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Birth:          5 Jan 1903 Philadelphia, Pa.

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1910 in Philadelphia, Pa.
1920 in Phila., Pa. musician, unm, says b Conn.
[in 1920 there is an Edward Rodia age 18, b Conn, in Coast Guard in New London, 
Conn.]
per US Naturalization Rec on ancestry of Vito Rodia
1940 in Philadelphia, Pa., cigar boy, says b Conn, wife Alice b 1912 Pa, wrapper in 
factory [this the one who murdered his wife Elvira Alice in 1941, he is age 41 in 1944, 
per findagrave died 18 Apr 1961 Trenton, NJ, buried NJ State Prison Cemetery, 
Mercer Co., N.J., born Torrington Conn, no bdate]
per Phila Marr Idx on ancestry, there are three marriages:
Edward J Rodia Veronica Curcio 1951 [this is the Edward J Rodia b 1927, son of 
Daniel Rodia and Valeria Rugal]
Edward Rodia Concetta Sanso 1923
Edward Rodia Violetta M Myers 1931 [Violetta died 10 Aug 1937 Phila., Pa., per Pa 
Death Cert, lobar pneumonia, age 37 buried Holy Cross, Yeadon, Pa., married but no 
name of husband]
Pa Marr on ancestry, Edward Rodia, 27, chauffeur, b Hartford, Conn, resides 1910 
Germantown Ave, Phila., md 11 Sep 1934, Broomall, Pa., Alvera A. Perlinagiero, 23, 
resides Moorestown, NJ [prev marr for her: "none" for him what appears to be "no" 
but unclear]
Pa Marr on ancestry, Edward Rodia, tailor, b Hartford, Conn., tailor, resides 313 
Chestnut St., Harrisburg, Pa., age 25, no prev marr, father Vito, mother Antoinetta 
Ferendo, both desceased [but Vito died in 1945] md 29 Mar 1927 Harrisburg, Pa., 
Violetta Marie Myers, b Mahanoy City, Pa, resides 1105 Cowden St Harrisburg Pa, age 
24, no prev marr, father George, mother Catherine Pernell, both deceased.
The catch in this is that on his naturalization petition, Vito gives Phila as birthplace for 
all his children, including Edward. There's also the mystery of the "Ferendo" surname 
for his mother, the claim of no previous marriages. Did he and Violetta divorce? She 
died in 1937, he married in 1934.
WW2 Reg card, Edward Rodia, b 10 Jan 1903, Torrington, Conn., resides 2949 N 22 
St. (then that is crossed out), works for Bayuk Cigar Co., person who will always know 
address is Samuel Sciotto [brother in law]. 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-Press-Photo-Edward-Rodia-Plant-worker-confessed-
to-murder-of-his-wife-/402561927637
accused of murdering wife Elvira Alice

Parents
RODIA Vito (7 Mar 1868 - 9 Feb 1945)
CAROTENUTO Mariantonia (Antonetta) (1876 - 20 May 1918)

Siblings
RODIA Emelia (5 Dec 1895 - 1966)
RODIA Elvira (7 Mar 1897 - 18 Mar 1944)
RODIA Edward (5 Jan 1903 - )
RODIA Anna (9 Jan 1905 - )
RODIA Genoveffa (Jennie) (Jean) (7 May 1909 - 27 Sep 1997)

Marriage To SANSO Concetta (8 Nov 1906 - )
    m. 1923 Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes

Parents
SANSO Salvatore ()
CARUSO Giuseppina ()

Marriage To ----- Elvira Alice (1910 - 1943)
    m.  

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