Michele Borrillo's First Voyage to the US

Michele Borrillo's First Voyage to the US

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Information from first page:

Michele Borrillo left Napoli, Italy on October 11, 1922 on the S.S. Conte Rosso.
His information is on line 11. He is 23 at the time and is married and a farmer. He can read and write. His last permanent address was San Marco dei Cavoti, Italy. He left his wife Incoronata Borrillo in San Marco and his final destination is Holden, West Virginia.

Information from second page:

The ship arrived in New York on Oct 21, 1922 (a 10 day voyage).
Following line 11, he has a ticket to his final destination, he's paying for himself, and he has $50. He has never been to the US before. He is going to join his brother Donato Borrilo at Box 333 Holden, West Virginia. It's typed in that it's undetermined if he plans to say in the US permanently, but it's crossed out and above that is written do, perhaps short for ditto of the above written "perm" for permanent. He says he plans to become a citizen on the US. His health is good, is 5"5', and was born in San Marco dei Cavoti, Italy.

Analyzing the information from both records:

So he arrived in New York and then traveled to Holden, West Virginia. Then sometime between October 1922 to March 1926 he went back to Italy. Then when he arrived back in the US in March 1926 he moved to his brother Donato's new address at 278 W 149th ST, New York, NY (Click on address to see the distance between Holden, West Virginia and this address in NY).

Michele Borrillo

New York Passenger List for Michele Borrillo
(Encoronata "Mary" Tremonte's husband)

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There are 2 pages of this document. You can view the document by clicking on the images above or the text below the images.

This is the information you will gain by viewing this documents:

The top of the document has the name of the ship, location where passengers are coming from, and date.
The columns along the top are difficult to read. Here are the questions asked:

1. Number on List
2. Head-Tax Status
3. Name in Full: Family name; Given name
4. Age: year; month
5. Sex
6. Married or single
7. Calling or occupation
8. Able to: read; read what language; write
9. Nationality (Country of which citizen or subject)
10. Race or people
11. Last permanent residence: Country; City or Town
12. The name and complete address of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came.
13. Final Destination: State; City or Town

Columns at top of page 2 are as follows:

14. Number on List
15. Whether having a ticket to reach final destination.
16. By Whom was passage paid?
17. Whether in possession of $50, and if less how much?
18. Whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where?
19. Whether going to join a relative or a friend, and if so, what relative or friend, and his name and complete address.
20. Reason for coming to United States: 1) Whether alien intends to return to country whence he came after working or laboring in the United State. 2)Length of time alien intends to remain in the United States 3) Whether alien intends to become a citizen of the United States.
21. Ever in prison...
22. Whether a polygamist
23. Whether an anarchist
24. Whether believe in ....force or violence to the Government of the United States or all forms of law, etc.
25. ...(difficult to read, looking for info about this)
26. Whether alien had previously been deported within the year.
27. Condition of health, mental and physical
28. Deformed or crippled? Nature, length of time, and cause.
29. Height: Feet; Inches
30. Complexion
31. Color of: Hair; Eyes
32. Marks of Identification
33. Place of birth: County; City of Town
34. Immigration Visa Number
35. Issued at
36. Date


This is what we learn about Michele Borrillo from the documents (click on locations to see on a map):


This is a ship passenger list that left Napoli (Naples), Italy on March 19, 1926. The ships name is S.S. Conte Rosso.

Michele Borrillo is on line 8. At this time he is 27, married and works as a farm hand. He can read and write Italian. He is from the south of Italy. His last permanent residence was New York, NY. He left his wife Incoronata Tremonte in San Marco dei Cavoti, Italy. His final destination is New York, NY.

On page 2 of this same document remember to follow line 8 where the information is about Michele Borrillo. Here's what we learn on page 2.

From the top of the document, the ship arrived in New York on March 29, 1926 (a 10 day voyage).

He doesn't have a ticket to his final destination. He has $25 on him. He has visited the US before. The document says 922/25. I believe this means 1922-25, because of another document when he came in 1922 and it was his first time the US. He came to NY. He is going to his residence at 278 W 149th St. New York, NY. Above this address is handwritten in Bro (meaning brother) Donato. He doesn't plan to remain in his country after working in the US, but plans to become a citizen and remain in the US permanently. He answered no to all the questions about being in prison or being a polygamist or anarchist, or being violent toward the government of the United States or being deported within the year. He said his health was good and he had no deformities. He was 5' 3" tall. His complexion is nat (maybe meaning natural?), his hair and eyes are chest (perhaps meaning chestnut brown?) He has no marks of identification. He was born in San Marco dei Cavoti, Italy. And he received his visa from Washington on October 7, 1925.

Wasn't that fun to learn all that!

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