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Biographical Information
Anthony Russo was of Italy (inferred). Anthony married Maria Ocsaro and had 1 child (John Russo).
Confidence of each fact: Confirmed primary record · Probable strong but unproven · Inherited family knowledge · Conflict sources disagree · Hypothesis working theory
Full Name & Name Variations
Anthony Russo
Anthony Russo - as recorded on his son's US death recordInherited
Antonio Russo - Italian original (search Italian records under Antonio)Inherited
_Provenance:_ 'Anthony' as recorded on his son's US death record; the Italian original would be ANTONIO RUSSO. Search Italian records under Antonio.
CONFIRMED as the father of John Russo, via John's Cook County death record of 19 March 1964 (entry 17884), which names the father as ANTHONY RUSSO.Confirmed
NEW PERSON - not on the original family chart. Descent: Anthony Russo > John Russo > Carl Joseph Russo > P.A.R. > P.J.B.. He is therefore John's father, CARL's grandfather, and the 2x GREAT-GRANDFATHER of P.J.B..Inherited
NOT an ancestor of A.P.B. - this line descends through P.A.R..Inherited
CAUTION - NAME COLLISION: he is a different man from Anthony Perino (PER-003, Rocco Perino's father) and from Anthony Perino b.1916 (Rocco's son). Three unrelated Anthonys in this tree.Inherited
Nothing else is known: no birth or death date, no wife's name, no town. His son John was born in Italy on 10 August 1863, so Anthony was an adult in Italy by the early 1860s.Inherited
NEXT: John Russo's full death certificate may name John's MOTHER (Anthony's wife). Italian civil registers would need the town first.Inherited
RE-CONFIRMED as John Russo's father by a SECOND record - John's 1901 marriage (which names the groom's father as Antonini/Antonio). His WIFE is now known too: MARIA OCSARO (John's mother). See her entry.Inherited
So Anthony Russo married MARIA OCSARO; their son John Russo emigrated to Chicago in 1897.Inherited
Sources & Documents (2 sources)
Chicago marriage - John Russo & Rose Lo Cascio, 16 February 1901 (names both couples' parents) ↗"Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935", marriage of Joannem (John) Russo and Rosinam (Rosa) Lo Cascio, 16 February 1901, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary church, Chicago (civil record 10 Feb 1901). Groom's parents: Antonini (Anthony Russo) and Maria Ocsaro. Bride's parents: Caroli (Carlo Lo Cascio) and Antoninae Lo Verde.FamilySearch / Illinois Marriages
Cook County death record — John Russo, 1964 (entry 17884) ↗Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, entry for John Russo and Anthony Russo, 19 March 1964. Age 100; born 10 August 1863, Italy; address 1513 North 37th Ave, Melrose Park; widowed; occupation Photographer; buried 21 March 1964, Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Township of Proviso, Cook County. Father: Anthony Russo. Carl J Russo also named on the record. (FamilySearch / Cook County (index; certificate image exists but is restricted to FamilySearch centers / affiliate libraries - collection 1463134, entry 17884))