1888-90 St. Paul Directories: Giacomo Bacigalupo

The earliest record of Felice's father, Giacomo, that I've found so far is in an 1888-1889 City Directory for St. Paul.


Detail of 1888-89 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1888-9 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1888), 229.

Notice "Giocomo" is a laborer and is rooming at 166 Martin. An entry further up shows an Agostino Bacigalupo also residing at 166 Martin. Is he possibly a relative? More confirmation is needed at this point. Also why does it state he is rooming on Martin? The manifest stated that his address in 1908 was 166 W Central Av. As it turns out an 1871 map of St. Paul shows that the street that is now called W Central Av was at that time called Martin.


1871 map of St. Paul, MN. Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society.

The 1889-90 directory also shows an entry for "Giocomo." It's interesting that Agostino has a different residence and that a John Bacigalupo is boarding at 166 Martin with "Giocomo." Is he related?


Detail of 1889-90 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1889-90 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1889), 236.

1891-1895 St. Paul Directories: Jacob Bacigalupo

The 1890-91 Directory had no entry for Giacomo Bacigalupo. He reappears in the 1891-92 Directory rooming at 359 Jackson and calling himself "Jacob," a more anglicized version of the Italian "Giacomo." He is working as a clerk presumably for Giovanni Bacigalupo's confectionery at 359 Jackson.


Detail of 1891-92 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1891-92 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1891), 238.

The 1893 Directory has Jacob as a clerk for a John (Giovanni) Bacigalupo who runs the confectionery at 359 Jackson. He is still rooming at the same address.


Detail of 1893 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1893 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1893), 264.

The 1894 St. Paul Directory has no entry for Jacob Bacigalupo. I suspect he may have been out of the country. According to the 1900 Census, 1894 was the year of his marriage to Theresa. The 1895 Directory shows him living again at 166 Martin with August Bacigalupo which is confirmed by the 1895 MN Census. He is working with a Joseph Derbarbieri at a confectionery on 305 Jackson.


Detail of 1895 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1895 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1895), 270.

1895 MN Census: Jacob Bacigalupo

I finally was able to find Jacob's family in the 1895 MN Census. The difficulty was due to the fact that the transcriber had their last name as "Pacennpo."


Detail of 1895 MN Census, Ramsey Co., St. Paul Ward 8, Roll: V290_89. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

166 Martin St.
Bacilupo[?] Theresa 33 Italy HK
" Jacob 44 Italy 2 2 Fruit
" Amelia 5 Minn
" Baby [Joseph] 7-12 Minn
" Aug 29 Italy 9 9 Saloon
" Mary 23 NY H...
" Archie 6 Minn
" Louis 4 Minn

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

1898 St. Paul Directory: Jacob Bacigalupo

In 1898 Jacob is still living with "August" at 166 Martin. However, it appears he is working at a confectionery at 188 E 7th. This is the same address at which Giovanni Bacigalupo was selling fruit in 1885-86.


Detail of 1898 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1898 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1898), 246.

1900 US Federal Census: Jacob Bacigalupo

The image from the 1900 Census below shows the families living at 166 Martin. Family 7 is the Jacob Bacigalupo family. It is interesting that box 10 indicates that Jacob and Theresa have only been married for 6 years. Box 11 indicates that she has only two children. So Felice and Amelia must have a different mother. In fact we know from Felice's death certificate that his mother's name is Celestine Lagomarcino. I suspect she may have died either during Amelia's birth in 1890 or shortly after since Jacob married Theresa in 1894. We also learn that Jacob immigrated in 1885 and Theresa in 1894. The ship's manifest for Felice mentions that he did not come over until 1903, so we don't find him with the family in the US at this time.


Detail of 1900 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bacigalupo, Jacob H[ead] M Mch 1850 50
____ Theresa wife F Apr 1863 37
____ Amelia daughter F May 1890 10
____ Joseph son M May 1895 5
____ Thomas son M May 1897 3

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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: St Paul Ward 8, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll T623_785; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 137.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1904 St. Paul Directory: Jacob Bacigalupo

In 1904 Jacob is working with a partner, Joseph Debarbieri, at a confectionery at 155 E 3rd. Notice that Martin is now W Central av, and that in addition to August, there is also a Peter Bacigalupo boarding there.


Detail of 1904 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1904 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1904), 259.

1905 MN Census: Jake Bacigalupo

There is an addition to the Jacob and Theresa Bacigalupo family in the 1905 MN Census. His name is "Baci" Bacigalupo. I am pretty confident that he is Felice. He is the right age and also on the 1908 ship's manifest Felice indicated that he had been to the US before in 1903 which tracks with the 2 years period of residence listed here in box 11.


Detail of 1905 MN Census. Ramsey County, St. Paul Ward 8, Roll: MNSC_148 (8 Jun 1905). Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bacigalupo Jake/W. Central/166/M/57/W/Italy/Italy/Italy/11/11/Fruit Dealer
Bacigalupo Theresa/ " /166/F/43/W/ " / " / " /11/11/House Wife
Bacigalupo Baci/ " /166/M/23/W/ " / " / " /2/2/Clerk
Bacigalupo Amelia/ " /166/F/15/Minnesota/Italy/Italy/15/2/Seamstress
Bacigalupo Joseph/ " /166/M/10/ " / " /10/2
Bacigalupo Thomas/ " /166/M/8/ " / " /8/2

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

1909 St. Paul Directory: Jacob Bacigalupo

The 1909 Directory is the last one we have in which we find Jacob Bacigalupo. He is working as a driver for J. M. McDonnell and still living at 166 W Central av. His daughter, Amelia, who is boarding at the same address is listed working as a seamstress for A. F. McBride. The 1905 MN Census above also listed her as a seamstress. As it happens, Phillippe F. Bacigalupo is the "Felice 2" we met in the Introduction to this blog.


Detail of 1909 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1909 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1909), 311.

1910 US Federal Census: Felice "Jack" and Maria "Thresa" Bacigalupo

When I first saw the 1910 Census for 166 W Central in St. Paul, I thought that "Jack and Thresa Bacigaluppo" were Jacob and Teresa Bacigalupo. But there was a problem with the ages and with the number of years they had been in America. The ages fit Felice and his wife, Maria, who are most likely going by their middle names or a nickname. Interestingly, their lodger, Carmelo Terrile, is the brother-in-law of Felice 2 mentioned in the Introduction. A year later Felice and Theresa named their first son, Joseph Carmelo Bacigalupo.

Notice also that Felice's sister, Amelia Bacigalupo, is boarding with the Segale family where she is listed as a "cousin." It would be interesting to find out that connection.


Detail of 1910 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bacigaluppo Jack Head M W 29 M 2 Italy Italy Italy
_____ Thresa Wife F W 22 M 2 1 1
Terrile Carmelo Lodger M W 27 S

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Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: St Paul Ward 8, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll T624_719; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 1064.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1912 St. Paul Directory: Amelia and Felice Bacigalupo

The 1912 St. Paul Directory lists Amelia as a seamstress and Felice "B." as a driver with both of them living at 166 W Central Av.


Detail of 1912 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1912 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1912), 281.

1920 US Federal Census: Felice Bacigalupo family

Detail of 1920 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bacigalupo Felice Head M W 38 M
_____ Theresa Wife F W 32 M
_____ Carmelo Son M W 8
_____ Louis Son M W 3
_____ James Son M W 2

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Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: St Paul Ward 8, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll T625_855; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 91; Image: 49.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1930 US Federal Census: Felice Bacigalupo

As mentioned in the Introduction, since Felice 2 has his own census record, I assume that this record is for Felice 1. I tried writing to the Rice County Sheriff's Office to see if I could find out why he was incarcerated in 1930, but have not gotten a response.


Detail of 1930 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

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Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Faribault, Rice, Minnesota; Roll 1124; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 585.0.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

1930 US Federal Census: Teresa and sons

The 1930 Census shows Felice's wife, Teresa Bacigalupo, still living at 166 W Central with her teenage sons.


Detail of 1930 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

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Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll 1119; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 1060.0.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

1936-1939 St. Paul Directories: Felice Bacigalupo

The 1936 St. Paul Directory had a Felice J. Bacialupo living at 166 W Central Av. The second floor was vacant. Recall that in the 1910 Census, Felice went by the name of Jack. It's possible that his middle name was taken from his father, Giacomo, and anglicized. Interestingly across the street at 163 W Central was Ernest Strenger, whose daughter, Frieda, eventually married Felice's son, Joseph as we see in the next year's directory.


Detail of 1936 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1936 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1936), 1428.

The 1937 Directory listed 18 Bacigalupos. Again we had Felice J. and his wife Teresa, residing at 166 W Central Av. This directory also showed all three sons: James A., still at home; Joseph S., [sic] with his new wife Frieda E., living across the street at 163 W Central; and, Louis F., a helper at Larry's Auto Glass, living at 333 Marshall Av. Note that Felice 2 was running a grocery at 423 Fry.


Detail of 1937 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1937 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1937), 69.

In the 1939 Directory, Felice [no "J" now] and Teresa are still at 166 W Central Av., but their son, James A. is no longer listed. We can assume that most likely he moved out of the area. Jos C., now a watchman, and wife Frieda E. were still at 163 W Central. Felice and Teresa's other son, Louis, married Pearl [McSherry] and was living at 255 Cathedral Pl.


Detail of 1939 St. Paul Directory. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: St. Paul City Directory, 1939 (St. Paul, MN: R. L. Polk & Co., 1939), 67.