Re: 12/31/00 feel freeto ad to our family
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12/31/00 feel freeto ad to our family
12/31/00
Hi Ray,
So your great grandfather was Dominick. I remember him from when I was a youngster. He and my grandfather spent quite a bit of time together. I remember him on Sunday visits to the farm, sitting at the kitchen table drinking the homemade wine my grandfather made every fall. Yeah, by hand with a wine press for the grapes.I'll have to ask my father about the relationship I think he was my grandfathers first cousin, I'm not sure. My grandfather John Piacentino ( see my post to travis) had 11 children, two died at birth. There were the boys, Nick, Tony, Albert, Norman, Paul and Michael ( my father) and my aunts Mary, Anna, Elanor, Lucy, ?. Only my father and aunt Elanor are still alive. I know I've some cousins tucked away in NJ somewhere, But I don't remember any of their names, except one had a son who was a coin / collector dealer. There was even a priest cousin of my fathers, from Italy I remember only his name of Tutllio; Maybe contacting the vatican could be more help there.
Hope this helps, I'll ask my father about Dominick. Oh yeah, I was at Ellis Island this summer, first time in the big apple and found my grandfather's and grandmothers name on the wall, took a nice picture of their name; But the memories of my youth, spending Sundays up on the farm and some saturdays trapsing the woods and fields are the best. The farm is still there, it's now owned by my cousin Frank, who inherited it from my uncle Norman when he passed away last year. It's considerably smaller now with chunks sold off to pay taxe, but the old homestead was restored and rebuilt about 20 years ago and though the barn and chicken coops no longer stand, it's still a beautiful place.
Michael Piacnetino