Thomas Calania first appears in the Painesville, Ohio, area in 1920, when he was enumerated in the 1920 Federal Census.
Thomas Calania was born about 1876, at Italy. He immigrated to the United States in 1910.
Thomas Calania was enumerated for the 1920 Census of the United States, on February 10, 1920, living at Courtland Street, Fairport Village, Lake County, Ohio, as a head of household. According to the 1920 Census, he employed as a fireman at the Diamond Alkali Company.
His brother, James Calania was living in Thomas’s household in 1920. Thomas Calania’s name at birth, and place of birth are not known.