When Anna Cappadoro was born on November 30, 1877, in Sicilia, Italy, her father, Guglielmo, was 45, and her mother, Maria, was 44. She had seven sons and one daughter with Vincenzo (Vincent) Vincente Bivona between 1898 and 1918. She died on 10 July 1976 in Queens, New York, at the age of 98.

I asked for AI for a translation of the birth certificate shown above:

Year 1877, on the 26th day of July, at the hour one after noon and minutes twenty,
in the Town Hall. Before me, Emanuele Occorso, Mayor and acting Civil Registrar
of the Municipality of Custonaci, appeared Cappadoro Luigi, 40 years old, stonecutter, domiciled in Custonaci, who declared to me that at the hour one after noon and minutes twenty, of the current day,in the house located on Via Salvo,
to Cappadoro Maria, his wife, housewife, living with him, a female child was born,
whom he presents to me and to whom he gives the name: Anna

The above declaration and presentation were made in the presence of the witnesses
Bascio Giuseppe, aged 40, stonecutter, and Casale Luigi, aged 30, bricklayer,
both residents of this municipality.

After this act was read to the declarant and the witnesses, they signed it with me.

Signed:
Emanuele Occorso, Civil Registrar

I used AI to translate this wedding document – see below:

Year 1897, on the 27th day of July, at the hour ten in the morning, in the Town Hall of Custonaci, open to the public. Before me, Dott. Luigi Quaranta, Mayor and acting Civil Registrar, vested in official form, there personally appeared:

Bivona Vincenzo Salvatore, unmarried, stonecutter, born in Gibellina,
resident in Gibellina, son of Giuseppe, resident in Gibellina,and of Giuseppa Foderà, resident in Gibellina; and Cappadoro Anna, unmarried, housewife, born in Custonaci,resident in Custonaci, daughter of the late Luigi, resident in Custonaci,
and of Accardi Maria, resident in Custonaci; who requested to be united in marriage.

For this purpose they presented the required documents, and from the examination of these, as well as of those already produced at the time of the marriage banns,
all bearing my approval and inserted in the volume of attachments to this register,
and finding no impediment to the celebration of their marriage, I read to the spouses the articles of the Civil Code concerning the rights and duties of husband and wife.

I then asked the groom whether he intended to take as wife the present Cappadoro Anna, and the bride whether she intended to take as husband the present Bivona Vincenzo Salvatore; each having answered affirmatively and mutually,
in the presence of the witnesses named below, I declared, in the name of the law, that they were united in marriage.

The witnesses present were: Coppola Giuseppe, 40 years old, laborer, and Di Carlo Domenico, 44 years old, farm worker,both residents of this municipality.

The documents presented were: certificates of birth, marriage banns published in this Civil Registry Office and in the Civil Registry Office of the Municipality of Gibellina,
and certificates showing that no impediment existed to the marriage. After this act was read aloud to those present, it was signed as follows.

Signatures:
Cappadoro Anna
Bivona Vincenzo Salvatore
Coppola Giuseppe
Di Carlo Domenico
Luigi Quaranta, Civil Registrar

According to my research, Anna’s two oldest children were born in Italy. They were Giuseppe “Joseph” Bivona 1898-1961 and Gugllielmo “William” Bivona 1900-1981.

Her next 5 children were born in Argentina. They were; Juan “John” Bivona 1902-1975, Francesco “Frank” Bivona 1904-1969 (the direct ancestor to my brother-in-law’s family), Vincent E Bivona Jr 1908-2001, Antonio (Anthony Tony) Bivona 1911-1998,

Her youngest was born in New York. Angelo Bivona 1918-1993.

It is interesting to note that both Anna’s father and her husband were stone cutters.

Anna became a naturalized citizen of the USA in 1945.

I have a previous blog that I have not updated but it should have a great deal of additional information about the life of Anna. https://tellinglifestories.org/2018/08/11/francesco-frank-bivona-1904-1969/