Thanks, Joseph. I don't think that you will find any reference to Giulia Ales in St. Louis records. I believe that my dad married her in Sicily, but I have not found any record of their marriage and I am not sure that she followed him to the States. He arrived in 1922 and lived in New York until 1930 according to census records before moving to St. Louis. I would like it if there were some record found in Palermo but not sure where to look.