Giacomo Gullo first appears in the Painesville, Ohio, area between 1900 and 1903. In America, Giacomo Gullo was known as James Gullo.
Giacomo Gullo was born on June 7, 1870, at Montemaggiore Beltiso, Sicily. He married Rosalia Centanni, daughter of Calogero Centanni and Nicasia Motta, about 1896, at Montemaggiore Belsito. Giacomo died on July 28, 1943, at 436 Railroad Street, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 73, of carcinoma of the rectum. His body was interred at Saint Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio. Giacomo Gullo immigrated to the United States on April 23, 1898, at age 27. He was travelling to Buffalo, Erie County, New York. He became a citizen of the United States on March 26, 1903. Giacomo resided at Painesville, Ohio, when he was naturalized.
Giacomo Gullo’s wife and two year old son, Luciano Gullo, joined him in Buffalo in 1899. The family moved to Painesville between 1900 and 1903. Mr. Gullo was employed by the Diamond Alkali Company for 15 years, until his retirement.
The children of Rosalia Centanni and Giacomo Gullo were as follows:
1. Luciano Gullo was born on April 20, 1897, at Montemaggiore Belsito, Sicily. He married Caroline Nicosia in 1922. Luciano died on May 5, 1976, at his home, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, at age 79. His body was interred at Nevada. Luciano Gullo grew up in Painesville, and moved to Buffalo, New York, after his marriage in 1922. He moved to Las Vegas following his retirement in 1962.
2. Carl Gullo was born on October 7, 1903, at Ohio. He married Stephanie H. Tarasiuk. Carl died on June 11, 1988, at age 84. His body was interred at Saint Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
3. Philip Gullo was born on June 12, 1906, at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Philip died on November 27, 1980, at Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, at age 74. His body was interred at Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.
4. Cecilia Gullo was born on June 21, 1908, at Ohio. She married Frank Dobscha. Cecilia died in February, 1982, at age 73.
5. Anthony J. Gullo was born on December 3, 1910, at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. He married Bernese V. Gapinski, daughter of John Gapinski and Mayme Myer, on June 24, 1937. Anthony died on July 26, 2004, at his home, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 93. His body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
6. Phyllis M. Gullo was born on April 15, 1913. She married Glen J. Kelsey. Phyllis died in April, 1996. Her body was interred at Perry Cemetery at Perry, Lake County, Ohio.
7. Josephine M. Gullo was born on March 11, 1915, at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. She married Stephen Ragley. Josphine died on November 11, 2003, at LakeEast Hospital, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 88. Her body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
8. Antoinette Gullo was born in April, 1916, at Ohio maybe 1920. She married Joseph Mogar.
9. Salvatore J. Gullo was born on February 24, 1919, at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. He married Viola Sansone, daughter of Giuseppe Ferranti and Gaetana Badalamenti, on August 7, 1943. Salvatoe died on September 27, 2006, at LakeEast Hospital, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 87. His body was interred at St. Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
