Roncalli Family
I was always interested in my Italian heritage. Even though I am a mix of French Canadian, German and Italian...
13 September, 2024
Author: alberti.mt@comune.cento.fe.it
Augusto Govoni
I was born April 25, 1883, in an old fashioned brick house in the Town of Tiramola Province of Ferrara but we are closer to Bologna than Ferrara...
21 November, 2023
Carlo Tura
I remember Carlo "Pappy" Tura, my grandfather, as a very lovable, kind, sweet man who took pride in every one of his 8 children and 20+ grandchildren. As a child, I have fond memories of visiting my Tura grandparents in Saugus, Massachusetts on Saturdays with...
01 March, 2021
The food and family of Amelia Dall’Olio and Giovanni Cevolani
Amelia Dall’Olio, my maternal grandmother was born in Renazzo di Cento on 25 September 1890. In 1911 she left her family in Castello d’Argile and boarded the Canopic in Genoa and arrived in Massachusetts at the Port of Boston on November 5th that same year. She...
19 December, 2020
Adolfo Venturi
ADOLFO VENTURI, MY CENTO CONNECTION Unfortunately, I never knew my Italian grandfather, Adolfo Venturi, and also knew little about him. The one fact that I did have from my American family was that he lived in Cento, Italy. Slowly, over the years, I began...
20 December, 2019
The Borgatti and Govoni families
My grandparents, Henry Borgatti and Jean Fortuna, met frequently as children during the summer in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Jean lived across the border in Niagara Falls, New York—just a short distance from Welland. Henry’s father, Aldemiro, worked for the Plymouth Cordage Company. ...
14 May, 2019