Giorgio Coniglio
Giorgio Coniglio was born nearly 99 years ago on October 13th 1920, in Tampa, Florida to his Father, Lorenzo and Mother, Rosalia...
** Interesting events that occurred around the World during Giorgio's birth year of 1920 included...
• On January 10th, 1920 the Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I ...
• On January 16th, 1920 Prohibition in the United States begins with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect...
• On February 24th, 1920 Adolf Hitler presents his National Socialist Program in Munich to the German Workers' Party which renames itself as the Nazi Party...
• On April 20th, 1920 The Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium... The Olympic symbols of five interlocking rings and the associated flag are displayed for the first time at the games.
• On August 26th, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed guaranteeing women's suffrage ( The right to vote !! )....
• On November 2nd, 1920 Republican Senator Warren G. Harding defeats Democratic Governor of Ohio James M. Cox and Socialist Eugene V. Debs in the first National U.S. election where Women have the right to vote.... Hardings election makes him the 29th President of the United States...
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Giorgio's Father Lorenzo (Lawrence) Coniglio was born on May 11th, 1893 in Vicari Palermo, Italy,..
His Mother Rosalia M Nuccio was born 2.5 years later on December 25, 1895, Christmas Day also in Vicari Palermo, Italy...
Lorenzo departed Napoli, Italy aboard the SS Sicilia at the age of 10 with his family on January 2nd, 1903 and arrives at Ellis Island in the New York Harbor twenty days later on January the 22nd..
Giorgio's Mother Rosalia Nuccio arrived at Ellis Island from Palermo, Italy with her family a decade later when she was 18 years old on August 28th, 1913 aboard the SS Santa Anna...
Each of the families would find themselves relocating to the Sunshine State of Florida in the city of Tampa...
Giorgio's parents were married on June 4th, 1916 in Tampa, Florida and reside in Ybor City...
Giorgio was the second child born to his Mother and Father... He had an older Sister named Rosa who was born three years earlier on March 24th, 1917... Shortly after Rosa's birth, Coniglio Patriarch Lorenzo registered for the draft during the First World War at the age of 24... His listed occupation was that of a "dairy man"...
According to the 1920 census Lorenzo was employed as a machinist assistant and by1930 he supports his family as a fruit market proprietor...
Both of Giorgio's parents would realize the American dream and become citizens of the United States of America...
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Nine days shy of birthday number five, Giorgio loses his life after contracting tetanus from a puncture wound ...
The early symptoms of the disease are lockjaw stiffness, and problems swallowing... Later symptoms include severe muscle spasms, seizure-like activity, severe nervous system disorders and if untreated, death ... The first widely used vaccinations for tetanus did not come to fruition until more than two decades after Giorgio's demise ....
Giorgio who went by George had a younger Brother who became his namesake.... George Nuccio Coniglio arrived into the World on February 3rd, 1927 ...
Giorgio Coniglio... Beloved Son and Brother...