Francesco Tribunella

Male4 April 1889–12 December 1980

Brief Life History of Francesco

When Francesco Tribunella was born on 4 April 1889, in Valledolmo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, his father, Cosimo Tribunella, was 32 and his mother, Francesca Comito, was 29. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Lucia "Lucy" Geraci. He died on 12 December 1980, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francesco Tribunella
1889–1980
Lucia "Lucy" Geraci
1901–1995
Cosmo Tribunella
1920–1985
Archie Tribunella
1922–2007
Francis Tribunella
1923–2013

Sources (6)

  • Frank Tribunella, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frank Tribunella, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Frank Tribunella, "New Jersey Naturalization Records, 1796-1991"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 1

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1894

Age 5

Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.

1913

Age 24

A strike led by silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. The primary demands of the strike were focused on improved quality of working conditions and establishing an eight-hour workday limit. Two protestors were killed during the strike, and over 1,850 workers were arrested. The strike ultimately ended in failure, due to the manufacturers' inability to accept the demands of the strikes.

Name Meaning

Originally a vocabulary word meaning ‘French’ or ‘Frenchman’, from Late Latin Franciscus. Its popularity as a given name has been much influenced by St Francis of Assisi . See Francis .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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