Census for John and Frances Mortillaro Household

	1900	NY 1905	1910 (note)	NY 1915	1920	1940
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Index Name	Martellato	Mortillero	Mortelaro	Mortillare	Mortillaro	Mortillaro
Address	21 Marion Street (now Cleveland Place), Little Italy, Manhattan	Manhattan	5 Sixth Avenue, Tribeca, Manhattan	New York City	94 Perry street, West Village, Manhattan, New York	535 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Husband	John, 29, tailor, born in 1871 in Italy, immigrated in 1897	John, 34, grocer, born in Italy parents born in Italy	John, 39, grocer in own store, born in Italy, immigrated in 1897	John, 44, saloon, born in Italy, in U.S. for 17 years	John, 48, salesman at a grocery, born in Italy, immigrated in 1896, naturalizwd in 1919	John, 69, storekeeper at a grocery store, born in Italy
Wife	Frances, 29, born in 1870 in Italy, immigrated in 1897, married 9 years, 2 of 2 children living	Frances, 35, born in Italy	Frances, 40, married 20 years, 4 of 5 children living, born in Italy, immigrated in 1897
Daughter	Frances, 9, born Italy in in 1890	Frances, 14, born in Italy	Frances, 19, born in Italy, immigrated in 1897	Frances, 23, dressmaker, born in Italy, in U.S. for 17 years
Daughter	Anna, 7, born in Italy in 1892	Anna, 12, born in Italy	Sebastian, 17, born in Italy, immigrated in 1897	Sebastian, 21, dressmaker, born in Itlay, in U.S. for 17 years	Anna, 27, dressmaker at a shop, born in Italy, immigrated in 1896
Son		Bennie, 4, born in U.S.	Pelegrino, 9, born in New York	Pellagrino, 14, born in U.S.	Ben, 18, born in Pennsylvania, parents born in Italy
Son			Frank, 7, born in New York	Frank, 13, born in U.S.	Frank, 16, clerk in an express office, born in Pennsylvania, parents born in Italy	Frank and Josephine Varvaro Mortillaro

Note: The children's names were mixed up in the 1910 census but are corrected above.

From various sources:

John Mortillaro was born March 10, 1871, in Villafranca, Italy. He arrived in New York November 24, 1897, on the ship Bolivia. He declared his intention on February 15, 1911, when living at 5 Sixth Avenue, Tribeca, Manhattan. He petitioned for naturalization on January 23, 1918, when living at 32 James Street, Two Bridges, Manhattan. His wife Francesca died October 8, 1911. He had four children residing with him in 1918:

Francesca, born February 25, 1891, in Italy
Sebastiana, born June 7, 1893, in Italy
Pelligrino, born September 20, 1901, in Pennsylvania
Frank, born June 24, 1903, in Pennsylvania

Note: The last two children's names were mixed up and are corrected above. Source: The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944

Frances Mortillaro was born on February 25, 1891, in Italy. Her father Giovanni was 19, and her mother Francesca was 21. She married Giovanni Cappello on June 13, 1918, in New York City. They had three children during their marriage. She died in January 1991 at the age of 99. Giovanni passed away in September 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 83. They had been married 51 years. Her sister Anna died on March 23, 1990, in Yoro, Honduras, when Frances was 99 years old. Frances Mortillaro lived in Caltabellotta, Agrigento, Italy (9 miles from Villafranca Sicula). It is reputed first bishop was Saint Pellegrino, a disciple of Saint Peter. Source: Maslowski Family Tree on Ancestry.com

The 1903 and 1904 Philadelphia City Directories show John Mortillaro living at 535 Montrose.

The Boyd's 1904 Philadelphia Buisiness Directorys show Giovanni Mortillaro, grocer, living at 535 Montrose.

Frank Paul Mortillaro was born June 14, 1903, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.

Frank Mortillaro was born June 14, 1903. He died April 1978 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Source: SSA

Passenger list for the steamship Bolivia that arrived in New York November 24, 1897, from Naples, including Giovannni Mortillaro and children Francesca 6, Sebastiano 4, and Pellegrino 2. Not shown is a column saying they come from Caltabelotta (in the provice of Arigento, Sicily). See: Passenger List.

John Mortillaro was born March 10, 1871, in Villafranca, Italy. He arrived in New York November 24, 1897, on the ship Bolivia. (He declared his intention on February 15, 1911, when living at 5 Sixth Avenue, Tribeca, Manhattan.) He petitioned for naturalization on January 23, 1918, when living at 32 James Street, Two Bridges, Manhattan. His wife Francesca died October 8, 1911. He had four children residing with him in 1918:

Francesca, born February 25, 1891, in Italy
Sebastiana, born June 7, 1893, in Italy
Pelligrino, born September 20, 1901, in Pennsylvania
Frank, born June 24, 1903, in Pennsylvania

Note: The last two children's names were mixed up and are corrected above. Source: Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944

Caltabelotta and Villafranca Sicula, Arigento, Sicily.