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Place of Birth
Contessa Entellina, Sicily
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Place of Death
Hillsborough Co., Tampa, FL buried in Italian Club Cemetary, Tampa
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Burial Place
L'Union Italia Italian Club Cemetary
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Arrived in America
New York, New York (28 Dec 1912)
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Andenzia Romano Tripolino at the 1940 New York World's Fair.
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Antonino and Andenzia Tripolino with sons Peter and Philip, 1924. The original caption called Antonino a fine citizen and Tampa's first Italian electrical contractor.
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Sisters Anna Romano Bruno and Andenzia Romano Tripolino, daughters of Filippo Romano and Antonina Marino, in Contessa Entellina about 1900.
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Three generations of Tripolino women, about 1958. Left to right: Carol Diane McKendree, Andenzia Romano Tripolino, Sharon Elaine McKendree and Antoinette (Lena) Tripolino McKendree.
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The Romano siblings at Aunt Carmen and Jimmy Barcelona's 25th anniversary, Ragan Park, Tampa, about 1957. Left to right: Rosa Romano Palacio, Domenico Romano, Carmela Romano Barcelona, Vincenzo (Jimmy) Romano, Andenzia Romano Tripolino and Salvatore Romano.
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At the 1940 New York World's Fair. In back, left to right: Maria Alaino Asmundo, Andenzia Romano Tripolino and Rosina Guida Romano. In front: Jenny Alaino Giovingo.
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At the 1940 New York World's Fair, left to right: Mike Giovingo, Jenny Alaino Giovingo, Rosina Guida Romano, Andenzia Romano Tripolino, Maria Alaino Asmundo and Michela Liuzza.
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The Romano women at Aunt Carmen and Jimmy Barcelona's 25th anniversary, Ragan Park, Tampa, about 1957. Left to right: Rosina Guida Romano, MaryAnn Candeleri, Bonnie Tripolino, Carmela Romano Barcelona, Antoinette (Lena) Tripolino McKendree, Mary Tripolino Lazzara, Andenzia Romano Tripolino and Rosa Romano Palacio.
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More of the Romano women at the Barcelonas' 25th anniversary, Ragan Park, Tampa, about 1957. Left to right: Carmela Romano Barcelona, Antoinette (Lena) Tripolino McKendree, Mary Tripolino Lazzara, Andenzia Romano Tripolino and Rosa Romano Palacio.
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The Canada, which brought Filippo and Andenzia Romano to Ellis Island in December 1912.
Andenzia Romano was born on April 11, 1896, in Contessa Entellina, Sicily, the daughter of Filippo Romano and Antonina Marino. Records spell her name many ways, most often Adenzia or Audenzia. She came from a large family, with at least five brothers and three sisters. Relatives in New York called the Romano siblings “the Happy Bunch”: always jolly, always laughing, and extremely loud! At 17 she sailed from Palermo and arrived in New York on December 28, 1912, then made her way to Tampa, where several of her brothers would also settle.
On April 17, 1915, she married Antonino “Tony” Tripolino in Hillsborough County. They raised five children in Tampa: Peter (1916), Mary (1919), Philip (1920), Antoinette, called Lena (1927), and Joe (1928). Census takers found the family in Tampa in 1920, 1930, 1935 and 1940.
Andenzia was a member of the Italian Club, L’Unione Italiana, the mutual aid society at the heart of Ybor City’s Sicilian community. In her later years, Andenzia lived with her daughter Lena. She died in a Tampa hospital on September 22, 1958, at 62. Her obituary in the Tampa Tribune ran under the headline “Mrs. Tripolino, Resident 50 Years, Taken by Death.” At the time she lived at 1203 New Orleans Avenue, and she was survived by Tony, their five children, 12 grandchildren, and her brothers Frank, Dominic, Sam and Jimmie Romano of Tampa and John Romano in Italy. Her sisters, Anna Bruno in Italy and Rose Palacio and Carmen Barcelona in Tampa, also survived her. She is buried in the Italian Club cemetery in Ybor City.