KELOWNA CANADIAN ITALIAN CLUB
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • About KCIC and Our History
    • President's Message
    • Vice President's Message
    • Executive and Directors
    • Membership
    • Volunteers
  • NEWS & ARTICLES
    • The Grapevine Newsletter
    • Pietro's Spazio Sport
    • Kelowna's First Families
    • THE ITALIAN GARDENER
    • Book Reviews
    • Mangia Mangia Recipes
  • WHAT'S HAPPENING AT KCIC
    • 2022 Calendar
    • Club Happenings >
      • KCIC Special Events
      • La Nostra Famiglia Italiana >
        • Upcoming NFI Events
        • Family Tree Workshops
        • Past NFI Events
        • Between Neighbours
      • La Scuola Italiana - Italian Language
      • Bocce
      • La Bella Tavola - Cooking Classes
      • Giuseppe's Cafe
      • Take Out Dinners
      • KCIC Library
    • Il Nostro Lascito Legacy Project
    • Our 55th Birthday!
  • More From Us
    • CONTACT US
    • Clubhouse Rentals
    • 50th ANNIVERSARY >
      • 50th Anniversary
      • Mercato
      • Dinner & Dance Gala
    • Miss Kelowna Cdn. Italian Club
    • PHOTOS >
      • Photos
    • Calendar Page

Le prime famiglie italiane di Kelowna 

The first Italian families of Kelowna

Angelo Gaspardone and Agnes Burns

6/2/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
Agnes Burns and Angelo Gaspardone
Angelo (Andy) Felice Gaspardone was born on June 5, 1900 in Corsione, Asti, Piemonte, Italy.  He was the second son of Luigi Gaspardone and Maria Bevilacqua. At age 35, Luigi came to Kelowna, BC, in 1904, to work for his wife’s cousin, Giovanni Casorzo.  Maria followed in 1907 with sons Camillo, born 1899, and Angelo, born 1900.  Angelo had another brother, Giuseppe (Joe), born 1910 and a sister, Rosa, born 1914.  Both were born in Canada.

Angelo grew up in the Okanagan and worked on a ranch. Later, he got a job working on the rail barges and tugboats, travelling up and down Okanagan Lake to Penticton, BC and back.  He met and married his wife, Agnes Burns, in Penticton.  Agnes, born in 1905, was from Newmaines, Scotland.  They were married August 15, 1929, in St Annes Catholic Church in Penticton.  They moved to Kelowna, where Andy worked as a scaler for the Simpson Sawmill.  He continued working for them when it was bought out by Crown Zellerbach.  Andy retired after thirty-six years of employment at the mill.  Agnes worked at the Kelowna Grower’s Exchange Packing house for thirty-five years.

Andy’s hobbies included splicing cable for loggers, gardening and growing grapes, to make some home made wine. As time went by Andy and Agnes’s social life consisted of following hockey games, league bowling and playing Bingo. They have four daughters:  Shirley Bach, Eileen Blanleil (deceased), Helen Fearon and Joan (Blair) Pyett. They have many grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Angelo passed away November, 1978 and Agnes in August, 1987.  They are buried in the Kelowna Memorial Garden.
​
Shirley Bach, Helen Fearon and Joan Pyett, daughters.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Research and photos of First Families by Don Rampone

    Archives

    June 2022
    May 2022
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    July 2019
    June 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Our Clubhouse

770 Lawrence Ave.
Phone: 250 762 0900

What people Are Saying about us

"Great People, Wonderful Food! So nice to have a little bit of our Italian culture in Canada:)"
"Great people, family oriented and great food of course!"

Join our Mail list

We won't share your information but we will share our news and upcoming events!
Subscribe Here

Contact Us


The Kelowna Canadian Italian Club acknowledges that our clubhouse is situated on the beautiful unceded traditional territory of the Syilx/Okanagan people. Who, for thousands of years, have lived in harmony with nature and continue to this day to offer us so much culture and understanding.
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • About KCIC and Our History
    • President's Message
    • Vice President's Message
    • Executive and Directors
    • Membership
    • Volunteers
  • NEWS & ARTICLES
    • The Grapevine Newsletter
    • Pietro's Spazio Sport
    • Kelowna's First Families
    • THE ITALIAN GARDENER
    • Book Reviews
    • Mangia Mangia Recipes
  • WHAT'S HAPPENING AT KCIC
    • 2022 Calendar
    • Club Happenings >
      • KCIC Special Events
      • La Nostra Famiglia Italiana >
        • Upcoming NFI Events
        • Family Tree Workshops
        • Past NFI Events
        • Between Neighbours
      • La Scuola Italiana - Italian Language
      • Bocce
      • La Bella Tavola - Cooking Classes
      • Giuseppe's Cafe
      • Take Out Dinners
      • KCIC Library
    • Il Nostro Lascito Legacy Project
    • Our 55th Birthday!
  • More From Us
    • CONTACT US
    • Clubhouse Rentals
    • 50th ANNIVERSARY >
      • 50th Anniversary
      • Mercato
      • Dinner & Dance Gala
    • Miss Kelowna Cdn. Italian Club
    • PHOTOS >
      • Photos
    • Calendar Page