Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Michele Borrillo's First Voyage to the US

Michele Borrillo's First Voyage to the US





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).

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