Pasquale Battista first appears in the Painesville, Ohio, area in 1901 when he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In America, Pasquale Battista was known as Patsy Battista.
Pasquale Battista, son of Luigi Battista and Giuseppa Ciolf, was born on May 19, 1869, at Casalciprano, Italy. He married Maria Angela Fortunata about 1893 in Italy. Pasquale died on January 22, 1938, at his home, 579 Storrs Street, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 68 of heart disease. His body was interred at St. Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
Pasquale Battista, age 23, first immigrated to the United States on February 25, 1893. He is shown as re-entering the United States on April 6, 1898. Pasquale Battista established residence in Painesville, Ohio, about 1898. He became a citizen of the United States on December 4, 1901. Pasquale’s wife, Maria, and three children, joined him in Painesville in 1907.
Pasquale Battista was employed by the Storrs and Harrison Nursery from 1903 until his death in 1938.
The children of Pasquale Battista and Maria Angela Fortunata were as follows:
1. Lucia Battista was born on April 29, 1894, at Casalciprano, Italy. She married Carmine Campana, son of Michele Campana and Angelantonia Iannantuono, on December 3, 1916 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Lucia died on Thursday June 21, 1945 at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 51 of pneumonia. Her body was interred at St. Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
2. Nunzio Battista was born on November 22, 1895, at Casalciprano, Italy. He married Margaret Mary Cardina, daughter of Giuseppe Cardegna and Lucia Maria Amoruso, on April 7, 1921 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Nunzio died on February 18, 1964, at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 68. His body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
3. Donato Battista was born on October 24, 1904, at Casalciprano, Italy. He married Bertha Honkala in 1925. Donato died on April 2, 1968, at his home, 486 Henry Street, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 63. His body was interred at St. Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
4. Carmella Battista was born on November 2, 1908, at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Carmella died on March 26, 1909, age 4 months, at home on Storr Street, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, of acute pneumonia. Her body was interred at St. Mary Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
