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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: 1953 | | Notes: The picture was taken the day my mother (right) left Casacalenda for Canada. Next to my mother, Teresa DiTullio, is her mother-in-law. | Contributed by: Sue DiTullio
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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: 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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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1954 | | Notes: Here is Giuseppe Melfi's passport photo (the contributor's father). Like many Italians of his generation, Giuseppe Melfi, couldn't wait to try his luck "in the land of opportunity." During the years 1948-1971 almost 457,000 Italians immigrated to Canada. The massive immigration was fueled by Italy's high unemployment rate and the low standard of living experienced by those living in the countryside. At the time jobs were aplenty in North America and while they were low-paying, most Italians managed to put a bit of money aside. Most used their savings to buy their first homes (often duplexes). The contributor's own father followed this pattern. Like most Italians he is glad he came to Canada and has no regrets. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1955 | | Notes: Here is a picture of the contributor's mother, Giovanna (better known as Nina) Ferrara. She sent this picture sent to her husband a year after he had immigrated to Canada. In her characteristic self-depreciating humour, Nina wrote at the back of the photo: "I don't look good, because of the wind." Her husband, then living in Canada, did not agree. He kept this photo in his wallet for years. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1957 | | Notes: Here is the passport photo of Giovanna Melfi and her two daughters, Sue and Mary. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Boiano, Campobasso | | Date: date unknown | | Notes: Photo of my mother's brother Guido, who lived in South America for a while then emigrated to Toronto with his family. | Contributed by: jo ward
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Boiano, Campobasso | | Date: date unknown | | Notes: My mother's brother Felice Spina. Was the first of the family to immigrate to Toronto. My mother was next and the rest followed -- all eleven of them. Later on in 1975, both my grandparents immigrated and died here 20 years later | Contributed by: Jo ward
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