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The Caprios
Jul. 3rd, 2003 02:30 pmAnthony Riccio, author of Portrait of an Italian-American Neighborhood: The North End of Boston, is in the process of publishing a similar work about Italian neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut (where my family immigrated to at the turn of the 20th century).
Anthony interviewed my dad and my great-grandmother and got a wealth of information about the "little Italy" there. My paternal great-grandfather Michael Caprio started the butcher shop on Wooster Street: Mike's Meat Market. He passed it on to his four sons (including my grandfather Vincent Caprio), and my dad also worked in the shop - New Haven was his stomping grounds when he was growing up in the '60s. My maternal great-grandmother, Jennie DeMaio, is turning 100 this year in December; Anthony is thinking about having her speak at a press conference to promote his book, and my sister and I are thinking about making a documentary of her life now...
It's really amazing to have such a vibrant family history - 100 years worth of Caprios! It makes me feel very proud.
Anthony interviewed my dad and my great-grandmother and got a wealth of information about the "little Italy" there. My paternal great-grandfather Michael Caprio started the butcher shop on Wooster Street: Mike's Meat Market. He passed it on to his four sons (including my grandfather Vincent Caprio), and my dad also worked in the shop - New Haven was his stomping grounds when he was growing up in the '60s. My maternal great-grandmother, Jennie DeMaio, is turning 100 this year in December; Anthony is thinking about having her speak at a press conference to promote his book, and my sister and I are thinking about making a documentary of her life now...
It's really amazing to have such a vibrant family history - 100 years worth of Caprios! It makes me feel very proud.