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![]() | Maria Lahiff, September 1958 |
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The Riverdale Press Maria Lahiff Gets Nursing Honor Miss Maria Lahiff of Riverdale became a registered nurse and received a special award at ceremonies at St Patrick's Cathedral September 8 conducted by the St. Clares's Hospital School of Nursing. Miss Lahiff, the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John Lahiff, 3625 Waldo Ave., was the recipient of the Mother Mary Alice award given to "the ideal student nurse". She is a graduate of St Gabriel's Grammar School and St Barnabas High School. | |
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Marriage Maria Lahiff married Joseph Pedulla on December 26, 1959 in the Church of the Visitation B. V. M., Bronx, New York
Maria Lahiff, Dr. J. Pedulla Married at Visitation Church | |
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The Pedulla Family Birth of Dominick (Domenico): May 8, 1877 Canolo, Calabria, Italy (WWII DR), mother Teresa (Immigration in 1911) Birth of Josephine (Guiseppa) Siciliano: Born circa 1889, fahter Angelo, she had at least one potential brother, Nicodemo born circa 1879 Marriage: Italy before 1911 Immigration: SS Indiana from Naples to New York, June 18, 1911 - Domenico Pedulla age 34 (word I cannot read) "farm lab" (laborer) Italian (South) (Italian) Last Permanent residence "canolo" mother Teresa, living Canolo, and Guiseppa Pedulla, age 22, housewife, Italian (South) (Italian) father Angelo, cannot read place looks like "Sprikus" to Kingsbridge,** New York, passage paid by "self" to brother in law Sicilainao, Nicodemo, at Kingsbridge, New York, 5 ft brown eyes brown hair, Guiseppa, 4 ft 11 inches, brown eyes brown hair, both born "Canola"
**Kingsbridge is in the Bronx.
Note: Nicodemo Siciliano age 31, single, Non immigrant alien born
Italy father Siciliano,
_aur-lo, arrived in New York June 21, 1910 on the Duca Degli Abruzzi from Naples
to his brother Sicilian (cannot read),
born Canolo, Italy
Nicodemo first arrived on the Massilia on March 27, 1903, age 24, to his cousin
Perpis ??? Giovannini van Courtland Terrace (no other info)
Google map search "Canolo Nuova, Canolo, Italia" Children:
1920 Census, Yonkers: Renting at 128 Herriot Place, Yonkers, Weschester co., New York, Pedulla Dominick Self (Head) Male 41 abt 1879 Married Italy Italy Italy immigrated 1910, gardener private family, Pedulla Josephine Wife Female 28 abt 1892 Married Italy Italy Italy immigrated, 1910 Pedulla Carrie Daughter Female 3 abt 1917 Single New York Italy Italy add 1930 Census: 3446 Kingsbridge Ave, Bronx, Pedulla Dominick, Head, 52, abt 1878, Italy, immigrated 1910, married at 31, gardener private, Pedulla Josephine, Wife 40, abt 1890, immigrated 1910, married at 21, Pedulla Katherine, Daughter, 13, abt 1917, Pedulla Dominick, Son, 10, abt 1920, Pedulla Joseph, Son, 8, abt 1922, Pedulla Louis, Son, 4, abt 1926, Pedulla James, Son, 2, abt 1928, Femia Joseph, Cousin, 32, abt 1898 Italy, labourer, odd jobs, Owning home valued at $7,000, World War II Draft Registration: Domenic Louis Pedula (sic) 3446 Kingsbridge Ave Bronx, age 64, bron Calabria, May 8, 1877 Italy name of person who will always know address, Mr. Joseph Fermia, 3440 Kingsbridge, Ave, Bronx, employer, Mr Cleveland Dodge Riverdale, New York, signed with his mark. Obituary of Joseph Pedulla, April 2011 Dr. Joseph T. Pedulla, 88, of LaPorte, died at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at his residence. He was born June 16, 1922, in Yonkers, NY, to Domenico and Giuseppina (Siciliano) Pedulla of Calabria, Italy. A physician and surgeon, Dr. Pedulla had a family/surgical practice in the Bronx, New York City, for 50 years until his retirement at the age of 79. He graduated from Fordham University (1944) and New York Medical College (1947). He was a captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army at Madigan Army Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. He was a former president of the New York Chapter of the Catholic Physicians Guild and a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Peter Catholic Church. Early in his medical career he cared for the last existing patients with smallpox in the United States. On Dec. 26, 1959, in The Bronx, New York City, he married Maria Lahiff, who survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Mary (John) Lake of LaPorte; three sons, Dominic (Bernadette) Pedulla of Edmond, OK, Joseph (Lisa) Pedulla of Monroe Township, NJ, and John Pedulla of Staten Island, New York City; 20 grandchildren, Rita, Joseph John (Hope), Robert, Claire, John, Edmund, Patrick, Mary, Maria, Brendan, Joseph, Annabelle, Vincent, Sean, William, Ian, Ciaran, Christian, Dominic, and Christina; one brother, Vincenzo "James" (Rosemarie) Pedulla of Mahopac, NY; and many loving nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Chiara Pedulla; and two brothers, Dominick and Louis Pedulla. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, April 11, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Scarsdale, NY, with Monsignor Hugh McManus officiating. Visitation will be held at Essling Funeral Home, LaPorte, on Friday, April 8, from 4 to 8 p.m., with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will also be held at Williams Funeral Home, 5628 Broadway, Bronx, NY, on Sunday, April 10, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Monday from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Yonkers, NY, following the Mass. Canolo, Calabria The area was mountainous and sheep and goats were grazed. Mulberry tree and silkworms were cultivated. "A sud di queste regioni della Calabria cosentina, il Turoniano non si trova che molto lontano, in piccoli lembi e sempre accompagnato da calcari giuresi: e allora generalmente bianco con qualche venatura rosata: lo troviamo addossato alle falde orientali del monte di Tiriolo, del monte Consolino, monte Stella, alla vetta del monte Canolo e monte Mutolo, sopra Gerace."There was a earthquake of 7 to 8 intensity that affected the are on October 14, 1784. Much of the town was destroyed and there were landslides A Gazetteer of the World: AA-Brazey By Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) 1856 CANOLO, a town of Naples, in the prov. of Calabria Ultra, district and 4 m. NNW of Geraoe, on the E side of the Apennines. Pop. 1,500. Silk worms are extensively cultivated in the environs.Dizionario topografico dei Comuni compresi entro i confini naturali dell Italia By Attilio Zuccagni Orlandini, 1861
"Canolo (Napol.) Prov. di Calabria ult. I; circond. di Gerace; mand. di Gerace. In mezzo ad un fertile territorio, nel quale principalmente si collivano molti gelsi, presso le falde degli Appennini giace il villaggio di Canolo. che resto in gran parte distrutto dal terremoto del 1783, il quale fu cagione di rovina quasi in ogni paese delle Calabrie. Popol. 2709."Smallpox in Camolo in 1908
Smallpox. - Week ended April 2. Cases: Varallo Pombia (Novara) 1, Adro (Brescia) 1, Mariano (Bergamo) 4, Viterbo (Rome) 2, Andria (Bari) 35, Reggio Calabria 1, Canolo 7, Gerace Superiore 17, Polistena 3, Rizziconia 26, Anoia (Reggio Calabria) Population of Canolo: 1858 - 2,388 |
Children of Maria Lahiff and Joseph Pedulla
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Dominic, Joe
Mary and John |
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Dominic | |
![]() | Dominic Pedulla married Bernadette McGuire |
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![]() | Maria and Dominic |
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Dominic's family Rita Bernadette, Dominic and Claire Joseph, Brendan, Edmond and Mary |
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Joseph Pedulla, Junior | |
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Joseph Pedulla married Lisa Bacigalupo, October 7, 1995. They have three boys, Joseph, Vincent and Ian Francis
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![]() | Maria and Joe, October 7, 1995 |
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Joseph and Vincent Pedulla | |
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Joseph and Vincent, the sons of Joseph and Lisa Pedulla
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![]() | Ian Francis |
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Mary | |
![]() | Mary Pedulla married John Lake, August 24, 1991 |
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![]() | Mary Pedulla's wedding party |
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Mary Pedulla Lake, John Lake and their family John Lake, holding Maria, Mary Pedulla Lake, Robert, Johnny and Pat. |
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John | |
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John Pedulla First Mass Celebration May 16, 1993, Archbishop Stepinac H.S. gym, White Plains, New York |
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Joe, Jr., Maria, John, Joe, Sr. at the reception after John Pedulla's First Mass May 16, 1993 |
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Baptism of Maria, the daughter of Mary Pedulla Lake, January 17, 1999 From L to R: John Pedulla, Bob Lake, Dominic Pedulla, Bernadette Pedulla, John Lake, Mary Pedulla Lake. Children from L to R: A Lake cousin, Mary and Rita, Dominic's daughters. |
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