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    MWS reacted to Suzanneiom's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Eleuterios son Michael born 1913
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    On the map it says "jervais terrace" and says "permanently closed". I think it may be undergoing renovation so you may not be able to...
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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread sillitoe family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here you are
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread sillitoe family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Found "not guilty". Will post article when I have my laptop on unless someone else does so in the meantime
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    MWS replied to the thread sillitoe family.
    Assuming Joseph Yafrati was indeed the son of Antony then his grandfather, Vincenzo, appears to been convicted of attacking and...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just like my wife’s grandmother who was born in Italy, always wore black except for our wedding! I remember dancing with her and she...
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    MWS reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think Bedford and also Scotland might reveal some more results , I was made aware in the 70's by a rep from an electrical company that...
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    MWS reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Interesting! There was a Cerrone in my class at Junior school. I don't know what her father did for a living but I do remember him, they...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As an aside, came across this. Italian ice cream sellers used to cry “Gelatiecco un poco” a little ice cream. It was the origin of the...
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    MWS reacted to Astolat's post in the thread Ackrills Bakers & Confectioners with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Apologies for resurrecting a very old thread, but this is my grandmother and grandfather! As is probably obvious from only a slight...
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    MWS replied to the thread Italians in Birmingham.
    A third of them appear to be ice cream sellers. Names include - D'Ambrosio, Castellucci, Cerrone, Faccini, Lombardi, Musticone...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A very interesting, ancient town with tumultuous long history! I wonder what caused the exodus to Birmingham and were there other places...
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    Having recently been looking into 3 family trees with Italian ancestry, I noticed that, interestingly, the town of Sora cropped in all 3...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    I think Jervis Terrace might still be there...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1939 eroll shows she was living with
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