My Italian grandparents came over when they were about 10-12. My granddad John Juliano came over late 1890-1900 when he was 12 with his father and brothers. The mom and the sisters stayed in Italy and never came over. John died in 1949 and is buried in the Italian cemetery in Everett My grandmother his wife eventually, came over around that time and around that age. She died in the 1918 flu epidemic. Josephine DeSimone My aunt Maria Luisa Uliano later known as Mary J was born in Aug 1915 and my mother Nov 1916. I believe those are the only 2 children of that marriage. After Josephine died, John remarried an Irishwoman with boys. My aunt and mother left the house as soon as they were old enough and stayed in the Everett area till after I was born. cindy macdonald phillips On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > There is a story on "Mass Moments" this morning about a woman who had > arrived in Boston as a child - with her Russian family. And, later she > decided to write about her experiences. > > http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=352<http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=352> > > I mentioned last week that my husband's grandmother arrived from the Azores > at Age 12 and alone. She was here to be an indentured-servant for 7 years > for a family on Beacon Hill. (Her sister might have come with her; I > haven't been able to find that out. I also don't know if an aunt or uncle > accompanied her.) > > I was just wondering if others had an ancestor who arrived in MA in the > 1890 > to 1910 timeframe - as a child. > > And, a reminder about the very good book I found out about several years > ago: "Boston's Wayward Children." It's a treatise on all the > "un-cared-for children" in Boston in the 1860 to 1900 timeframe. (In > the > book it states that the "Orphan Train movement" started in Boston. When > NYC officials found out about it, they started their own version of it.) > > It seems the "British Home Children" movement went on for the exact set of > years. That is the Canadian term for the British term, "Child Migrant > movement." (1860 to 1930's). What I haven't found out, yet, is > whether the "thousands" of "un-cared-for children" arriving in Canada - > were discussed in the Boston, MA, newspapers ! > > Stay warm ! > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > (My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandparents arrived in Halifax, NS, CAN, in > ~1874 - as "British Home Children." (They were 14. My gr-grandmother's > 4 > younger sibling accompanied her; the youngest were 5 and 3 years old. > All went to different families. Their "Master Mariner" (widower) father > was sailing to Africa when that happened. He was alive and remarried > for > some 20 years after that. I have no way of knowing whether he ever saw > his 6 children again. (Oldest son went to British Columbia.).. ) > > (I don't know if any of you have read the autobiography of "Dr. Ruth." > It's another story of a child "being sent away.") > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Cindyp http://grammiesbears.com http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips http://shaklee.net/naturalngreen