Sandra Lee Traina

September 24, 2026 — Joe Stuart family testimony: Known as Sandi. Sisters Linda Ann Traina (married Steven Marando), Jill Traina (married Chuck McGuigan) and Lori Traina (married David Macek) identified in this testimony. Source [[evidence:WEB-20260924-005641-ffbcd64b|Joe Stuart family testimony]]. Independent documentary verification is unconfirmed.

Earlier research retained: Family update, September 23, 2026: Albert Edward “Bud” Stuart and Sandra Traina married on May 27, 1975. Source: Joe Stuart, family testimony supplied in this chat on September 23, 2026. The marriage date agrees with existing archive evidence 100.90.001, an original Virginia marriage return previously inspected by the research project.

Earlier research notes (retained): Sandra Traina, paternal grandmother of James. Born 25 August 1950, family supplied. Lori identifies her father as Alfred Joseph Traina (born Fiore) and lists Sandra among Alfred’s four children. Camille Criola is the mother implied by the family-group context. Original birth record not yet inspected. Earlier testimony reports Alfred’s adoption by his stepfather; legal documentation remains outstanding. Original marriage evidence [100.90.001]: Original Virginia marriage return inspected on 20 September 2026, image 345 of 504, clerk number 615; indexed certificate 75-013841. Albert Edward Stuart and Sandra Lee Traina married on 27 May 1975 in Alexandria, Virginia. Albert is recorded born 30 January 1941 in Pennsylvania, age 34, with father Harry W. Stuart and mother Margaret Scott. Sandra is recorded born 25 August 1950 in Illinois, age 24, with father Alfred J. Traina and mother Camille Criola. The license was signed 19 May 1975. The form records Albert as divorced, entering his second marriage, and Sandra as single, entering her first marriage. The prior spouse is not named. The certificate supports the recorded parent-child links; it is not a birth certificate or evidence about Alfred’s biological versus adoptive parentage.

Parents Alfred J. Traina and Camille Criola explicitly named in original 1975 marriage return; birth recorded there, birth certificate uninspected.