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  1. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    can you get Felices siblings on that?
  2. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    I agree peak time was around 8.. BUT for me I thought Christmas was magical up to age 11. Believe it or not I hadn't figured out that Santa wasn't real by then... so I remember my mom and dad sitting me down before I went to secondary school. From that day Christmas was never the same for me...
  3. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    I always had fun doing the Christmas panto too and making decorations
  4. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    I’d love if we had thanks giving in the uk! It’s another chance to have a get together with good food :))
  5. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    This is brilliant I now have the mothers info.. Thankyou....
  6. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    You've just reminded me that we also done our Christmas shopping xmas eve. Im not sure whether anyone will remember this BUT as my dad was a smoker you could save coupons in the cigarette boxes and we use to exchange them for money in Iceland to buy our Christmas food. Lovely you helped make...
  7. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    It definitely starts in the shops too early. But in my home we get festive after Bonfire night (which is early I know) but Christmas is my favourite time of the whole year. Both my children are December babies so I see it a time to celebrate. :)
  8. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    Yes I had a real Christmas tree once and I wouldn't really get one again because of the needles.
  9. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    Arrrr that’s lovely your grandchildren live next door…… I put my tree up far too early
  10. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    Fab video Lyn…. I love looking into the past :) Sounds like you have lovely memories of Christmas time ….. BUT one question now as an adult do you still put your tree up Xmas eve or earlier :)
  11. Suzanneiom

    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    As we’re getting closer to Christmas, I thought it’d be nice to see about everyones childhood Christmas traditions. When I was younger, we always put our Christmas tree up on the 1st of December—without fail! We’d head to latifs and A&S Warehouse to pick up all our Christmas lights & decor and...
  12. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    Ill add the two brothers for now. Right that's good to know ill see if I can find her on social media :) thanks
  13. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    Also I am looking for an Amanda Y Liveley who married a Brian Duckworth. Amandas mom was a Hilda iommi and her father was Giovanni. But Id like to locate or see if Amanda is still alive and if she's in brum.
  14. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    could I have the three brothers please :))
  15. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    oh fab ill have a look, im really interested now in finding parents. ive emailed a company over in Italy now to see if they can help me search a little further.
  16. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    if you click on his actual profile there will be one hint. I think im going to find the nearest registry office and order Felice and Angelina birth certificates, then that should clear up the names, because im curious now from what you said above.
  17. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    on the 1911 census it says that in total they had 8 children and 6 were living, I think I have 5 of them. :) Ah that's so interesting, did you find that on ancestry? ill list the mothers name down and see if any hints become available. When I put down Angelina's fathers name I did get one hint...
  18. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    interesting I shall look that up :) thanks
  19. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    Wanted to share info from the marriage certificate Felice -father is Giuseppe he was a straw hat maker. Angelina’s father - dominico quadrini was a brick layer. Both deceased by 1900. Felice & Angelina got married at the registry office 1900. But were previously married in 1869 in arce italy...
  20. Suzanneiom

    Iommi family

    ill let you know what it is, the historian I spoke to said the name was Giuseppe, but ill find out soon :)) Ive found records on there before the 1900s so I feel like it may just be that it wasn't documented :)
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