August 2020
Memories of Nonnie and Nonno
One evening Nonno and I were sitting on the back porch after dinner. He was smoking one of those Parodis and I was smoking something else. We were talking about being in business and [...]
Ralph Nevy Life Story
Born April 10, 1889 in Bergotto, Italy, died February 21, 1978 in Cumberland, Maryland. Transcribed from an audio tape made on July 5, 1967 in Arlington, Virginia, with Bill Orsinger. Bergotto: Well. I'm [...]
Nonnno’s Directions to His Home in Bergotto
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 [...]
Erminia Galli Nevy Life Story
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, [...]
The Month of May
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 [...]
Gloria’s Death
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 [...]
