Salvatore Ferreri

Brief Life History of Salvatore

When Salvatore Ferreri was born on 11 February 1871, in Castronuovo, Palermo, Two Sicilies, his father, Vitale Ferreri, was 30 and his mother, Maria Antonina Scimeca, was 23. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Rosa Russotto. He died on 2 July 1960, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Salvatore Ferreri
1871–1960
Rosa Russotto
1879–1954
Vito Ferreri
1900–1918
Maria Ferreri
1902–1928
Joseph Dominic Ferreri
1908–1997
Anna Ferreri
1911–1949
Benjamin Ferreri
1917–1936
Peter John Ferreri
1918–1988
Frances Ferreri
1918–1998

Sources (7)

  • Sam Ferreri, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Salvatore Ferrero in entry for Joseph Ferrero, "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925"
  • Salvador Ferrero, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.

Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide. 

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Sal, Antonio, Carlo, Dario, Ignazio, Nunzio, Paolo.

Italian (southern): variant of Ferrari .

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

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