Louise RUSCIGNO

1926 - 2021  (94 years)

• Name	Louise RUSCIGNO  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	24 Jun 1926	Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA   [4]
  Birth	24 Jul 1926	Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1930	Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA   [5]
  Arrival	14 Apr 1938	New York, USA   [8]
  Name	Louisa Ruscigno  [5]
  Name	Louise Rizzi  [9]
  Name	Luisa Ruscigno  [8]
  Name	Luise Ruscigno  [6, 7]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	New York, New York, USA   [1]
  Death	4 Mar 2021	Bronx, New York, USA   [10]
  Person ID	I540	Bari Ancestors
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Domenico RUSCIGNO,   b. 12 Feb 1897, Sannicandro di Bari, Bari, Puglia, Italy d. Mar 1976, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ida CASELLI,   b. 2 Feb 1900, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy d. May 1990, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Oct 1923	Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nicholas V RIZZI,   b. 28 Apr 1926, Sannicandro di Bari, Bari, Puglia, Italy d. 13 Sep 2011, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage License	1 Jul 1948	Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA   [2, 3]
  Marriage	11 Jul 1948	Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA   [11]
  Children	1. Living RIZZI  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Jun 1926 - Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA Birth - 24 Jul 1926 - Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA Residence - 1930 - Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA Arrival - 14 Apr 1938 - New York, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - New York, New York, USA Marriage License - 1 Jul 1948 - Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA Marriage - 11 Jul 1948 - Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA Death - 4 Mar 2021 - Bronx, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  At age 11, on April 14, 1938, Luisa arrived in New York, aboard the ship Rex. She was traveling with her mother Ida Casselli and sister Rosa. The manifest states that Luisa was born August 24th, 1927 in Spokane, Washington.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1028] United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: T627_2657; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 31-1421. Record for Louise Ruscigno [S1868] Ancestry.com, New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan; Indexed Number: 19. Record for Louise Ruscigno http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NYCMarriageIndex&h=2178753&indiv=try [S1868] Ancestry.com, New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan; Volume Number: 30. Record for Louise Ruscigno http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61406&h=2178753&indiv=try [S2206] Miscellaneous Sources (Not On Line), Petition for Naturalization No. 362414 for Domenico Ruscigno dated June 4, 1940. [S1028] United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: 2517; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 1040.0. Record for Ida Ruscigno [S2228] Naturalization Records, The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series: M1972; Roll: 1406. Record for Ida Caselli Ruscigno http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NYNaturalizations&h=4187566&indiv=try [S2228] Naturalization Records, The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21. Record for Dominck Ruscigno https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2280&h=6284283&indiv=try [S765] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1938; Arrival: New York, United States; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_6140; Line: 15; List number: . Record for Luisa Ruscigno [S934] Obituaries, (Name: Various;), Daily News; Publication Date: 27/ Mar/ 1976; Publication Place: New York, New York, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/480717376/?article=dc81c174-bffc-4838-b57f-bcf613b7ca82&focus=0.7227041,0.28848764,0.898112,0.3294447&xid=2378. Record for Domenick Ruscigno https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=550989631&indiv=try [S171] Personal Knowledge. [S2206] Miscellaneous Sources (Not On Line), Correspondence with Louise Ruscigno Rizzi.