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Rosario MOLICA

[N9718]

24 NOV 1886 - 10 OCT 1948

  • RESIDENCE: 1918, 702 Webster, Hammond, IN
  • OCCUPATION: Laborer-Erie RR
    1918
  • BIRTH: 24 NOV 1886, Sicily, Italy
  • DEATH: 10 OCT 1948, Howard, Cass, Michigan
Family 1 : Nunzia Joan “Nancy” MERLO
  • MARRIAGE: 26 SEP 1912, Marion, Ohio
  1.  Frederick MOLICA
  2. +Fannie MOLICA
  3.  Mary MOLICA
  4.  Bernard MOLICA
  5.  Frank MOLICA
  6.  Jennie MOLICA
  7.  Philip MOLICA
  8.  Henry MOLICA
  9.  Anthony L MOLICA

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[N9718] Rosario Molica

BIRTH 24 Nov 1886
Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy

DEATH 10 Oct 1948 (aged 61)
Niles, Berrien County, MI

BURIAL
Calvary Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, MI
PLOT Molica Plot
MEMORIAL ID 53777885 · View Source

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Rosario was the son of Phillip & Nicoletta Ignazzatoo Molica. He left Italy/Sicily - arriving at the Port of New York March 31, 1905. He resided in Ohio where he met and married Nancy Merlo - also from Mesina, Sicily, Italy. They lived in Hammond and Michigan City, IN. They then settled in Niles, MI where they raised their Eleven Children: Nicollette "Nicky" (McElroy), Philip F, Joan "Jennie" (Imus), Anthony "Tony". Henry Rosario, Filamina "Fannie" (Probst), Frank, Bernard "Benny", Mary Ann (Curtis), Alfred Frederick and Robert J Molica. Rosario worked for the Michigan Central RR until suffering a heart attack while on the job at the age of 61. He is buried with Nancy at Calvary Cemetery in Niles, MI . Submitted by Anita Frucci Rodgers

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Death Record

Name: Rosario Molica
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 13 Oct 1948
Burial Place: Niles, Mich.
Death Date: 10 Oct 1948
Death Place: Howard, Cass, Michigan
Age: 61
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1886
Birthplace: Sicily Italy
Occupation: Railroad
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy
Father's Name: Phillip Molica
Father's Birthplace: Sicily,Italy
Mother's Name: Nicoletta Ignazaatoo
Mother's Birthplace: Sicily,Italy

"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9M2C-D29 : accessed 16 Jun 2014), Rosario Molica, 10 Oct 1948; citing Howard, Cass, Michigan, reference v 10 p 257; FHL microfilm 1941381.

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