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September 2000 - Message 463: Re: Abruzzis in Pennsylvania Heritage Forums - September 2000

Posted by deperrdr- AT - lemoyne  --  NAME: Dennis DePerro on 06/20/03 at 12:20 PM Subject:   Re: Abruzzis in Pennsylvania In Reply to: Re: Abruzzis in Pennsylvania posted by Andrea Maxwell-Newton on 08/07/01 at 3:14 PM: : : : I'm new here, and have read many of the past posts. It sure seems to me that many of our Abruzzi ancestors settled in the coal mining areas of Pennsylvania. My family lived in north central PA---the DuBois area. : : : I wonder if coal mines recruited poor farmers from Abruzzo to come, or why so many ended up in Penn? Perhaps they still wanted to be in a mountainous, snowy area? : : : Does anyone know anything about this? : : : Thanks : : : Deb : : Dear Deb, : My family was also from the Abruzzo region. I know that they lived in New York City when they first came to this country, around 1889. But by 1910 when my grandfather was born, they were living in DuBois, PA, where my great grandfather and more than likely the rest of his family were coal miners. : The family names were Finamore and DePerro. My great grandfather was born in Pescasseroli, and his wife, Sabina DePerro was born in L'Aquila. Have you run into any of these town names in your research? I was wondering if they all might have even come from the same villages?! You can email me directly at Andrea_Maxwell- AT - msn.com if you would like! Thanks!! Follow Ups: