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Note: Listed on the manifest of the "Princess Irene" arriving May 6, 1908, is: FRANCESCO "FRANK" FERRARA, age 29, male, married, nationality: Italian, south; residence: P. Adriano, Palermo; ID number: 101780060531. (The manifest shows that Frank HAD been in the U.S. before and was returning back to Indiana, to meet brother Christopher.) MARIA "MARY" FERRARA, age 22, female, married, nationality: Italian, south; residence: P. Adriano, Palermo; ID number: 101780060532. (The manifest shows that Mary had NOT been in the U.S. and was returning back with Frank to Indiana.) ANTONINA "LENA" MASARACCHIO, age 30, female, married, nationality: Italian, south; residence: P. Adriano, Palermo. (The manifest shows that Lena HAD been in the U.S. before and was returning back to Indiana, to meet her Husband Christopher Ferrara.) VINCENZO "VINCENT" VEPTRESA, age 9, male, single, nationality: Italian, south; residence: P. Adriano, Palermo. (The manifest shows that Vincent had NOT been in the U.S. before and was going to 236 E. 95th St., New York. According to Charles P. Massa, Vincent was possibly Lena's nephew. At the age of 18, he was working on the railroad (as many emigrants were) and suffered a fatal accident. He had slipped between two train cars, getting his legs cut off and had died.) Later on, Frank Ferrara employed his widowed sister-in-law, Lena, at the Ferrara Grocery Store, a small corner building on North 9th Street in Clinton, IN. Lena ran the store for him until her death.
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