Extract from New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1957:
Name: Girolamo Cacioppo
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1880
Birthplace: Italy
Gender: male
Marital status: married
Ethnicity: Italian (South)
Nationality: Italian
Occupation: agriculture
Last residence: Sambuca
Port of departure: Palermo, Italy
Departure date: 24 Sep 1903
Ship: Massilia
Port of arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
Arrival date: 14 Oct 1903
Final destination: brother - Giovanni Cacioppo - New Orleans, Louisiana
In possession of ticket: yes
Ticket paid by: self
Money in possession: $13
National Archives' series number: T905_2

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Jerome Cacioppo
Age in 1910: 30
Estimated birth year: 1880
Birthplace: Italy
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: boarder
Living with: Frank and Lamichela Ognibene, ages 33 and 21
Home in 1910: Rockford Ward 5, Winnebago, Illinois
Address: 139 Knowlton Street
Marital status: married [no spouse listed]
Number of years of marriage: not listed
Able to speak English: no; Italian
Able to read and write: no and no
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Year of immigration: 1904; alien
Occupation: laborer
Industry: odd jobs
Salary or wage worker: wages
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: no
Number of weeks out of work in 1909: 0
Census place: Rockford Ward 5, Winnebago, Illinois; Roll: T624_336; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 175; Image: 1315
Date: 22 Apr 1910

Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Girolamo Cacioppo
City: Rockford
County: Winnebago
State: Illinois
Birth date: 12 Mar 1879
Race: white
FHL roll number: 1614545
Draft board: 1
Address: 1323 Rock
Occupation: laborer
Employer: Rockford Malleable Iron Works
Nearest relative: Maria O Cacioppo (wife)
Address: 1323 Rock
Age: 39
Citizenship: alien; citizen of Italy
Height: short
Build: medium
Eyes: light brown
Hair: black
Disability: none
Date: 12 Sep 1918

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: James Cacioppo
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: 1880
Birthplace: Italy
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Address: 1223 South Winnebago Street
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 23
Education: able to speak English
Education: not able to read and write
Fathers' birthplace: Italy
Mothers' birthplace: Italy
Language spoken in home before coming to the United States: Italian
Year of immigration: 1903; naturalized
Military service: no
Rent/home value: owns home; value $4000
Owned a radio: no
Occupation: moulder
Industry: foundry
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois; Roll: 571; Page: ; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 820.0
Date: 10 Apr 1930

He came to America arriving in New Orleans, Louisiana aboard the SS Massilia 14 Oct 1903 at the age of 24. He then settled in Champaign, Illinois. James took his family briefly to Chicago before settling permanently in Rockford, Illinois. After coming to America, school teachers mistakely changed the childrens' name to Cassioppi. James [died] one day after complaining at the factory of not feeling well. It was a very hot [day] and he asked for a glass of water and within hours later was dead.

He married Maria Audenzia Ognibene 17 Jan 1903 in Sambuca di Sicilia, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.