They later gave another daughter the same name after the child who had died in 1918.

South Philadelphia.

My grandfather’s Italian family, the Ferraro’s, lived in South Philadelphia in the Methodist Hospital area on Rosewood Street  during the epidemic.  My great-grandparents, Vincent and Louise (Federico) Ferraro had 8 children, including my grandfather:

Thomas C. Ferraro born 1909

Filomena Ferraro born 1911  

Joseph Ferraro born 1913  

Albert Ferraro born 1915

Agnes Ferraro, born 1916 (first, died 1918)

Agnes Ferraro (second, surviving Agnes) – born 1920  

Mary Ferraro born 1922

Rose Ferraro born 1926  My grandfather Thomas was born in 1909, and he remembered the house being quarantined with him, his parents, and four siblings.  The family lost a 2-year old girl named Agnes to the disease, and later named another daughter the same name (Agnes) after the child who had died in 1918.  To this day, the cousins talk about how there were actually two Agneses.

Contributed by Carolyn Riley, Granddaughter of Thomas Ferraro.