Angela DiGati

Angela DiGati first appears in the Painesville, Ohio, area from 1912 to 1918. In America, Angela DiGati was known by her married name, Angela Pace.

Angela DiGati was born about 1863, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily. She was married to Filippo Pace. Angela DiGati immigrated to the United States on November 7, 1912, travelling to Buffalo, Erie County, New York. She was joining her daughter, Ignazia Pace Rizzo in Buffalo. She immigrated with her sons, Pasquale and Salvatore, and her daughter Epifania.

Angela DiGati was enumerated for the 1940 Census of the United States, on April 28, 1940, living at 530 Railroad Street, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, as a mother-in-law of Pietro LaTona.

Angela’s husband, Filippo Pace, probably died in Sicily before 1912.

The known children of Angela DiGati and Filippo Pace were as follows:

1.    Iganzia Pace as born about 1887, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily.

2.  Pasqaule Pace was born on March 4, 1887, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily. He married Giuseppa Pace, daughter of Vincenzo and Calogera Pace about 1910. Pasquale died on April 23, 1933, at his home, 795 North St. Clair Street, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 46 of lung cancer. His body was interred at St. Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.

3.   Epifania Pace was born on October 10, 1890, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily. She married Pietro LaTona on December 31, 1917 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Epifania died on April 7, 1977, at Ivy House Nursing Home, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 86. Her body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.

4.    Concetta Pace was born about 1892, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily.

5.    Salvatore Pace was born on December 16, 1899, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily. He married Giovanna Profeta, daughter of Salvatore Profeta and Rosa Barbera, on Thursday November 25, 1926 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Salvatore died on July 18, 1963, at his home, Montebello, California, at age 63.