Maria Carmela Criola (1910–1912)

October 26, 2026 — Newly documented child of Paolo (Paul Sr.) Criola and Angela (Angelina) Valle/Vallo.

The original Holy Guardian Angel, Chicago, baptism register was inspected: DGS 004284343, item 1, image 243/342, printed page 208, baptism number 141 (running number 92). It records Ma Carmela Criola, baptized February 22, 1912, born April 1, 1910, daughter of Paolo Criola and Angela Valle. Ma is retained as an alias; Maria is the expansion used in this profile. Original: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZ7S-YSS . Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2YM-D1ZT .

Cook County death index: Carmela Criola, female, age 2, born April 1, 1910 in Chicago, died October 28, 1912 in Chicago; burial October 30, 1912, Calvary Cemetery; address 906 S. Clinton Street, Ward 19; father indexed Paalo, mother Angela Volla, both born Italy. Film 1287636. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2552/records/1067557 . The original death certificate has not been inspected.

The exact birth date, parents, rare surname and Clinton Street family address correlate the baptism and death records with Paul and Angelina’s family. She is an older sister of Camille Criola Traina and therefore a maternal aunt of Sandra Lee Traina and great-aunt of Joe Stuart. She is NOT the Carmella born about 1918 who appears in the 1920 census, and is not merged with that candidate or Camille. A search result that places the death in Calvary, Virginia appears to mis-standardize the cemetery name; that location is not adopted.

Original baptism inspected online; source URLs are citations, not a claim that a local image is attached. Death details remain index-derived. No cause of death has been established.