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Click
this button to read a letter from Rose Badali, Biagio's daughter, to her
niece, Margaret Rose Myers. It tells such a fantastic story about the
history of this family, centered around Francesco, Biagio, Maria, Rose and
Mariano & Maria .
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Biagio,
Santreena, Maria, Mary & Frank (probably
taken around 1915)
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Dorothea (Wife of Diego Amodeo)
Maria (Wife of Mariano Amodeo)
Mary (Wife of Joseph Battaglia)
Maria (1st Wife of Biagio Amodeo) |
Maria,
Mariano, Rose & Biagio |
Biagio,
Maria, Rose & Mario playing cards at 38
Parkview in 1951 or 1952 (Maybe that "Tre-Septe" game
Rosae Badali speaks of in her letter) |
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Rose Bova & Biagio Amodeo wedding on September 6,
1927
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Mary Amodeo & Joseph Battaglia wedding Oct 25, 1933
Santreena, Rose, Biagio, Mary, Rose,Joseph, Frank,Vicky,
Josephine |
Biagio, Rose, Joseph & Mary Battaglia & Provey Battaglia |
Biagio & Maria's Wedding Certificate |
Here is the translation for the important section of the Wedding
Certificate
1909, February 9 at 14:30 hour
in Termini Imerese, before me (Angelo Battaglia - town official) appears
Biagio Amodeo, celibe (i.e.,
single), age 25, contadino (i.e., peasant), born and living in Termini,
son of Francesco, resident of Termini, and of the deceased Maria Graziano,
who lived in Termini
Maria Conilgio, nubile (i.e.,
maiden name), age 22, casalinga (i.e., housewife), born and living in
Termini, daughter of Francesco, resident of Termini, and of Santa Coniglio,
resident of Termini.
Biagio signed the document at
the bottom, as well as the witnesses Salvatore Macaluso (Maria's 1st
cousin)
& Antonina Battaglia (future
wife of Maria's brother Cosimo)
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Rose with Mary & Joe Battaglia |
February 9, 1959
Rose & Biagio celebrating their 50th Anniversary
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An Amodeo Christmas Party sometime in the early 1970's |
Another view from the same party |
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