Francesco Luciano Devito

Brief Life History of Francesco Luciano

When Francesco Luciano Devito was born on 13 February 1877, in Italy, his father, Domenico Antonio Michele de Vito, was 57 and his mother, Maria Teresa Marotta, was 32. He married Isabella Detrana Galgano on 12 April 1902, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 October 1935, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francesco Luciano Devito
1877–1935
Isabella Detrana Galgano
1887–1957
Marriage: 12 April 1902
Basiliam "Bessie" Devito
1903–
Thomas Dominic Devito
1906–
Leonora Maria Devito
1904–1989
Lillian Lucille Devito
1909–2000
Michael Frank Devito
1913–1993
Isabelle De Vito
1916–2003

Sources (25)

  • Frank L Devitt, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Frank De Vito, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Francesco Luciano Devito, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

World Events (8)

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: Putnam, Illinois, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition

The  Chicago World's Fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to construct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the inventions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France. 

Name Meaning

Italian: See Divito .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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