Angela, i just came across this post while searching for my great grandmother's family in Palermo. Her name was Girolama Emanuele, her father was Emanuele Emanuele and her mother was Gilarda Giovanni. Girolama came to New York in the early 1900's with her mother and sisters. Not sure about her father but from what i was told Gilarda divorced Emanuele and remarried. They lived in Brooklyn. This post is old, not sure if you'll see this but sounds like the same Emanuele's.
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