley. The pallbearers were Joseph Barbara, Thomas and Nuncio Spino, Samuel Sino, Frank Messina and Louis Farone. The Reiley Funeral Service had charge.


Mary married Salvatore Causa, son of Tony Causa and Unknown, on 16 Oct 1919 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA.1 (Salvatore Causa was born on 6 Mar 1890 in , , , ITA,1 2 10 died on 24 Mar 1956 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA 2 10 and was buried on 28 Mar 1956 in Mount Carbon: Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA, USA 2 10.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMC1-DRT Salvator Cansa and Mary Messino, 16 Oct 1919; citing Marriage, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68703683.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 28027 Mary Causa, b.2 Aug 1899 Italy, d. 12 Mar 1955 Pottsville PA, father Michael Messina, mother Josephine Giamanco, informant Salvatore Causa.

4 Ancestry.com, "Palermo, Italy, Births, 1896-1905," Maria Messina, b. 2 Aug 1898 Palermo, Italy. father Michele Messina, mother Giuseppa Giammano.

5 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHM-QNV Charles Messina in household of Michael Messina, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 14A, line 9, family 303.

6 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ6C-YNT Michael Messina, Ward 5, Pottsville, Pottsville City, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-117, sheet 5B, line 47, family 98.

7 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBT-WWXJ Salvatore Causa.

8 Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 14 Mar 1955, page 1. Obituary of Mary Causa.

9 Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 16 Mar 1955, page 20 Obituary of Mary Causa.

10 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 29292 Salvatore Causa, b. 6 Mar 1890 Italy, d. 24 Mar 1956 Pottsville PA, parents unknown, informant Charles Messina.



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