Not yet fully verified. Facts are tagged with their confidence level; family-supplied details have not all been checked against a primary record.
Biographical Information
Josephina "Josie" Giuseppa Lo Cascio was born on 8 March 1884 in Palermo, Italy, a daughter of Carlo Lo Cascio and Antonina Lo Verde and a sister of Rose, Michael and Angelina Confirmed. She is the second of the two "elusive" Locascio sisters, now confirmed. She married Frank Cannella and raised her family in Chicago; she died in 1957 and was buried on 27 December 1957 at Queen of Heaven / Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside — the same Hillside cemetery complex as her mother Antonina and brother Michael. Her husband Frank Cannella bears the name of the "Frank Canella" arrested in the 1914 murder of her brother-in-law Joe Ingo (Angelina's husband) — very probably the same man, which would make the whole 1914 homicide an affair among in-laws.
Confidence of each fact: Confirmed primary record · Probable strong but unproven · Inherited family knowledge · Conflict sources disagree · Hypothesis working theory
Full Name & Name Variations
Josephina "Josie" Giuseppa Lo Cascio
Josie Locascio — maiden form (SSA record)Inherited
Josie / Josephine Cannella — married nameInherited
Giuseppina Lo Cascio — Italian formInherited
Birth & Death
Born: 8 March 1884, Palermo, Italy [CONFIRMED — SSA NUMIDENT]; recorded ~1887 in some later records
Died: 1957, Chicago (buried 27 December 1957, Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside)
CONFIRMED as a Locascio daughter (Session 69). Her SSA NUMIDENT (application Jan 1943) records "Josie Cannella, alias Josie Locascio, b. 8 March 1884, Palermo, Italy," with parents Nina Loverdi (Antonina Lo Verde) and Carlo Locascio — an exact parent match. FamilySearch's tree links her as Josephina Giuseppa Locascio, 1884–1957.Confirmed
Marriage & death. The 1930 census shows Josephine Cannella (b. ~1887, Italy), wife of Frank Cannella, with a daughter Jennie; Find a Grave and the Archdiocese cemetery records give her burial 27 December 1957, Hillside (d. 1957).Confirmed
The Cannella–Ingo–Locascio web. Her husband Frank Cannella shares the name of the "Frank Canella" arrested on 2 April 1914 for the murder of Joe Ingo — the husband of her sister Angelina. If the same man (highly likely, same name/neighbourhood/era), then the 1914 killing set brother-in-law against brother-in-law: victim Joe Ingo (Angelina's husband); accused Michael Lo Cascio (brother) and Frank Cannella (Josephina's husband).Probable
Origin note: her Palermo birthplace supports the chart's "Palermo" for the Lo Cascio family.Probable
Josephina is a collateral relative, not a direct ancestor; the direct line runs through her sister Rose.Inherited
1930 US Census — Frank & Josephine Cannella, ChicagoJosephine Cannella (b. ~1887, Italy), wife of Frank Cannella; daughter Jennie.FamilySearch
Find a Grave / Archdiocese of Chicago cemetery records — Josephine Cannella, d. 1957buried 27 December 1957, Queen of Heaven / Mount Carmel, Hillside, Cook, Illinois.FamilySearch / Find a Grave