Jennifer's Family History
Caterina SCHIMMENTI
1877 - 1967 (89 years)-
Name Caterina SCHIMMENTI [1, 2] Birth 21 Oct 1877 Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy 
[1, 2] Christening 21 Oct 1877 Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Gender Female Death 6 Mar 1967 New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware, USA [3] 
Aiena Caterina nee Schimmenti Death 1967 Burial 10 Mar 1967 Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA Person ID I438 Jennifer's Family Tree - All Lines 5-29-26 Last Modified 30 May 2026
Father Pietro SCHIMMENTI, b. 1 Jul 1851, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 27 Mar 1917 (Age 65 years) Relationship natural Mother Rosalia LOFRANCO, b. 1 Jan 1855, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 16 Jan 1899 (Age 44 years) Relationship natural Marriage Abt Mar 1872 Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Family ID F170 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Giuseppe AIENA, b. 26 Mar 1868, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 10 May 1948, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 6 Jun 1896 Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy [4] Children 1. Cristina AIENA, b. 19 Mar 1899, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 18 Jul 1990, Huntington Station, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Maria AIENA, b. 3 Apr 1906, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 1 Sep 1983, Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Rosalia AIENA, b. 23 Aug 1901, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 26 Oct 1982 (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Angelina AIENA, b. 17 Jun 1920, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA d. 27 Jun 1952, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Giacomo AIENA, b. 16 Jul 1896, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 25 Jul 1974, New York, New York, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. Matthew AIENA, b. 21 Mar 1915, New York City, New York d. 10 Jul 1990, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Biagina AIENA, b. 25 Apr 1913, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 28 May 2006, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. Peter Paul AIENA, b. 8 Mar 1911, New York, New York, USA d. 16 Aug 1993, Copaigue, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. Francesca "Eleanor" AIENA, b. 24 May 1917, New York, New York, USA d. 13 Feb 2000, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]10. Marianna AIENA, b. 31 Oct 1903, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA d. 31 May 1905, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]11. Rosaria AIENA, b. 1 Jul 1908, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 8 Aug 2004, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 96 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F134 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 May 2026
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Notes - Buried March 10, 1967 at 88 years of age, St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetary, 80
-01 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY in a grave with her daughter Angelina S
ection 53, Range R, Grave #27
TROJAN PRINCE
"Trojan Prince" of 1897-1917. She was built by J. Redhead & Sons of South Shields in 1896 for the British "Prince Line"She was a 3273 gross ton vessel, length 351.4ft x beam 44.6ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Accommodation was provided for 40-1st class and 1,260-3rd class passengers. She was launched for the South American service on 14/5/1896 and sailed from London on her maiden voyage to Montevideo, Rosario, and Buenos Aires on 30/7/1896. She commenced her first North Atlantic run on 25/9/1897 when she sailed from New York to Naples, Genoa, Leghorn, Genoa, Naples and New York. On 25/5/1903 she started her last voyage from Genoa to Leghorn, Naples, Palermo, Gibralter (for repairs to a damaged propeller) and finally arrived at New York on 7/7/1903. On 23/2/1917 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, 5 miles NW of Port Shershel. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor vol.3, p.1233] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 6 October 1997]
Betty took care of Catherine for the last couple of years of her life. She may have lived in a nursing home for a few months before her death.
Buried March 10, 1967 at 88 years of age, St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetary, 80
-01 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY in a grave with her daughter Angelina S
ection 53, Range R, Grave #27
TROJAN PRINCE
"Trojan Prince" of 1897-1917. She was built by J. Redhead & Sons of South Shields in 1896 for the British "Prince Line"She was a 3273 gross ton vessel, length 351.4ft x beam 44.6ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Accommodation was provided for 40-1st class and 1,260-3rd class passengers. She was launched for the South American service on 14/5/1896 and sailed from London on her maiden voyage to Montevideo, Rosario, and Buenos Aires on 30/7/1896. She commenced her first North Atlantic run on 25/9/1897 when she sailed from New York to Naples, Genoa, Leghorn, Genoa, Naples and New York. On 25/5/1903 she started her last voyage from Genoa to Leghorn, Naples, Palermo, Gibralter (for repairs to a damaged propeller) and finally arrived at New York on 7/7/1903. On 23/2/1917 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, 5 miles NW of Port Shershel. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor vol.3, p.1233] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 6 October 1997]
Betty took care of Catherine for the last couple of years of her life. She may have lived in a nursing home for a few months before her death.
Died:
- Immediate cause: Broncho-pneumonia
- Buried March 10, 1967 at 88 years of age, St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetary, 80
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Sources - [S707] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number:.
New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 - [S1028] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715, 1897-1957.
New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 - [S35] Funeral Mass Card, Mass Card for Caterina Aiena (Reliability: 3).
- [S23] Certificate of Marriage from Archdiocese of Palermo (Reliability: 3).
Married in Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, via G. Ferraro 1, 90036 Misilmeri. Giuseppe Arena, born in Misilmeri March 26, 1868 and Caterina Schimmenti born in Misilmeri Oct 21, 1877 were married June 6, 1896 and their marriage is recorded in Vol 21, page 158, Number 62.
- [S707] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number:.