Contributed by John Califano

When Joseph Guarino was born on June 25, 1896, in Bisacquino, Italy, his father, Pietro, was 35 and his mother, Vincenza, was 34. He married Marie Jeanette Pendleton on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. They had five children during their marriage. He died on August 11, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 55.