Carmelo and Anna, 50th wedding anniversary, 1954
Carmelo was born in the small village of Santa Caterina Villarmosa, nearly the geographical center of the island of Sicily, in late summer 1875. He came to the United States around the turn of the century, lived in Manhattan and found work as a laborer.
He and his younger brother Calogero would meet and eventually marry two sisters from the neighborhood, Anna and Giacinta Siragusa, on the same day in 1904.
Carmelo and Anna relocated to Hillsdale, New Jersey, where they raised their large family.
A timeline of significant events and documents:
1875
Carmelo Utri birth record from Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Sicily
1904
Carmelo Dellutri and Anna Siragusa marriage record, March 27, 1904
1910
1910 Census
1915
1915 Census
1920
1920 Census
1930
1930 Census
1940
1940 Census
1961
