JD10367
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Not sure what my paternal grandfather did over here once he emigrated to the U.S.; I'll have to ask my dad. My PG was born around the turn of the century, so I think he was too young for WWI and too old for WWII. However, I do know what he was back in Sicily: he was a Carabinieri (sort of a policeman). They used to be pictured on the tall yellow bottles of Galliano, but I don't know if they still are. I assume they went through Ellis Island, and I know that he brought his full regalia uniform with him and it was stolen as soon as he got here. "Welcome to America!"
My maternal grandfather was a painter and paperhanger by trade, as is his son (my uncle). The teo of them probably painted or papered half the houses north of Boston (Eastie, Revere, Medford, Malden, Everett, Somerville, etc.,.). I think he also missed the window of military service (either that or he talked himself out of WWII somehow, because I don't think he was in the military).
Both grandmothers were domestics, I believe. (It's possible one or the other did odd jobs at some point, I'm sure.)
My maternal grandfather was a painter and paperhanger by trade, as is his son (my uncle). The teo of them probably painted or papered half the houses north of Boston (Eastie, Revere, Medford, Malden, Everett, Somerville, etc.,.). I think he also missed the window of military service (either that or he talked himself out of WWII somehow, because I don't think he was in the military).
Both grandmothers were domestics, I believe. (It's possible one or the other did odd jobs at some point, I'm sure.)