Salvatore Biundo was born around 1850 in Cinisi. Though there are baptismal records for many (most) other Biundo’s in Cinisi, I have not seen one for him so not sure on the date. There was a lot going on in Sicily then though (and in the world). But just because I don’t have it. doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Other family members, however, have recorded that he was born in November of 1850. If accurate, that would have made him the firstborn of Giuseppe Biundo and Giacoma Mangiapane who were married earlier in February of that year. And he was named after his paternal grandfather, as firstborn sons were in Sicily.
Salvatore Biundo married Caterina (Rosalia) Ferrante on February 9, 1876. If the previous date was accurate, he would have been around 25 years old at the time of his marriage, and she would have been around 21 years old.
Previously, marriage records were recorded by the church in Sicily. They still were at this time, however, a change from Il Risorgimento (the unification of Sicily to Italy) was that church validation was no longer sufficient to make a marriage legitimate. They were required to get a civil marriage as well. That’s why this record is different than some of the previous. It was a new step required at that time.
Children
Giacoma (Genevieve) Biundo (1878) married Salvatore Randazzo
Rosalia Biundo (1885) married Ciro Palazzalo
Giuseppe Biundo (1887) though I’m not certain if he lived
Maria Biondo (1890)
Dominic Biundo (1896) though I’m not certain if he lived
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Salvatore Biundo had died sometime before October of 1917 because that is when his wife, Caterina Rosalia Ferrante, came to the United States, and it says on the passenger record that she was widowed at the time. She was traveling with her daughter Maria who was listed as single. It says they were going to stay with her daughter Giacoma Biundo in Chicago.
(In the 1920 census, Giacoma and Rosalia were living in Chicago, along with their husbands and children. I don’t know where the mother or younger sister were at the point, or if they’d gone back to Sicily after visiting for a bit.)