Immigrant Stories

- Francesco DiPinto arrived on Ellis Island 1912
- Moved to the United States do to Poverty
- Small bag and the clothes on his back
- Married Lucia Capurso
- Couldn't speak English
- Found work in a factory through a friend
- Lucia was a house wife up until WWII
- The worked in a factory with her 2 daughters
- They moved into a 3 story apartment in an italian neighborhood
- The grocery stores, bakeries, butcher shops, churches and Mafia, kept the community united
- Learned english through newspapers
- Maintained Italian cooking
- Ate more meat
- Richer foods were available here
- Eventually purchased their own home to raise their family in the same italian neighborhood

Reminds me of stories my grandfather used to tell me about himself moving to the united states, almost the same story to the one with Francesco and his wife, and many other stories out on the internet.