Family Card - Person Sheet
NamePaul Cifrino 
Birth15 Jan 1891, Italy
Death18 Jun 1945
BurialSt. Michael Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
FatherAlphonso Cifrino (-<1900)
MotherAnna Gallo (ca1848-)
Spouses
Birth18 Oct 1898, Italy
Death4 Oct 1964
BurialSt. Michael Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
FatherGiovanni Battista (John) Ferroli (1869-1945)
MotherSanta Elizabetta (Santina) Bidoli (1872-1949)
Marriageaft Jun 1917
ChildrenJohn Felix (1919-1965)
Paul James (1920-2009)
Ann Barbara (1923-)
James (1924-1925)
James Paul (1925-)
Mary (1928-)
Elizabeth M. (1931-2014)
Eleanor Joan (1938-)
Notes for Paul Cifrino
1910 Census: Paul is a lodger at 42 Dwight Street, Boston, age 20, a proprietor of a market. Year of immigration 1907.
1912 - naturalized, unmarried, a meat cutter living at 42 Dwight Street, Boston.
1917 WWI draft registration shows him unmarried, living at 45 Pleasant Street, Dorchester. Says he is manager of the Uphams Corner Market and engaged in confidential work for the Department of Justice.
“Upham’s Corner Market, owned by John and Paul Cifrino, was the first one-stop "supermarket" in Boston and one of the first in the United States. The Cifrino brothers stocked a variety of merchandise in their 50,000 square foot store that small retailers traditionally had sold from separate neighborhood shops. The Cifrinos did not extend credit or make deliveries, and provided clerks only at the cash registers, but they offered a wide selection of high-quality goods and easily undercut their competitors. Most revolutionary of all was their embrace of America’s growing automobile culture in the 1920s: they built garage doors into the rear of the building to accommodate the delivery trucks that continuously replenished their stock and provided a large parking lot for the many customers who drove from all around Boston to shop at their popular store.
The Cifrino Brothers built Upham’s Corner Market in three distinct sections, numbered as 600, 610, and 618 Columbia Road.
In 1928, they sold the Uphams Corner Market to an investor and continued to work there. In 1933, they were dissatisfied with the new ownership and left to start Supreme Markets in 1934 at 550 Gallivan Boulevard, Dorchester.”
1930, 1942 and 1934 directories list him as president of United Markets Inc. at 600 Columbia Road.
1935 directory shows him as treasurer of Supreme Market Inc. at 530 Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester.
1937 directory also shows him as treasurer of Eliot Wine and Liquors at 29 Eliot Street.
US District Court, Boston naturalization petitions
CIFRINO, FRANK ITALY US-MA-BOSTON-PETS 21-110
CIFRINO, PAUL ITALY US-MA-BOSTON-PETS 25-207
1912 - naturalized, unmarried, a meat cutter living at 42 Dwight Street, Boston.
1917 WWI draft registration shows him unmarried, living at 45 Pleasant Street, Dorchester. Says he is manager of the Uphams Corner Market and engaged in confidential work for the Department of Justice.
“Upham’s Corner Market, owned by John and Paul Cifrino, was the first one-stop "supermarket" in Boston and one of the first in the United States. The Cifrino brothers stocked a variety of merchandise in their 50,000 square foot store that small retailers traditionally had sold from separate neighborhood shops. The Cifrinos did not extend credit or make deliveries, and provided clerks only at the cash registers, but they offered a wide selection of high-quality goods and easily undercut their competitors. Most revolutionary of all was their embrace of America’s growing automobile culture in the 1920s: they built garage doors into the rear of the building to accommodate the delivery trucks that continuously replenished their stock and provided a large parking lot for the many customers who drove from all around Boston to shop at their popular store.
The Cifrino Brothers built Upham’s Corner Market in three distinct sections, numbered as 600, 610, and 618 Columbia Road.
In 1928, they sold the Uphams Corner Market to an investor and continued to work there. In 1933, they were dissatisfied with the new ownership and left to start Supreme Markets in 1934 at 550 Gallivan Boulevard, Dorchester.”
1930, 1942 and 1934 directories list him as president of United Markets Inc. at 600 Columbia Road.
1935 directory shows him as treasurer of Supreme Market Inc. at 530 Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester.
1937 directory also shows him as treasurer of Eliot Wine and Liquors at 29 Eliot Street.
US District Court, Boston naturalization petitions
CIFRINO, FRANK ITALY US-MA-BOSTON-PETS 21-110
CIFRINO, PAUL ITALY US-MA-BOSTON-PETS 25-207
Notes for Paul & Maria A. (Mary) (Family)
did not survive