Brief Life History of Rosario
Rosario Fusco was born on 20 October 1901, in Praiano, Salerno, Campania, Italy as the son of Rasario Fusco and Maria Ermellino. He had at least 4 sons with Concettina Ferro. He lived in The Bronx, New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1950. He died in 1968, in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Rosario Fussco, "United States 1950 Census"
- Rosairo Fusco nel documento di John Louis Fusco e Sondra Marlene Scheetz, “California, County Marriages, 1850-1952”
- Rosario Fusco, "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Rocco, Sal, Carmine, Domenic, Luigi, Pasquale, Caesar, Carlo, Saverio.
Italian: nickname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from Italian fusco ‘dark’ (from Latin fuscus); in some cases it may be from a medieval personal name derived from the Roman surname Fuscus, originally of the same meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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