Oral Histories

Nonnno’s Directions to His Home in Bergotto

2020-08-28T21:12:51+00:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Nevi in Italy, Oral Histories|Tags: , , |

While we were stationed in Naples, Italy, July 1956 to January 1958, Ralph Nevy sent this message on audio tape. It is transcribed here verbatim. There were a few names of places I couldn’t understand so spelled them as best I could. Spelling of cities is correct by my map of Italy. —Bill and Viola [...]

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Erminia Galli Nevy Life Story

2020-08-26T20:28:28+00:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Life Stories, Oral Histories|Tags: , |

Born October 26,1898, Died March 4, 1992 Transcribed from an audiotape made at a family reunion in Canaan Valley, West Virginia July 1978. Erminia's Childhood in Italy: He'd buy cattle, and he'd buy wine, hay, and olive oil when the market went down and sell it when the market went up. [...]

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The Month of May

2020-09-28T16:00:50+00:00August 19th, 2020|Categories: Oral Histories|Tags: , |

Told by Viola Nevy Orsinger Viola and Florence Nevy The Ursiline Nuns taught us to worship The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. There was always a May procession at school on the first day of May. My mother told us girls, "Run over to Mrs. Kerns' Farm and ask her if she has some flowers for [...]

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Gloria’s Death

2020-09-28T16:51:07+00:00August 19th, 2020|Categories: Civil Records, Death Records, Life Stories, Oral Histories|Tags: , |

Gloria Nevy was born in August 1926 and died in 1929 From a tape recording of Viola Nevy Orsinger on February 2, 1996 I must have been about five years old. Mother and Dad and our whole family, Inez, Aldo, Florence, Gloria and I drove to Vintondale, Pennsylvania for the baptism of my [...]

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Cumberland Macaroni Manufacturing: The Beginning

2020-10-05T18:09:40+00:00August 19th, 2020|Categories: Homepage Featured, Macaroni Factory, Oral Histories|Tags: , |

Non v' e' pasta piu' fina dell'Aquila Alpina! There isn't a better pasta than Alpine Eagle! As recounted by Inez Nevy Albetta: There are two professional photographs, one showing the four brothers — Louis, Ralph, in the center is the Italian Consul, then Henry, and David in that order. [...]

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Giacomo Galli’s Story

2020-10-11T21:07:20+00:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Immigration, Life Stories, Oral Histories|Tags: |

Giacomo Galli – Born March 27, 1868 – Died 1928 at the age of 60 Erminia Galli Nevy (Mrs. Ralph Nevy) died March 4, 1992. In going through her belongings in her home at 779 Fayette Street, Cumberland, Maryland, Kristin Adolfson, one of her great-grand daughters, found a small leather case that had belonged to [...]

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The Puzzle of Oral History and Historical Documents

2020-08-24T21:09:51+00:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Genealogical Research, Oral Histories|

The family oral history from Ralph Nevy's sisters, Pauline and Mary, has it that their grandfather was Christof Nevi, a German orphan who came to Bergotto with the Grassi men (Teresina's family, stone masons) who were returning to the village. Christof grew up there and worked for the Grassi family, eventually marrying a Grassi. They had [...]

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Vintondale, Pennsylvania

2020-10-02T21:03:04+00:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Life Stories, Oral Histories|

Dick Pioli's Memories on viewing the Vintondale receipts salvaged by Joan Lander Wish I could have gone into the attic of the store with you. Don't know if you realize it or not, but my home, the home I grew up in, was attached to the REAR [...]

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