Alexander Salerno

Male14 January 1893–4 November 1970

Brief Life History of Alexander

When Alexander Salerno was born on 14 January 1893, in Italy, his father, Pietro Salerno, was 33 and his mother, Giovannina Vena, was 22. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Maria Lucia Conforti. He died on 4 November 1970, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hillside, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Alexander Salerno
1893–1970
Maria Lucia Conforti
1900–1979
Jenny Salerno
1919–1996
Peter Anthony Salerno
1921–1998
Anna Salerno
1924–2004
Salvatore Rudolph Salerno
1929–2002
Helen Gloria Salerno
1932–2005
Donald Anthony Salerno
1942–2000
Ronald Patrick Salerno
1942–2011

Sources (26)

  • Alex Salerno, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alessandro Salirno, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
  • Alex Salerno, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

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Age 3

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1897 · The Union Loop Elevated

Age 4

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 23

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Sal, Salvatore, Pasquale, Carmine, Rocco, Aldo, Nunzio, Enrico, Francesco, Gaspare.

Italian (southern): habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.

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

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