Giuseppa Puglisi first appears in the Painesville, Ohio, area in 1928. In America, Giuseppa Puglisi was known by her married name, Josephine Torre.
Giuseppa Puglisi was born about 1883, at Novara di Sicilia. She married Nunzio Torre in 1901. Giuseppa Puglisi and her daughter, Carmella Torre, immigrated to the United States on November 30, 1928, travelling to Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. They were joining Giuseppa’s husband, Nunzio Torre.
Giuseppa Puglisi and her husband returned to Italy in 1933. All of Giuseppa children eventually lived in Painesville. Her daughter, Antonia Giuseppa, migrated to the United States in 1921. Her son, Ugo, immigrated in 1928. Her daughter, Carmela immigrated in 1928. Her daughter, Rosa, immigrated in 1955.
The children of Nunzio Torre and Giuseppa Puglisi were as follows:
1. Antonia Giuseppa Torre was born on April 16, 1902, at Novara di Sicilia. She married Salvatore Torre, son of Giuseppe Torre and Nunzia DiCarlo, in 1922. Antonia Giuseppa died on August 26, 1983, at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 81. Her body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
2. Rosa Torre was born on March 25, 1905, at Novara di Sicilia. She married Giuseppe Trifiletti. Rosa died on December 30, 1990, at LakeEast Hospital, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 85. Her body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. Rosa immigrated to the United States about 1955.
3. Carmela Torre was born on December 23, 1912, at Switzerland. She married Antonio Trifiletti. Carmella died on November 15, 2005, at LakeMed Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, at age 92. Her body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
4. Ugo Torre was born on Saturday August 29, 1914 at Wangen, Switzerland. Hugo lived at the family home in Novara di Sicilia, from age two, until he immigrated to the United States. He first married Margaret Square, daughter of Giovanni Scacciavillani and Anna Antonia Cardegna, on June 17, 1937 at Saint Mary Catholic Church at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. After Margaret’s death, he married second, Mary V. Garfalo, daughter of John Garfalo and Grace Motzell, on September 24, 1949 at Lake County, Ohio. Ugo died on July 20, 1989 at Richmond Heights Hospital at Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at age 74 of cardiopulmonary arrest. His body was interred at Riverside Cemetery at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.