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Casacalenda, Molise
Date: 1925
Notes: This is a photo of Pasquale Vincelli circa 1925. Pasquale would have been 65 years old at the time. What is unique about his story is that he raised six girls and one boy practically by himself as he lost his wife with the birth of their last daughter. Pasquale's story is parallel to many other similar stories of sacrifices that people had to make during those difficult times. He was my great grandfather.
Contributed by: Antonio Fantillo

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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: 1912
Notes: This is a picture of Pasquale Fantillo (six years old) and his two older sisters, Maria Maddalena and Celestina.
Contributed by: Antonio Fantillo

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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: 1922
Notes: Nicola Biello family photo. This is my aunt's family photo of 1922. The father (Nicola) was actually superimposed as at the actual time he was in Montreal, Canada.
Contributed by: Antonio Fantillo

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Italian families 1904
Pollutri, Abruzzo, Provincia di Chieti, Italy
Date: 1904
Notes: Vincenzo and Angela Troiano with children Mary and Louis... photo just before they emigrated from Pollutri. The man standing is a friend.
Contributed by: Ed Iannuccilli

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Molise, Italy
Date: early 1900s
Notes: This is a photo of Gram DeFabo's parents, Michele and Adelaide (Tazzi) Boschi, taken in the early 1900s. This photo was published in Rizzi DeFabo's cookbook entitled "Cooking with Rizzi" (Crabtree Press, 2010).
Contributed by: Rizzi DeFabo

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Italian grandparents 1930s
Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: 1930s
Notes: Here is a picture of Francesco Ferrara and his wife, Maria Felici, the contributor's paternal great grandparents. The young boy in the picture is their grandson. Because the young boy's both parents (His mother was the couple's daughter) had both died, the Ferraras took over his care.
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: mid 1930s
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Contributed by: Rachele Polisena

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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: late 1930s
Notes: In the picture: Rachele Polisena and Giovanni Ferrara.
Contributed by: Rachele Polisena

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Italian grandmothers 1920s
Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: 1920s?
Notes: Here is a picture of Sofia (nee Berardino) Montagano (1847-1932), the contributor's maternal great grandmother. Sofia Berardino came from a family of millers. For generations the family business prospered; unfortunately, when the town brought in electricity, the mill [powered by water], was no longer vital to the local farming community and it eventually floundered. Sofia Montagano had 9 children.
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Date: 1920s
Notes: Here is a picture of the contributor's paternal great grandmother, Teresa Marcogliesa (1850-1934).
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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