[2] On December 21, 1903, he emigrated to New York City from Palermo, Sicily, on the SS Città di Milano with his mother Rosa Saglimbeni Sinatra, his sisters Angela and Dorotea, and his brother.

His father, Francesco (1857-1947), born in Lercara Friddi,[3] was already in the city working in a pencil factory earning eleven dollars a week, and his mother went on to own and operate a small grocery shop.

Dolly helped him find work as a fireman, and he was eventually appointed to the Hoboken Fire Department in 1927, where he attained the rank of Captain without having to take any formal exams.

[citation needed] While still a captain in the fire department, Sinatra and his wife opened a tavern, called Marty O'Brien's.

With sufficient income, the family of three moved to a three-bedroom apartment, only a few blocks away from Monroe Street, but well out of Little Italy, at 703 Park Avenue.