A Family Story
The year was about 1905, the place was the
As a young man Carmine Pennucci worked as a Trolley Driver for the Transit Authority in
Carmine and Rosa (Rose) Pennucci had 6 children; Carmela (Lulu), Grace, Adeline, Michael, Mary and Becky. Their only son Michael had two children, a daughter, Flora and a son Michael Jr., who died from cancer in 1970 at an early age of 18. At the death of Carmine’s grandson Michael the Pennucci family named died as well.
In 1943, Grace Pennucci, Carmine’s second oldest daughter, married John Frances Rowland and they had two children named Daniel and Adeline. In 1952 at the young age of 33, John Frances Rowland died due to a faulty heart valve, leaving behind his wife of 9 years, his 8 year old son, Daniel, and his 6 year old daughter, Adeline.
Customary to those times, widow Grace (Pennucci) Rowland (who never remarried) raised her two children in
In 1966, Grace’s son Daniel Rowland married Nancy Kingsbury and they also had two children; Kenneth and
As a gift to his father Daniel, his grandmother Grace, his great-grandfather Carmine, and the surviving members of the Pennucci family; Carmela (Lulu) Pennucci and Mary (Pennucci) Fanara;
With Sincerest Love, Gratitude and Appreciation,
John, Michele, Aravis and Giovanni Pennucci
4 comments:
What an amazing gift and history!! It is a beautiful story.
What a lovely story and great idea for a blog! Keep it up. Your children will thank you someday!
By the way, I was born in the Bronx.
What a small world!! My name is Angela DiBiase- I am married to Ben DiBiase who is the younger brother of John (deceased) who was married to Becky Pennucci until her death. My sister in law, Rosie, and I have been trying to find Mary Fanara so that we could get some info about Becky for the DiBiase family tree. This tree has been painstakingly put together by Patrizia DiBiase of Canada ( a cousin to my husband) Anyway, I typed in Carmela Pennucci yesterday on Google and to my amazement came your lovely photo of the Pennucci family!!! I called Rosie and she went online. We tracked down Mary and she is going to call her to get more info on Becky (where she was born, exact date of death, etc.) She died when her sons Carmine and John Jr were just babies in the early 60's. John Sr remarried and he passed away from cancer in 1989. Becky's youngest son, John, died of leukemia in 1999 at age 35. I'd love to catch up and share stories. I love the whole family tree thing!! We live in Florida- I see you are in Minnesota. My sister lives in Stillwater, MN. I have 3 grown children, Catherine, Ben Jr and John- 1 grandson, Gian Anthony.
Thanks SO very much for sharing that lovely story and info!!!
Angela DiBiase -email tilemanfam@earthlink.net
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