Giusto Traina

Giusto Traina. Step/adoptive great-great-grandfather of James. family-supplied compilation; original records pending. Birth: 15 Feb 1898, Misilmeri, Sicily, Italy. Death: 12 Dec 1972, Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California. Married Josephine DeCaro in 1922 and is identified as Alfred’s stepfather/adoptive father, not his biological father. Also reported as August Traina, Gust Traina. Spouse or spouses named: josephine_decaro. Parents recorded by project IDs: giuseppe_giusto_traina, giovanna_favaro. Source: Aunt Lori family history compilation supplied 20 September 2026; evidence 300.00.001. MyHeritage follow-up, 20 September 2026: Lists Giusto Traina, parents Joseph Traina and JoAnna Traina (born Savaro), wife Josephine, children Jeanette Lucille, Marie and Joseph, siblings Joseph 1 Traina and Mary Tripo (born Traina). Savaro versus Lori’s Favaro is unresolved; do not merge unresolved Joanna references or add new ancestry from this tree alone. [300.10.011] Fastuca and DeCaro identity evidence: Full NUMIDENT entry: Alfred Josphe Traina, alias Alfred Traina, born 20 December 1917 Chicago; application January 1937; death October 1977. Parent section names Alvira Fastuca and Gust Traina. This matches Alfred’s original draft birth date and death month/year and supports Alvira Fastuca as a name used for his mother, already named Josephine Alvira Traina on his original draft card (300.10.001). Gust’s inclusion in the parent section does not establish biological paternity or a legal adoption: Luigi Fiore remains the recorded biological father and Giusto/Gust the stepfather from Aunt Lori’s account. The original application is unavailable. Alfonsino Fiore’s 1917 birth identity remains a separate correlation question. [300.10.032] Two Cook County birth indexes describe Joseph Gust Traina, born 18 December 1927 Chicago, certificate 58455, father Gust Traina. QKDC-7N3M gives registration 27 December 1927, mother Elvira De Caro, age 28, Italy, father age 30, Italy. QKDC-7N33 gives registration 4 February 1928 and mother Elvira Fastuca. Exact child name, birth date, father and certificate number connect these surname variants within the same birth event; they are not independent births or proof of two mothers. The original certificate is restricted to a FamilySearch center or affiliate library. Joseph’s birth field is refined to 18 December 1927, explicitly indexed evidence. The mechanism of the mother’s surname variation remains unknown. Second index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDC-7N33 . [300.10.033] Two Cook County entries identify Jeanette Lucille Traina born 13 December 1923 Chicago, certificate 53852, parents Gust Traina and Elvira Fastuca. QV3G-XYYN gives registration 29 December 1923, mother age 24, Italy, father age 26, birthplace Louisiana. QV3G-XYYK gives registration 4 February 1938 and the same birth date and parents. These are records of one birth, not two children; registration timing and the father’s conflicting Louisiana birthplace require original review. The project refines Jeanette’s birth to 13 December 1923, with indexed-source qualification. This agrees with Aunt Lori’s 1923 and the 2011 obituary index, while the previously saved SSDI candidate says 1924. The precise death identity remains separately qualified pending a linking obituary or marriage record. Second index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3G-XYYK . [300.10.034] Original 1950 Chicago census, ED 103-2811, sheet 6, image 7 of 37, inspected at magnification: 3020 Flournoy, household 52, Gust Traina, head, 52, married, Italy, machinist at motor coach manufacturing, 40 hours; Alvira, wife, 50, Italy, restaurant waitress, 35 hours. Household 53 at the same street number: Alfred J Traina, head, 32, Illinois, food salesman; Camille wife 31 Illinois; Linda Ann daughter 2 Illinois. These latter rows were previously abstracted in 300.10.002. Household 54 begins Sam Monasteri, head, 27, Illinois, optician at a glasses manufacturer; next image continues Marie Monasteri, wife, 24, Illinois, receptionist/secretary in a shirt-company sales office. Next page also shows Angeline Criola, head, 67, widowed, Italy, with children James S 48, Nick 47, Charles P 45, Rose P 45, Antoinette 43 and Fred 36, all Illinois. Nearby Charles Stroble 27, wife Ann R 27 and daughter Sharon L 2 are a research lead only: the census does not prove Ann is Anna Criola, nor a connection to the private contributed Stroble profile. No new Stroble relatives are added. Follow-on image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQHW-NJBD . [300.10.036] Jeanette cemetery evidence and census follow-up: FamilySearch search for Jeanette Traina born 1923–1924 returned Jannette L Traina in the 1940 Chicago census, born about 1924 Illinois, parents indexed Gust Trevino and Alfira Traina, siblings Marie E Traina, Alfred J Traina and Joseph G Traina. The names strongly suggest the target household, but these are search-result fields only. Opening KW1Z-3N7 triggered an Incapsula human-verification screen; neither the complete record nor original census image was inspected. Do not adopt Trevino as a surname, change parentage, or add census occupations/address until the original is reviewed. The James-and-Jeanette Fitzpatrick paired-spouse search did not yield a confidently matched household among the inspected results; this is not proof of absence. Next step after human verification: inspect KW1Z-3N7 and its image. [300.90.002] Original 1940 Traina and Criola households: Original 1940 Chicago census inspected across images 647 and 648 of 779, enumeration district 103-1865, Ward 29, sheets 2B and 3A. On sheet 2B line 80, Gust, age 42, married, born Italy, heads household 48 at 3020 Flournoy; home owned with reported value $2,500. His occupation is mechanic, motor-coach company, with 40 hours reported for the preceding workweek. The handwritten surname is not fully resolved; the index reads Trevino. The continuation, matching address, names and ages identify this as the Traina family; Trevino is not adopted as an established alias. Preceding-page image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-LQDN . Sheet 3A lines 1–5 continues with Alfira, wife, 40, Italy; Alfred J, son, 22, Illinois; Jannette L, daughter, 16, Illinois; Marie E, daughter, 14, Illinois; Joseph G, son, 12, Illinois. Alfred is recorded as a mechanic in motor-coach manufacturing, 65 hours in the preceding workweek. Jeanette’s occupation entry reads NYA and the industry appears a sewing project; the industry reading is tentative. All six show the same house in 1935. The census labels Alfred son but does not establish biological parentage or legal adoption; Luigi Fiore remains his biological father in the family documentation. On the same sheet, Angeline Criola, widowed, age 58, born Italy, heads household 51; her listed children are James 38, Nicholas 37, Charles 35, Fred 26, Rose 29, Antonette 28, Marie 22, Carmella 20 and Anna 18, all born Illinois. These are recorded ages, not verified birth dates. Carmella remains a separately qualified possible identity for Camille; proximity alone does not resolve that identity. This original-image examination supersedes the search-result-only access status in 300.90.002 and strengthens the previously indexed Criola household (300.10.021). No new parent edges or people added. Images viewed, not separately downloaded. [300.10.042]

Lori photograph review, 22 September 2026: Original California death certificate photographed by the family: Giusto Traina, born 15 February 1898 in Italy, died 12 December 1972 in Van Nuys. Parents are recorded as Joseph Traina and Giovanna Favaro, both born Italy; surviving spouse Alvira J. DeCaro. Occupation machinist, Chicago Motor Coach Co., 40 years. Burial 14 December 1972, San Fernando Mission Cemetery. Informant James J. Fitzpatrick. This corroborates existing relationships; parentage is an informant statement in a death record, not a birth record. Private personal identifiers are not transcribed. [300.20.010]

October 25, 2026 — Original SS Canada manifest, list 68, line 6, records Giusto Traina, age 14, with Giuseppe Giusto Traina, Giovanna Favaro and siblings Maria, Vincenza and Domenica. Last residence Bagheria; sailed Palermo May 2, 1912. Arrival heading May 13 differs from May 14 in the index. The age is consistent with the saved 1898 birth year but does not establish the exact date. Contacts are Francesco and Giuseppe at 515 Oak Street, Chicago. Sources: WEB-20261025-151843-7ccfb8df and WEB-20261025-151858-98ee5545.

Family-supplied compiled evidence; original verification pending