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Sicily, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: Here is a page from the original passport of Josee (Giuseppa) and her mother Angela Sardo. The Sardo family sold everything they owned in Sicily in order to immigrate to Canada. Josee's father, Giovanni, who was an accountant and her mother, a hairdresser, decided to settle in Montreal. Giovanni Sardo became one of the city's most influential businessman, starting a travel agency that not only made travel arrangements for Italian-Quebecers, but also provided them with needed help with their immigration documents. | Contributed by: Josee Sardo
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: As Josee Sardo's brother was born after the family's official passport photo had been taken, the infant was given his own page in the document. | Contributed by: Josee Sardo
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: Here is a page from the original passport issued to the Sardo family when they first immigrated to Canada in 1953. | Contributed by: Josee Sardo
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: A detail from the Sardo passport that was issued in Italy in 1953, and later stamped at Pier 21 in 1953. | Contributed by: Josee Sardo
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Rome, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: Here is a picture of Teresa Di Tullio, her daughter, and their travel guide, Pepe, when the three went to Rome to get the Di Tullios' immigration papers processed. | Contributed by: Madeleine
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1954 | | Notes: Here is a picture of Teresa Di Tullio and her daughter on the day of their departure. Standing next to the little girl is her paternal grandmother. | Contributed by: Madeleine
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1954 | | Notes: Here is a picture on the day of the departure of Teresa Di Tullio and her daughter. Her sister, Annunziata, is standing next to her. | Contributed by: Madeleine
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: Here is Teresa Di Tullio and her daughter's passport photo. | Contributed by: Madeleine
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: September 1952 | | Notes: Here is the passport photo of Rosina Melfi and her daughter, Susie. | Contributed by: Rosina Melfi
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1954 | | Notes: Here is a picture of Giuseppe Melfi with his parents, Michelino and Assunta Melfi, a few weeks prior to his departure to Canada. Giuseppe Melfi, like many other Italians, was able to immigrate to Canada because he had a family member already living in this country who agreed to "sponsor" him. In the 1950s the federal government demanded that sponsors sign an agreement that they were willing to take care of the new arrival for five years. As jobs were easy to come by at the time most sponsors willingly signed the documents, knowing that the individuals they sponsored would be able to look after their own needs. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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