Location: Calabria, Italy
Date: 1907 to 1915
After returning from a second stint in America, where he worked as a miner, Andrea Moschilla resettled permanently in Siderno, embracing a familiar rural lifestyle he was accustomed to, while also incorporating two new roles: being a husband to his wife Cecilia and father to his baby daughter Maria.
As a ‘cuntadinu’ (farmer), he went back to breeding donkeys, ploughing his fields, growing beans, chickpeas and various other vegetables, and selling any surplus produce at the marina markets. The foreign world of iron ore and coal mining in the United States faded into a distant dream, almost forgotten. The Calabrian countryside was his true home, where he belonged.
‘A campagnia, a sumera, i vacchi, favi, ciciri – chistu iera u mundu soi.’
Between 1909 and 1915 the family of Andrea and Cecilia grew to include four sons. Their eldest son, Giuseppe Scormito, was adopted, and he was followed by the births of Salvatore, Domenico and Francesco.
Salvatore was born on 4 April 1910. He is the same individual who married Concetta (daughter of Angela Galea and Giuseppe Trimboli) as written in previous posts. To rediscover, click on the links below.
The Calabrian life story of Salvatore and Concetta will continue to be central in future posts.
EXTRA INFORMATION
The chart represents a small section of Salvatore's family tree showing his siblings, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The photo of Salvatore was taken around 1949.
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