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Descendants of Cosmo Annunziato Cortesi

Generation No. 1

1. COSMO ANNUNZIATO¹ CORTESI was born March 24, 1878 in Stignano, Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy, and died January 10, 1962 in Schenectady, NY ¹. He married ROSA PREIATO December 27, 1906 in Stignano, Italy ², daughter of VINCENZO PREIATO and MARY ??. She was born May 14, 1887 in Stignano, Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy, and died April 14, 1960 in Schenectady, NY³.

Notes for COSMO ANNUNZIATO CORTESI:
Birth records from Italy indicate that Cosmo was born in Stignano, Province of Reggio Calabria, March 24, 1887 at 1:05 A.M. on Via Campanella (according to the Italian Historical Society of America, since virtually all births took place at home, this probably tells the street (Campanella) that Cosmo and his family lived on). He was registered in the year 1878 (Number 27, Part 1, Series Unica). This date is consistent with the immigration papers.

Cosimo immigrated at the age of 24 from Naples, Italy on the vessel Purmonte that left Naples on April 1 and arrived in New York on April 9, 1902. He declared his intent to be a citizen of the US on 12-9-1919. On his letter of intention, he describes himself as a laborer being less then 5 feet tall, 152 pounds with black hair. He was living at 125 Romeya Street in Schenectady. In his petition for naturalization on 4-22-1922, Cosimo and his family had moved to 506 South Ave in Schenectady.

He can be found in the both 1910 Schenectady city directory and 1920 federal census at 135 Romeya Street. Cosimo received his naturalization on 9-29-1922. He worked for American Locomotive and retired in 1948-1949. He and Rose moved to and lived on Carrie Street until about 1954 when they moved to a home on Jackson Ave. They are both buried at St. John's Cemetery.

The following obit appeared in the January 11, 1962 Schenectady Union Star:

CORTESI, 83, DIES; RITES SET SATURDAY
Cosmos Cortesi, 83 of 1776 Devondorf Rd, Rotterdam, died yesterday in his home after a long illness. Mr. Cortesi was born in Italy and lived in the Schenectady area most of his life. He was employed by ALCO Products until his retirement several years ago. He was a member of St. Anthony's Church and the Holy Name Society of the church. He was married to the late Mrs. Rose Cortesi.

Survivors include a son, Dr. Joseph Cortesi of Schenectady; seven daughters, Mrs. Joseph Sorrentino of Rotterdam, Mrs. Carmen Castiglione, Mrs. Mario DiMonte, Mrs. Francis Caslin, and Mrs. Anthony Cuda, all of Schenectady, and Mrs. Gerald Lomaestro of Troy and Mrs. Robert Telfer of Edmore, Mich; 21 children and two great-grandchildren.

The DiCarlo Funeral Home will be open tomorrow from 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 8:30 A.M. in the funeral home and in St. Anthony's Church where a requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9:30. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery.

More About COSMO ANNUNZIATO CORTESI:
Burial: January 12, 1962, St. John's Cemetery, Schenctady, NY
Fact 1: September 29, 1922, Naturalized, Book 17, Pg 3461

Notes for ROSA PREIATO:
Records from Calabria indicate that Rosa was born in the Province of Reggio Calabria on May 14, 1885 at 10:05 P.M. on Via S. Rocco (Number 37, Parte 1, Series, UNICA) (according to the Italian Historical Society of America, since virtually all births took place at home, this probably tells the street (S. Rocco) that Rosa and her family lived on). This date is consistent with the immigration records (May 1885).

Rose Immigrated to US in about 1906 and married Cosimo later that year. However, there is a Rose Preiato living alone in at 32 Jefferson in Schenectady in 1914. Rose died April 14, 1960 in the home of her daughter, Rose (Mrs. Anthony Cuda) and was buried in St. John's, Schenectady, NY. The funeral was held at St. Anthony's. She had a half-brother by the name of Louis, who lived in Brooklyn, NY at the time of Rose's death. Louis was born 9-26-1887 and died in November 1962.

Her obit appeared in the 4-15-1960 Schenectady Gazette as follows:
MRS. CORTESI DIES; RITES SET MONDAY
Mrs. Rose Cortesi died yesterday after a long illness at the home of her daughter Mrs. Anthony Cuda, 65 Jackson Ave. She was born in Italy and had lived in Schenectady 50 years. She was a communicant of St. Anthony's Church and a member of the Rosary Society and Madonna Della Libra.

Funeral services will be at 8:30 A.M. Monday in the DiCarlo and D'Ammasso funeral home, 503 Nott Street and at 9:30 A.M. in St. Anthony's Church where a requiem high mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery. The funeral home will be open from 7 to 9 P.M. Sunday.

Survivors are her husband, Cosmo Cortesi; a son Dr. Joseph Cortesi; six other daughters, Mrs. Gerald Lomaestro, Troy; Mrs. Robert Telfer, Edmore, MI; Mrs. Carmen Castiglione; Mrs. Joseph Sorrentino. Mrs. Mario DiMonte and Mrs. Francis Coslin and a brother Louis Preiato, Brooklyn.

More About ROSA PREIATO:
Burial: April 18, 1960, St. John's Cemetery, Schenectady, NY

Children of COSMO CORTESI and ROSA PREIATO are:

2.	i.	JOSEPH B.² CORTESI, b. May 24, 1913, Mass; d. August 10, 1969, Schenectady, New York.
3.	ii.	THERESA M. CORTESI, b. March 04, 1915, Schenectady, NY.
4.	iii.	MARY CORTESI, b. May 17, 1916, Schenectady, NY.
5.	iv.	ANNA MAE CORTESI, b. October 17, 1917, Schenectady, NY; d. February 28, 1995, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
6.	v.	RAFFAELA CORTESI, b. March 05, 1919, Schenectady, NY.
7.	vi.	LAURA D CORTESI, b. February 03, 1921, Schenectady, NY; d. October 25, 1974, Schenectady, NY.
8.	vii.	FILOMENA "PHYLLIS" CORTESI, b. July 04, 1923, Schenectady, NY.
9.	viii.	ROSE CORTESI, b. January 18, 1925, Schenectady, NY.

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