Iaciofano Busso Liberato Thread Investigation - 24 April 2026

Scope

Explored a user-supplied Facebook thread from the Busso & Bussesi group dated 10 January 2022. The thread centers on Daniel Iaciofano's search for Busso ancestors and names a reported ancestor, Liberato Iaciofano.

No 01_people/ records were updated.

What The Thread Adds

  • Reported ancestor: Liberato Iaciofano.
  • Reported origin: Busso, Campobasso, Molise, Italy.
  • Reported immigration clue: United States arrival in 1908, ship "Konigin Louise," age 23.
  • Reported death clue: died in New York City on 18 July 1933, with a claimed age of 60.
  • Reported occupation/death context: traveling food or fruit vendor, said in the thread to have been hit by a truck.
  • Collateral clue: another commenter reported a father named Liberato Iaciofano who emigrated to Bedford, United Kingdom.

The thread itself notices the age conflict: age 23 in 1908 implies birth about 1885, while age 60 in 1933 implies birth about 1873.

Document Hit

NYC Municipal Archives Historical Vital Records has a death certificate for Liberato Iaciofano, Bronx certificate 6394, dated 18 July 1933. The certificate was downloaded and ingested as source-death-certificate-liberato-iaciofano-1933.

Key certificate facts:

  • Name on certificate: Liberato Iaciofano. NYC index renders it as "Liberate."
  • Age: 55, implying birth about 1878.
  • Birthplace: Italy.
  • Wife: Filomena.
  • Father: Domenick.
  • Mother: Anna Venditta.
  • Residence: 1721 Fowler Ave, Bronx.
  • Occupation: peddler.
  • Injury place: White Plains Ave and Astor Ave.
  • Injury/death description: thrown from truck, with "runaway horse" noted; fracture of skull; accident.
  • Burial: St. Raymond, 21 July 1933.
  • Burial-permit relationship note names Dominic Iaciofano as son.

Research Meaning

The death certificate strongly supports the thread's date and New York accident context, but it sharpens the identity conflict instead of resolving it. The certificate says age 55 and 42 years in the United States/New York City, which points to birth about 1878 and arrival about 1891. The thread reports arrival in 1908 at age 23 and a death age of 60.

The certificate does not state Busso. The Busso connection still needs an original passenger-list image, cemetery/tombstone record, or Busso civil record.

Repo Actions

Next Actions

  1. Locate the original Konigin Louise passenger-list image for the reported 1908 arrival.
  2. Request or inspect St. Raymond cemetery records for Liberato Iaciofano, especially exact birth date, plot, spouse, and co-burials.
  3. Browse Busso annual/decennial civil indexes and Nati records for Liberato Iaciofano about 1873-1885, prioritizing any son of Domenico/Domenick Iaciofano and Anna Venditta.
  4. Search for wife Filomena and son Dominic in New York records to connect or separate the Daniel/Liberato cluster from other same-surname families.