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March 1956 My mother Angela Stagliano, My Sisters Lina and Vincenza and I left Naples on March 8, on a clear and sunny day. The trip was without incident until we were midway through our trip when the ocean became turbulent and the waves overlapped the ship. On the captain's orders all tables, …
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January 1966 My story started out on January 6, 1966, when myself, my parents, two younger brothers and my grandmother decided to immigrated to Canada. I guess that this was because my parents wanted to give us kids a better way of life than what they had had as young children. When we left I …
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The mass immigrations of Italians to Canada from 1870-1914, 1920-1930 and 1950-1970 are part of the broader history of the Italian Diaspora, a migratory movement prompted by poor economic conditions in Italy that arose in the 1860s and lasted for over a century. While the first Italian immigrants …
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The Italian Trunk is presented by the IC Savings Foundation Through the generous support of The IC Savings Foundation , The Italian Trunk was created. Rich with stories of exciting journeys overseas, travels by train across the country, settling in a new land and the kindness of strangers along the …
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Stories in Italian Andrea Nicolosi and Maria Soccorsa Children's Stories Amerigo Lupinacci Elise Marini Robert Sapienza Family Stories Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco Adolfo Di Mambro Antonino Masciotra Cesidio Mariani Domenico Stagliano Gabriella Frainetti nee Di Giovanni Giulio Cesare and …
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The Trans-Atlantic Passage of Rosa (Mulé) Nobile and Daughters Maria & Carmela When my sister Carmela and I found out that we had been accepted to immigrate to Canada, we climbed on the bed and jumped and jumped for joy. In my 10 and her 8-year-old minds, Canada was the land of infinite riches. We …
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On Jan. 2nd 1949 Antonio Bevacqua his wife, Rosa Maria who was 8 months pregnant along with their 3 young sons Guiseppe (Joseph) 6, Domenico (Dominic) 4 and Costantino (Tino) 2 boarded a ship named Sobieski to immigrate to Canada the ship stopped at many other European ports to pick up immigrants. …
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I came to Canada in November 1961 with my son, Luigi Antonio Pagano and my daughter, Maria Grazia Pagano. My son was seven years old and my daughter was twelve years old. We came to join my husband, Antonio, who had immigrated to Canada in 1958. We came from Italy, from a small town called San …
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May 9, 1955 My mother, myself, my sister and baby brother came to Halifax on May 9, 1955 as landed immigrants on the Olympia sponsored by Dad. I recall watching the streetcars for long periods of time from our bedroom window on College Street which has become many years ago "Little Italy". I was …
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On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, Michelina, Joseph Carmela, Domenico, and I (Michelangelo) left the small rural town of Provvidenti in the Campobasso region of Italy. We were heading for Naples to embark …