Robert TAYLOR¹ {M} = Vincenza Maria SCARPACE² {F}

Married 30 April 1949, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
Divorced ABT 1954, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI

Robert TAYLOR:

Alias Bert TAYLOR
Born ABT 1910, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
Died 1956, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI


Vincenza Maria SCARPACE:

Alias Helena SCARPACE
Born 26 February 1915, Mobile, Mobile Co, AL
Birth: Helena's birth certificate has her name as Vincenza (after her father's mother-Vincenza LONGO Scarpace) Maria (after her mother). Helena's father Frank, however, decided to call her Helena - after King Emmanuel of Italy's daughter, Princess Helena even though on his citizrenship papers Frank renounced "absolutely and forever" any allegiance to Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy. In the Scarpace family, Helena is our Queen - the matriarch of the family!
Graduation Date: JUN 1933
Graduation Place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI from St Vincent High School
Residence: 15713 Fox Bend Ct. 1-N
Residence Date: from 1988 to the present
Residence Place: Orland Park, Cook Co, IL
Residence: 641 N. Boca Ciega Pt. Blvd.
Residence Date: from 1988 to the present
Residence Place: St Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL
Helena also spends time in California and Tennessee with her nephews, Frank and Charles.
Residence: Marlowe St
Residence Date: BET 1949 AND 1955
Residence Place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
Helena's & Bert's house was in the area near James Cousins.
Misc. event Type: Misc
Misc. event Date: 26 FEB 2005
Helena had a wonderful party in her condo complex. Seventeen family members and nearly 100 friends attended.

Marriage: Helena told her niece Laurie [SCARPACE] McKenzie she was planning to marry in 1950 but the marriage was moved up because her sister, Rosina, was getting married in May and their mother, Maria, said that Rosina and Tom were going to live with her. Therefore, Helena had to move out of the family home on Central for that to happen.

1 : "Personal interview with Helena Scarpace"
2 : "Personal interview with Helena Scarpace"