Gisueppe (Joseph) Todesca was born 12 January 1870 in Torre le Nocelle to Gennaro Antonio Todesca and Carmela Petriello. Giuseppe was the older brother of our vaudeville trick cyclist, Raffaele Todesca. He married Maria Agnes Niedhold 30 June 1897** in Boston MA.
Passport Application - Giuseppe
Passport #118534
Filed: 15 April 1919 in Boston MA
Issued: 15 September 1919
Name: Joseph Todesca
Birth: 12 January 1870 in Torre le Nocelle, Italy
Father: Gennaro Todesca, born and residing in Italy
Emigration: March 1887 from Naples
Naturalization: 28 July 1897 in Boston MA
Occupation: Contractor
Address: 105 Walworth St. Roslindale MA
Witness: Charles H. Cronin, lawyer, 72 Walnut St. Boston MA
Note: Wife's application attached.
Reasons for travel: (Separate letter attached)
1: To visit his father Gennaro who is now 72 years old, ill and about to die.
2: To sell real estate in TLN which he owns and to recover said real estate as he has received information that it is being claimed by other persons.
3: To divide between himself and his brothers Albert, Carl, Ralph e Salvatore property which is jointly owned.
U.S. Passport Application #118475
Filed: 15 September 1919 in Boston MA
Issued: 19 September 1919
Name: Agnes M. Todesca
Birth: 5 January 1879 in Boston MA
Residence: 105 Walworth St., Roslindale MA
Husband Emigration: March 1887 from Naples
Husband Naturalization: 29 July 1897 in Boston MA
Reason For Travel: To accompany husband as soon as passport is issued.
Witness: Charles H. Cronin, lawyer, 72 Walnut St. Boston MA
Canopic - Napoli to Boston - 2 March 1920
List: 9
Line: 8
Name: Todesca, Giuseppe
Age: 49
Marital: Married
Passport: American #118534 issued 19 November in Washington D.C.
Residence: 105 Walnor (Walworth) St. Boston MA
List: 9
Line: 9
Name: Todesca, Maria Agnese
Age: 40
Marital: Married
Passport: American # 118475
Residence: 105 Walnor St. Boston MA
**Thanks to Jeff D for tracking down the marriage info on Giuseppe and Agnes!
Page 124 of the 1897 Boston Marriage Index
Giuseppe and Agnes are on line four.
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