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Frank became a padrone, heading a crew of Italian workers on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in Canada, while his uncle and cousins became laborers in Providence. Once they had earned enough money, they sent to Italy for their respective families. Anna and Laura Tirocchi with their sister Eugenia and her husband Luigi Valcarenghi were living in Providence by 1907. By 1914, the others had assembled their families here.

Laura Tirocchi on a visit to
Canada with her brother,
Frank, and his workers

ca. 1909
Private Collection

 

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