Cozzi family — 1926 original marriage and Anthony/Leroy birth indexes

Reviewed October30,2026. Original Lake County Indiana marriage register, DGS004839154 item2,image258/308,p440middle,license85508,applicationrecord256: Tony Cozzi and Lillian Onesto, license June12,1926; officiant Howard H.Kemp certifies marriage June12,1926; return filed July1,1926. Full original downloaded and visually inspected. This establishes completed marriage, not license alone. Index https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNT8-ML8 . No birth dates or parents in this register entry. Cook County birth certificate255 index: Anthony Cozzi born January4,1928 Chicago, registered January11,1928; father Tony Cozzi22,Chicago-born; mother Lillian Anesto23,Chicago-born. Full electronic record preview inspected: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDC-W5LC ; child https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDC-W5L4 . Cook County birth certificate45954 index: Leroy Cozzi born October4,1929 Chicago, registered October24,1929; father Anthony Cozzi24,Chicago-born; mother Lillian Onesto25,Chicago-born. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDC-KRN9 ; child https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDC-KRF1 . Both birth originals currently require FamilySearch center/affiliate access, explicitly checked; not downloaded or inspected. Matching parents, sons and ages correlate the two indexes with the saved1940household; birth date is distinct from registration. Lillian's indexed Anesto spelling retained as a source variation, no new person. Separate Cook County marriage index result Q21K-V8P5 reports March2,1929 for Lillian Onesto/Anthony Cozzi; original not inspected. The1926original proves a ceremony; do not infer whether1929is a second/religious ceremony or indexing error. Parents' exact birthdays and later deaths remain unproved.

Follow-up October 30, 2026: the full Cook County marriage index Q21K-V8P5 has now been inspected. It explicitly reports Lillian Onesto, 24, and Anthony Cozzi, 23, on March 2, 1929, Cook County. Image availability checked: FamilySearch center or affiliate library required. Preserve the demonstrated June 12, 1926 Indiana ceremony and separate indexed 1929 event as unresolved; no second-ceremony explanation assumed.