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Malawai stamp of DiMaggio printed c. 2007, photo by Neftali /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Date of Birth: November 25, 1914
Place of Birth: Martinez, Contra Costa, California, United States
Date of Death: March 8, 1999
Place of Death: Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Ethnicity: Sicilian Italian
Joe DiMaggio was an American professional baseball player. A center fielder, he played for thirteen years for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He coached the Oakland Athletics. He was nicknamed “Joltin’ Joe,” “the Yankee Clipper,” and “Joe D.”
He was the son of Rosalia/Rosalie (Mercurio) and Giuseppe/Giuseppi “Joseph” DiMaggio. His parents were from Isola delle Femmine, Città Metropolitana di Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He had a son with his former wife, actress Dorothy Arnold.
Joe’s paternal grandfather was Gaetano Di Maggio/DiMaggio (the son of Vincenzo Stefano Giuseppe Di Maggio/DiMaggio and Rosaria Lucido). Gaetano was born on Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Sicily. Vincenzo was born in Capaci, Palermo, the son of Gaetano Di Maggio/DiMaggio and Giuseppa Providenzia Maria Lucido. Rosaria was born in Palermo, the daughter of Antonino Lucido and Speranza Puccio.
Joe’s paternal grandmother was Adriana/Andriana “Nedianna” Pizzimenti (the daughter of Antonino Pizzimenti and Rosa Lucido). Adriana was born on Isola delle Femmine. Antonino was the son of Natale Pizzimenti and Adriana Enea. Rosa was the daughter of Salvatore Vincenzo Cesare Lucido and Agata Aiello.
Joe’s maternal grandfather was Michel/Michele “Mike” Mercurio/Di Mercurio (the son of Domenico Giuseppe Salvatore Di Mercurio and Maria Flores). Michele was born on Isola Delle Femmine. Domenico was born on Isola Delle Femmine, the son of Paolo Pietro Salvatore Di Mercurio and Rosa Marai Francesca Graziano. He was said to have drowned while fishing. Joe’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Isola Delle Femmine, the daughter of Giovanni Flores and Rosalia Angela Rosaria Lucido.
Joe’s maternal grandmother was Girolama Bologna (the daughter of Natale Bologna and Girolama Ann Rosa Bruno). Joe’s grandmother Girolama was born on Isola delle Femmine. Natale was the son of Giuseppe Bologna and Girolama Enea. Joe’s great-grandmother Girolama was the daughter of Erasmo Bruno and Francesca Billeci.
Sources: Genealogies of Joe DiMaggio – http://www.geni.com http://freepages.rootsweb.com https://www.findagrave.com
Joe DiMaggio on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org