Margaret Purpura

Brief Life History of Margaret

Margaret Purpura was born in New York, United States as the daughter of Bartolomeo Purpura and Teresa Capone. She married Joseph Walter Mancarella on 29 November 1917, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1930. She died on 24 January 1997, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, and was buried in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Walter Mancarella
1894–1963
Margaret Purpura
–1997
Marriage: 29 November 1917
Marie Mancarella
1918–2002
Joseph Anthony Mancarella
1927–1993

Sources (14)

  • Margarete Mancorella in household of Joseph D Mancorella, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Margaret Purpura Mancarella, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Margaret in entry for Joseph Walter Mancarella, "New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980"

World Events (8)

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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Giacomo, Agostino, Carmello, Gabriella, Gaetano, Lia, Santo, Vito.

Italian: from Latin or dialect purpura ‘red, purple’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who dyed cloth or made ecclesiastical robes.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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