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Terlizzi, Puglia, Italy | | Date: 1951 | | Notes: This picture was taken just before my family left for Canada. A baptism had taken place that day, but we wouldn't have gone to the photographer's hadn't my mother, my brother and I been leaving for Montreal where my father was already living, working at odd jobs, to help pay for our voyage. Standing from left to right are: Zio Giovanni, Zia Maria, my mother Madalena, Zia Isabella and Zio Guacchino. My brother is in the carriage and I am standing next to my grandmother. | Contributed by: Gemma Forliano
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Potenza, Basilicata, Italy | | Date: 1960 | | Notes: At this family dinner one of my relatives is reading a letter possibly from my parents in Canada. | Contributed by: Gemma Forliano
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Terlizzi, Puglia, Italy | | Date: 1960 | | Notes: My first return trip (1960).... I was born in Terlizzi, Puglia in 1946. I spent my early childhood in Belgium, where my father worked in the coal mines. In the early 1950s my father immigrated to Canada where I went to French school. In 1960 I returned to my home town and fell heads over heels in love with the small town. I loved the people, the smell and look of the place. I vowed I would return. In fact, I did do so later on -- I studied art in an Italian university and later lived in Venice for awhile. Present in the photo are: my grandmother Giovanna Cioce, her sister, Julia, and my brother, Gerardo (Jerry). The dress I am wearing was made by my mother. She made her living as a seamstress. Everyone loved the outfits she made. | Contributed by: Gemma Forliano
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Palermo, Italy | | Date: 1960s | | Notes: The photo of the "Christoforo Columbo" in the harbour of Palermo was taken by Wolf Arnold. | Contributed by: Wolf Arnold
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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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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1953 | | Notes: Here is Teresa Di Tullio and her daughter's passport photo. | Contributed by: Madeleine
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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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