I think it was last year that Nanny and Poppy sold their share of this tract of land by the Marina — it can’t be more than 500 feet from the beach — to Uncle Angelo and his family.
For many years before the sale, the land went untouched. Now it has two buildings — a [...]
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The land by the beach
Posted in Marina, Poppy, tagged family, Marina, Mario Pirelli, Nanny, Nino, Poppy, Uncle Bruno on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Codispoti shoe store — it’s still there, kind of
Posted in Codispoti, Nanny, Poppy, tagged Codispoti, for sale, Nanny, Poppy, shoe store on November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Codispoti clan got by pretty well during World War II thanks to this little shoe store, in which the family sold imports from Torino. All the children helped out at the store, located not two minutes from Aunt Nuzza’s house.
This is notably where, in 1937, Poppy and his mother went to bid Nanny’s mother [...]
Geneaology jackpot
Posted in Geneaology, family, tagged Carl, Dad, family, Graziela, Mario, Mayor, Nanny, Poppy, Uncle Al on November 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
One of the greatest parts of the trip for me was getting to see the our family’s civil records up close.
After years of research online and through interviews with family members, Angela and I compiled a tree of more than 600 people (let me know if I haven’t invited you to Geni.com). But I had [...]
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