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On October 6, 1862 at 5 p.m. Serafina Monteferrante, age 60, weaver, domiciled on Saint Mary Street, died in Vasto, daughter of Sante Monteferrante, deceased, laborer, domiciled and died in Vasto, and of Lucia Pellicciotta, weaver, domiciled and died in Vasto. The deceased was the wife of Giovanni Bottari, who is living.
My mom and dad came from two very different classes of Italian society. Dad's mom came from a very aristocrat family and mom's came from farmers and agricultural workers. When my mom's parents came to the US, they left their oldest son Giovanni in the care of my maternal grandmother's parents. I hea...