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Birth:          24 Feb 1857 Serino, Italy
Death:          22 Oct 1923 Birmingham, Ala.
Cause of Death: murdered
Burial:         26 Oct 1923 Elmwood Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Ala.

Notes
Serino, Italy, 1914 Marriage Register, Part IIB, antenati.com (marr rec of son Umberto)
Serino, Italy, 1857 Birth Register, antenati.com 
Serino, Italy, 1881 Marriage Register, antenati.com 
Serino, Italy, 1881 Birth Register, antenati.com (birth rec of dtr Margherita)
Serino, Italy, 1886 Birth Register, antenati.com (birth rec of son Antonio)
Serino, Italy, 1886 Birth Register, antenati.com, Part II (birth rec of son Quintilio) 
(transcription of record from Marianopoli, Sicily, Italy)
Serino, Italy, 1888 Birth Register, antenati.com (birth rec of son Carmine)
Serino, Italy, 1891 Birth Register, antenati.com (birth rec of son Umberto)
Serino, Italy, 1894 Birth Register, antenati.com (birth rec of son Ernesto)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158261387/elizabeth-romeo (has birthdate of 2 
Feb, wrong)
Funeral services for the victims will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the 
residence of Mrs. Ralph Argenie, 2729 Barson Avenue, and from St. Paul's Catholic 
Church at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, with Lige Loy in charge.

Mrs. Romeo is survived by four sons, M. Q., Q. M., H. J., and E. E. Romeo; one 
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Argenie, and a sister, Mrs. Louise Domoio.

Active pallbearers for Mrs. Romeo: N. J. Catanzano, Sam Savio, Leo Lubo, Louis 
Lovey, Joe Lobone and Mike Fierella. Honorary pallbearers for both victims will be J. 
C. Catanazano, Jacob Burger, Sam Trippi, Phillip Lumbardo, G. A. Firpot, Frank 
Mazzara, Tony Scotch and Rose Thellie. – The Birmingham News, 25 Oct 1923, p. 2

NOTE: Elizabeth Romeo and her daughter Juliet Vigilante were attacked with an axe 
by an unknown assailant who tried to rob their grocery store. Elizabeth died at the 
scene, and Juliet died a couple of days later. (The killer left Juliet's toddler child 
unharmed.)

Parents
BOTTIGLIERE Pellegrino (Peregrino) (26 Sep 1818 - )
MASI / DI MASI Maria Cristina (Cristina) (25 May 1826 - 24 Aug 1908)

Siblings
BOTTIGLIERE Michelarcangelo (13 Sep 1846 - )
BOTTIGLIERE Maria Elisabetta (1 Aug 1849 - 25 Feb 1850)
BOTTIGLIERE Luigi (20 Feb 1851 - )
BOTTIGLIERE Generoso (13 Mar 1854 - )
BOTTIGLIERE Elisabetta (24 Feb 1857 - 22 Oct 1923)
BOTTIGLIERE Filomena (10 Sep 1860 - )
BOTTIGLIERE Maria Addolorata (15 Feb 1864 - )
BOTTIGLIERE Giovanni (9 Apr 1870 - )

Marriage To ROMEO Francesco (5 Aug 1857 - 14 Jul 1922)
    m. 29 Jan 1881 Serino, Italy

Notes

Parents
ROMEO Antonio (26 Oct 1826 - )
ROMEI Margherita (27 Nov 1827 - )

Children by ROMEO Francesco 5 Aug 1857 - 14 Jul 1922
ROMEO Margherita (2 Nov 1881 - 19 Aug 1942)
ROMEO Quintilio (Michael Quintiglia) (1 Oct 1883 - 31 Jul 1949)
ROMEO Clotilde Cristina (21 Mar 1885 - 7 Aug 1885)
ROMEO Antonio (Anthony Michael) (21 May 1886 - 23 Feb 1950)
ROMEO Carmine Antonio (15 Aug 1888 - )
ROMEI / ROMEO Umberto (Herbert John) (2 Jan 1891 - 27 Nov 1939)
ROMEO Ernesto Antonio (19 Sep 1894 - 7 Nov 1964)
ROMEO Juliet Elisabeth (3 May 1897 - 24 Oct 1923)

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