E 'in the early twentieth century that the village of the Valle del Magra is empty, first temporarily and then permanently. Economic difficulties, which often results in a life extremely difficult for very many families led many young people to choose the way of America. They went in many, often in groups, looking for luck (sometimes to suck the call to arms on the eve of World War I), some to return some years later and buy with the money saved with difficulty, a portion of home ground, so as to provide a more dignified life for themselves and their families.
But very often the case that the return was only temporary: after a few years there they return to the path of Genoa (but the port of embarkation is also to Le Havre) for a second or third episode in "very distant lands "that aims to put aside some 'savings to take home along with more diverse experiences. Or to permanently close the door to face the perils Ocean along with his wife and children.
Archives of landings at the port of New York are full of names of emigrants Valdantena, Pracchiola, Cargalla, Cavezzana of Antena and Gravagna (to mention only those countries which directly concern us) down from the ships to address the quarantine and then the challenges of nuiovo world. And through the boarding passes available through www.ellisisland.com are found traces of many family stories: family reunions, the call of " friends, sometimes true, but often simple labor brokers who received sums of money for " call" unknown in the States, which then had to pay their service made through withdrawals from their salary on time. A story is repeated today, here with us, for people of other nationalities who seek their mirage in Italy. And around these facts are developed thousands of stories that would be worth finding. those who have reconstituted in a street or in a district of New York branch of a kind in the country of origin, who came to the U.S. to hear from relatives who had "called": "And now arranged .. ., "who made a fortune to those who have endured the difficulties of a incomprehensible language and the pangs of nostalgia and has resumed after a week away in Italy.
In those years, was born in New York " Pontremolese " genuine mutual aid societies, which aimed to provide help, in a world where social security was a term virtually unknown, many misfortunes suffered and risked total poverty would make them victims of an unscrupulous illegal hiring.
It was an association, which each contributed with modest contributions, which demonstrated several times its social function, especially when it came to repatriate borne by the Association for accidents at work (Many, since the occupations most often - and even more desirable, because the more profitable - those were related to work in mines).
The photo, taken around 1915, is Adolfo Lisoni of Toplecca, along with a fellow who is engaged in the laying of pipes outside of a mine. The Lisoni, back in Italy, began to use the experience gained in the U.S. when, a few years later, the fraction of Toplecca was plugged and he had to have the skills to turn the first rudimentary electrical systems when they, in many of houses in the country, were the tantrums.
But very often the case that the return was only temporary: after a few years there they return to the path of Genoa (but the port of embarkation is also to Le Havre) for a second or third episode in "very distant lands "that aims to put aside some 'savings to take home along with more diverse experiences. Or to permanently close the door to face the perils Ocean along with his wife and children.
Archives of landings at the port of New York are full of names of emigrants Valdantena, Pracchiola, Cargalla, Cavezzana of Antena and Gravagna (to mention only those countries which directly concern us) down from the ships to address the quarantine and then the challenges of nuiovo world. And through the boarding passes available through www.ellisisland.com are found traces of many family stories: family reunions, the call of " friends, sometimes true, but often simple labor brokers who received sums of money for " call" unknown in the States, which then had to pay their service made through withdrawals from their salary on time. A story is repeated today, here with us, for people of other nationalities who seek their mirage in Italy. And around these facts are developed thousands of stories that would be worth finding. those who have reconstituted in a street or in a district of New York branch of a kind in the country of origin, who came to the U.S. to hear from relatives who had "called": "And now arranged .. ., "who made a fortune to those who have endured the difficulties of a incomprehensible language and the pangs of nostalgia and has resumed after a week away in Italy.
In those years, was born in New York " Pontremolese " genuine mutual aid societies, which aimed to provide help, in a world where social security was a term virtually unknown, many misfortunes suffered and risked total poverty would make them victims of an unscrupulous illegal hiring.
It was an association, which each contributed with modest contributions, which demonstrated several times its social function, especially when it came to repatriate borne by the Association for accidents at work (Many, since the occupations most often - and even more desirable, because the more profitable - those were related to work in mines).
The photo, taken around 1915, is Adolfo Lisoni of Toplecca, along with a fellow who is engaged in the laying of pipes outside of a mine. The Lisoni, back in Italy, began to use the experience gained in the U.S. when, a few years later, the fraction of Toplecca was plugged and he had to have the skills to turn the first rudimentary electrical systems when they, in many of houses in the country, were the tantrums.
