Teresa DiCristofaro first appears in Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio in 1897. When Teresa immigrated to the United States Painesville, Ohio, was her destination. She was accompanied by her son and her daughter. They were joining Teresa’s husband, Nicandro Cardegna, who had established residence in Painesville. In America, Teresa DiCristofaro was known by her married name, Tressa Cardina.
Teresa DiCristofaro was born on March 10, 1858, at Frosolone, Isernia Province, Molise, Italy. She was baptized on March 10, 1858 at Santa Maria Assunta Chiesa, Frosolone, Italy. She married Nicandro Cardegna, son of Giuseppe Cardegna and Annantonia Colavecchio, on July 31, 1884, at Frosolone, Italy. Teresa died on September 19, 1923, at her home, on Fairport-Nursery Road, at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio, at age 65, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Her body was interred at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
Teresa DiCristofaro, age 39, immigrated to the United States on May 27, 1897, travelling to Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. She immigrated with her children, Anna Antonia Cardegna and Giuseppe Cardegna, her sister, Palma DiCristofaro, and her brother, Cristofaro DiCristofaro.
Teresa DiCristofaro also had a third sibling, Domencio DiCristofaro, that lived in Painesville. She also has a brother-in-law, Cosmo Cardegna, living in Painesville.
The children of Nicandro Cardegna and Teresa DiCristofaro were as follows:
1. Anna Antonia Cardegna was born on June 17, 1885, at Frosolone, Italy. She married Giovanni Scacciavillani, son of Felice Scacciavillano and Maria Giovanna Vitolone, on December 14, 1905 at Saint Mary Catholic Church at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Anna died on August 7, 1969 at Lake County Memorial Hospital at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 84, of pneumonia. Her body was interred at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
2. Giuseppe Cardegna was born on February 18, 1888, at Frosolone, Italy. He married Giuditta Palumbo, daughter of Michele Arcangelo Palumbo and Maria Carmina Padula, on November 27, 1920 at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Giuseppe died on January 16, 1977 at 868 North State Street at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 88 of a myocardial Infarction. His body was interred at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery at Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio.
3. Nicola Cardegna was born on October 26, 1893, at Frosolone. He most likely died as an infant, in Italy.
4. Mary Carmella Cardina was born on July 16, 1899, at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. She married Andrew Lombardy, son of Donato Antonio Lombardi and Maria Giuseppa Battista, on September 25, 1919 at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Mary died on April 19, 1982 at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 82.
