A carpenter and stone mason, my grandfather left Torricella Peligna for the first time in 1895 to find work in New York City and help other family members to do the same. In Torricella he was a chair maker, but nobody was buying his chairs. Sometime in 1896, wanting to get out of the city, he found ...

My paternal grandparents are from Torricella Peligna. They came to the United States in 1897. My father and his sister, both born in the USA had an Italian word for little delicacies, appetizers or desserts. Phonetically the word sounds like "gordanizzi". The closest I have been able to get to this ...