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Death at Sea

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Federici, Trifilio
Gaetano Federici, age 10 mo. died after ship Verona docked at Philadelphia, PA in April, 1911. How do I find records of this death? The parents of this child were Francesco Federici and Filomina Trifilio, originally from Belvedere, Italy. Child travelled with mother and 3 brothers to USA. Father living in Chicago, IL

Re: Death at Sea

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 11:22AM GMT
Classification: Query
Did you notice the date of death, 4-15-11 ? He must have been hospitalized.

Family Search has Philadelphia Death Certificates online but I don't find him there. Perhaps he died in NJ?

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&r...

Robert

Re: Death at Sea

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 1:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
He and family was due to arrive in New York aboard the 'Ancona' ship 3 weeks previous. On that manifest "he" is listed as a "she" (which I believe to be the case making 'his' name Gaetana not Gaetano). Entire family was crossed off that manifest. They took the 'Verona' 3 weeks later and landed in Philadelphia. The Verona was in quarantine after landing on the 2nd. of April. I believe child was sick already, hence the cancellation of first scheduled trip on the Ancona. and obviously he died while in port. However, I have not been able to find out where he is buried or the procedure for death aboard a ship. Very puzzling!

Re: Death at Sea FEDERICI, GAETANO 10 mos. Francesco, Filomina

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 7:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: FEDERICI, TRIFILIO
Hi Are you certain of the year?
In 1915, the Italian steamer Verona reached Cape Henlopen with several hundred immigrants and a suspected case of smallpox aboard. The immigrants were duly landed at the quarantine station for an extended stay; but after a short delay, 200 of the immigrants forced their way through the wire fence that enclosed the station, brushed past the guards, and headed for the railroad station.

At the station, the clerk barricaded the office and flourished a pistol. The impasse at the railroad station ended when a detachment of 50 marines with rifles and fixed bayonets from the revenue cutter Onondaga arrived, and the immigrants retreated to the Quarantine Station. The next day, a steamer arrived to take the immigrants to Philadelphia


Perhaps the following would be helpful - perhaps contact -
http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/09...

Re: Death at Sea FEDERICI, GAETANO 10 mos. Francesco, Filomina

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 2:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Fedrici, Trifilio
Thanks you for your response to my inquiry. I am certain that the year was 1911, as the mother died before 1915, however, this information is quite interesting! The link to the National Archives will be investigated. Thank you again for your help.

Re: Death at Sea

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 2:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Did you try death records or newspapers from that day in the city. Where he died?
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