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.