Mother (Caterina Contenta Messa) was born in Italy. When she was a young girl, she came to her sister (Anna Contenta Lessie) in America. It was a small mining town by the name of Lafferty, Ohop. There she met a young man, and was married within a month. In a period of eight years mother had five children.
For fourteen blissful short years we lived happily with in the family. Except once in a while they would have a family quarrel which was all over with in an hour.
During that time my father's younger brother Onofrio wanted to come to America with his wife.My father sent them the money.
Onofrio Passenger list arr July 5 1910
They cam and lived with us (for we had a very big house). Several months went by, and everything
was fine. Then father had an argument with his brother so he then made his own home. After that father sent money to Italy for another brother named Frank to come to Ohio.
Franceso Passenger list arr Aug 13 1921
They came, it was then our whole life changed.
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