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| Date: | Notes: Frank A. Dekevich. Born: 09 March 1922, Providence, RI. Died: 14 March 1999, Providence, RI. Contributor's father. | Contributed by: John Dekevich
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Bonefro, Molise, Italy | Date: 1974 | Notes: Baptism of Maurizio Ciarla. The mother is M. Giovanna Eremita in Ciarla. The girl to her right is her daughter Enza (in
Mastrostefano) and to the right son Vincenzo. | Contributed by: John Dekevich
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Rocca D'Evandro, Campania,Italy | Date: 1924 | Notes: Born in 1902 Giuseppina Longo spent most of her life in Italy; in 1958 she decided to come to Canada to be closer to her adult children.
The photo and short biography of Giuseppina Longo were published in Centro Dante's "Album di Famiglia, 1996." Permission to use the material was given by Santa Cabrini Hospital's administration. For further information visit: www.santacabrini.qc.ca. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Santa Cabrini Hospital
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Benevento, Molise, Italy | Date: 1947 | Notes: Gerardo Pareela lost his father when he was only 18 months old; following tradition his older brother became the head of the family. Before he even finished elementary school Gerardo Pareela was taken out of school and sent to work with his brother in a butcher shop. In 1950 the Canadian government encouraged Italians willing to work in the agricultural industry to apply for entry. Gerardo Pareela did so. When he arrived in Halifax he was sent to work in a "fattorie agricole" in Montreal. He found working in the agricultural sector very unsatisfying and often thought of quitting. After a few months, with only a hundred dollars in his pocket, he and his cousin made for British Columbia. There, he got a job with a railway company. After five years of hard work ("tanto duri e molto sudati") he returned to his hometown and there fell in love with "una bella e brava ragazza di nome Filomena Pisano." The two married in 1957. The couple decided to settle in Montreal where they raised two children.
The photo and short biography of Gerardo Pareela were first published in Centro Dante's "Album di Famiglia, 1966." Permission to use the material was given by Santa Cabrini Hospital's administration. For further information visit: www.santacabrini.qc.ca. | Contributed by: Courtesy of Santa Cabrini Hospital
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Di Cave, Caserta, Italy | Date: 1950 | Notes: Elvira Antonaccio first worked as a medical secretary in her little village of di Cave, near the city of Caserta. After her marriage to Giovanni Di Fruscio the two had five children. Concerned about the high cost of educating their children in Italy, the couple decided to immigrate to Canada. First her husband came to Montreal, and then after a few years, she and her children followed. In 1959 the couple's sixth child, "la Canadese" was born. In 1964 Giovanni Di Fruscio was killed in a work-related accident. Elvirar Antonaccio was left to raise the children on her own. Despite the sorrow and attending difficulties she did a wonderful job of it.
The photo and short biography of Elvira Di Fruscia was first published in Centro Dente's "Album di Famiglia, 1966." Permission to use the material was given by Santa Cabrini Hospital's administration. For further information visit: wwwsantacabrini.qc.ca.
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Santa Croce di Magliano, Molise, Italy | Date: 1950s? | Notes: From the book: "Santa Croce D'Altri Tempi, Note Storiche, Civili ed Ecclesiastiche, Volume 2," by G. Di Stefano, G. Gianfelice and G. Rosati (Tipolitografia Adriatica Termoli, 1990). | Contributed by: Assunta Montagno
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Rome, Italy | Date: ca. 1897 | Notes: "Peasant children on the steps of the Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, PPOC
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Naples, Italy | Date: ca 1897 | Notes: "A typical group in Naples, Italy...." Note: The infants present in the photo are "swaddled" -- a common practice in Italy until the late 1950s. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, PPOC
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Casacalenda, Campobasso | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Family Relationships -- Terms of Address
Prior to World War II individuals in Molise not only addressed their close family members with the appropriate terms of address (e.g. zio and zia for uncle or aunt) but they also honored other types of relationships with the use of a special term of address. Godparents, of course, were called compare. In addition, one's oldest first cousin had a special term of address, as did one's sister-in-law. So, one would not address one's sister-in-law, for example, by her first name, but would use the term of address, "chielle" (spelling???) in front of her name (e.g. Chielle Maria). | Contributed by: Mrs. Carmella DiTullio (as told to Mary Melfi, her great niece)
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Italy | Date: n.d. | Notes: For photos on "Family & Parenting" from Canada and other countries Italians immigrated to see: "Family & Parenting/AROUND THE WORLD." | Contributed by: Image of Christopher Columbus courtesy of The New York Pubic Library, Digital Gallery #1216726
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