Thank you for your reply. My mother Elizabeth Franchitto Doherty and her sister Frances Franchitto Antonelli are both deceased. France's daughters Beatrice Antonelli Mendes and Marion Antonelli Sestito are also deceased as are their spouses. We have a lot of cancer in this side of the family ...

Thanks for your reply. I too will be away for more than two weeks. I can add that Marion had four children (all in the Boston area), Beatrice had two daughters (also in Boston area). Elizabeth had three children all in Boston area. Most of us have families. Where are you located?

Petronilla Lanni was my grandmother. She married Francesco Franchitto around 1910. Francesco emigrated to the USA and nine years later Petronilla and her 8 yr old daughter, Frances came over. My mother, Elizabeth and her twin sister (who died at birth) were born in December of 1920. Both Frances and ...