From Messina. Left from Genoa on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in February of 1893. Traveled with his sister Giuseppa. A laborer.161



In 1900, he lived at 69 3rd Ave with his father, mother, sister Concetta, and his cousin John. He is listed as the head of the family. He indicated he was born in January of 1868, was 32, and had arrived in 1893. He is naturalized and is a brass worker.35

In 1910, as Paul Zappala, lived at 1835 Madison Avenue with sister Concetta and brother-in-law Stellano (sic) Cambria and family. He was 43 and working in a foundry as a brass maker. Still an alien.163

In 1920, he is 52 and living at 1554 East 10th Street in Brooklyn with his sister Concetta, sister Josephine, her husband, and their three children. He works as a mechanic at a chandelier company. His sister Concetta is 45 and a dressmaker in a modest (’modist,’ sic) shop. They said they are aliens who arrived in 1897. Brother-in-law Sallario (sic) Cambria and Josephine are 46 and are listed as aliens who arrived in 1898. He is a musician; she doesn’t work. Nephew John, 21, works a stenographer; Theresa, 19, is a typist; and Cosmo, 17, is a bookkeeper. They all can read and write.164

In 1930, he is 63 and living with his sister Giuseppa (59, listed on census as Josephine) and her husband’s nephew Anthony (19). His name is written as Baul Zappala on the census. They live next door to his nephew John and his family in a house valued at $7,500 at 804 Elise(?) St. in Roselle Park, NJ. He works as a paters(?) maker at a metal works.162