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Le prime famiglie italiane di Kelowna 

The first Italian families of Kelowna

Our First Family Stories 2019-2024

7/3/2023

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2019 Families that were in the Central Okanagan prior to 1919.

2020 Families that arrived in the Central Okanagan during the 1920s and 1930s.

2021 Families that arrived in the Central Okanagan during the 1940s and 1950s.

2022 Families that founded the Kelowna Canadian Italian Club in 1966.

2023 Families that were born in the Central Okanagan in the 1920s and 1930s.

2024 Families that have been in the Central Okanagan 50 years or more.

The following list gives the year each family story was published.  Copies of the family stories can be found on line at: 
https://www.kelownaitalianclub.com/kelownas-first-families
Printed copies can be found at the KCIC Library, the downtown branch of the Okanagan Regional Library, (Genealogical Collection) or the Kelowna Public Archives.


FIVE YEAR INDEX

Alimonti, Gina and Max Yarrow 2023 
Alimonti, Joseph and Rosa Culos 2019 
Alimonti, Katie and Addy Klein 2023 
Alimonti, Nick and Sheila Paisley 2023 
Alimonti, Pasquale and Domenica Fulvimari 2019
Andreucci, Angelo and Anna Maria Biagioni 2022
Andreucci, Luciano 2022 
Arcuri, Girolamo and Caterina Filliponi 2020 
Arcduini, Nellie and Jim Campbell 2021 
Balagno, Carlo and Felicita 2020 
Barrera, Camillo and Nina Buscaino 2023 
Barrera, Pasquale and Francesca Alimonti 2019
Barrera, Peo and Mary Kolody 2023 
Bazzana, Celeste and Jean Schneider 2022 
Bazzana, Luigi and Lucia 2020 
Bertoia, Riccardo (Dick) and Mary Casorso 2021
Bertolami, Sergio and Clelia Lunatici 2021 
Bertucci, Antonio and Sandra Crocetti 2022 
Bertucci, Cesare and Anna Cavani 2020 
Bertucci, Vincenzo and Valentina Bolotzky 2022
Biagioni, Alfredo and Domenica Lunardi 2020 
Biagioni, Giovanni and Giulia Tagliasacchi 2022 
Bianco, Ernesto Angelo and Sabina Chiola 2021 
Bigattini, Egisto 2021 
Borgnetta, Tony and Tina Cantino 2020 
Bregolisse, Ubaldo and Assunta Porfiri 2020 
Butt, Giovanni and Maria Franz 2020 
Butt, Giuseppe and Marie Joyal 2020 
Butticci, Jack and Lilly Woods 2019 
Cacchioni, Agostino and Marietta Lauriente 2021
Calissi, Alfredo and Valentina Bachmann 2021 
Calissi, Lorenzo and Liliana Coli 2022 
Calissi, Pietro and Erika Petzold 2021 
Capozzi, Pasquale and Maria Mussatto 2019 
Capozzi, Tom and Gail Plecash 2023 
Casorso, August and Mary Millar 2019 
Casorso, August and Muriel Haines 2023 
Casorso, Carolina and Charles Fritz 2019 
Casorso, Charles and Mary McCunnin 2019 
Casorso, Felix and Veronica Reiter 2019 
Casorso, Giovanni and Rosa Bevilacqua 2019
Casorso, Joseph and Ethel Winship 2019 
Casorso, Leo and Marian Prowse 2019 
Casorso, Louis and Caterina Dapavo 2019 
Casorso, Mary and Dick Bertoia 2023
Casorso, Pete and Alice Canty 2019 
Casorso, Tony and Marguerite McGarrity 2019
Casorso, Velma and Bert Sperling 2023 
Cavani, Carlo and Silvia Grassi 2020 
Ceresi, Nicola (Nicholas) and Elizabeth Latka 2021
Ciaccia, Ambrogio and Concetta Ciancone 2019
Ciancone Family 2019 
Ciancone, Alessio and Laura Maria Guidi 2022
Cimbaro, Arrigo and Elsa Schneider 2022 
Cimbaro, Gino and Teresa But 2022 
Constantini, Armand and Lillian Mitchell 2023
Constantini, Louis and Lucia Alimonti 2019 
Culos, Mattia and Cestilia Bazzana 2019
Dal Col, Carlo and Isabella Guidi 2022 
Dal Col, Fortunato and Gius. Santamaria 2020
Dapavo, Catarina and Louis Casorso 2019 
Dapavo, Dino and Rosa Gaspardone 2019 
Dapavo, Maria and Samuele Turri 2019 
Dapavo, Mario and Sabina Luperelli 2021 
Dapavo, Mike and Barbara Arnold 2023 
Dapavo, Rosa and Giovachino Lanfranco 2019 
Di Maria, Rosario and Giovanna Randazzo 2021
DiRenzo, Luigi and Silvia Vicaretti 2021 
Fabbro, Gelindo and Gina 2022 
Favali, Lawrence and Helen Seminoff 2023 
Favali, Mike and Marjorie Thomson 2023 
Favali, Oreste and Luigia Lenzi 2019 
Fellini, Vincenzo and Maria 2022 
Filice, Giovanni 2022 
Filice, Rosario and Iolanda Russo 2021 
Francescutti, Oreste and Katie Lanfranco 2021
Gallucci, Elmo and Carmela Purificati 2022
Gaspardone, Angelo (Andy) and Agnes Burns 2021
Gaspardone, Luigi and Maria Bevilacqua 2019 
Ghezzi, Joseph and Linda Gobbi 2020 
Giordano, Bob and Edna Wilson 2023 
Giordano, Santo and Carmela Gallo 2020 
Grison, Florentino and Elizabeth Bazzett 2022
Guaschetti, Antonio 2020 
Guaschetti, Carlo and Delfina Balagno 2020 
Guidi Families 2019 
Guidi, Alfredo Gius. and Angelina Suffredini 2021
Guidi, Angelo and Maria Rosa Letizia Pellini 2021
Guidi, Ferruccio Pietro and Umile Coli 2020 
Guidi, Luigi and Ersillia Rossi 2021 
Guidi, Luigi Ralph and Clara Santina Guidi 2022 
Guidi, Pietro Nello and Ersillia Pellini 2020 
Iafrancesco, Pasquale and Vittoria Ficocelli 2021 
Lanfranco, Camillo 2019 
Lanfranco, Catherine and Tony Welder 2019
Lanfranco, Delphine and Wayne Slyter 2019
Lanfranco, Domenico and Alice Canty 2019
Lanfranco, Giovachino and Rosa Dapavo 2019
Lanfranco, Katie and Luigi Francescutti 2019
Lanfranco, Louisa and Mike Marchuck 2019
Lanfranco, Margaret and Carl Hewitt 2019 
Lanfranco, Mary and Ted Toombs 2019
Lanfranco, Paul and Mary Duggan 2019 
Lanfranco, Pete 2019 
Manzocco, Giovanni 2022 
Marcanio, Frank and Romi Pantoli 2021 
Martin, Angelo and Teresa Quarin 2020 
Martinelli, Angelo and Clelia Turri 2020 
Mattioda, Andy and Helen Walker 2023 
Mattioda, Peter and Giuseppina Antonietta 2020
Menta, Giulio and Giovanna Fellini 2020 
Morello, Dominico and Olivia 2020 
Mussato Family 2019 
Nobili, Father Giovanni 2020
Ongaro, Augusto and Luigia Maria Pavan 2021 
Orsi, Egidio and Elsie Woods 2019
Pellegrini, Arturo and Teresa Scodellaro 2020 
Petretta, Domenico and Maria Luperelli 2021 
Petretta, Giovanni and Gina Prioreschi 2021
Pioli, Angelo and Annunziata Mathilde 2019 
Porco, Giovanni and Luisa Altamare 2020 
Porco, Theresa and Phillip Pugliese 2020 
Pucci, Florindo and Anna Filice 2022 
Pugliese, Phillip and Theresa Porco 2020 
Puppato, Mario and Maria 2022 
Quirico, Gabriele and Pierina Boreo 2019 
Rampone, Albert and Rose Barrera 2023 
Rampone, Camillo and Emma Ducharme 2019
Rampone, Domenico and Gius. Borgnetta 2019 
Rampone, Dora and Roger Simoneau 2023 
Rampone, Ernie and Shirley Tallman 2023 
Rampone, Irene and Fred Gabel 2023 
Rampone, Louis and Phyllis Holland 2023 
Rampone, Luigi and Melania Rampone 2019
Rampone, Valentino and Elsie Russo 2023 
Rantucci, Carmine and Ida Ciancone 2019 
Rantucci, Elmo and Emma Turri 2023 
Reorda, Elsie and Jim Hagel 2023 
Reorda, John and Carolyn Ryder 2020 
Rinaldo, Bruno and Franca Spagnol 2022 
Risso, Alan 2023 
Risso, Antonio and Maria Ollino 2019 
Risso, Gaspar and Inez Hewer 2019 
Risso, Gundo and Lynnea Anderson 2023 
Risso, John and Toni Russo 2023 
Risso, Rhoda and Larry Weisgarber 2023 
Risso, Vincenzo and Annetta Rampone 2019 
Rossi, Josi 2020 
Russo, Amedeo (Andy) and Armerinda Pucci 2021
Russo, Geniale and Maria Filice 2021 
Russo, Giovanni and Genoveffa Pucci 2020 
Russo, Guerino (Gary) and Ida Fata 2021 
Siviglia, Lorenzo and Giuseppa Prioli 2021 
Sprovieri, Antonio and Letizia Grandinetti 2020 
Tade, Biagio 2022 
Tomasini, Celeste and Gianna Trevisan 2022 
Toombs, Sharon and Jim Clements 2023 
Truant, Leonardo and Maddalena Angela 2020 
Truant, Santo and Italia 2020 
Turri, Caesar and Nita Guidi 2023 
Turri, Luisa and Alfredo Bonaldi 2022 
Turri, Pietro and Esterina Gragnani 2021 
Turri, Samuele and Maria Dapavo 2019 
Vaccaro, Beatrice and Ray Nicholls 2023 
Vaccaro, Renato and Renata Turri 2022 
Vaccaro, Silvio and Rosa Ducharme 2019
Vecchio, Michele and Giuseppina Maio 2020 
Verna, Emilio and Marianna Di Renzo 2021 
Zaino, Domenico and Nicolina Luprelli 2021 
Zol, Luciano and Maria Andreucci 2022
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    • Club Happenings >
      • Giuseppe's Cafe
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      • Bocce
      • LUNCH Open House
      • La Bella Tavola - Cooking Classes
      • KCIC Library
      • La Nostra Famiglia Italiana >
        • Order First Family Books!
        • CASORSO DOCUMENTARY
        • Upcoming NFI Events
        • Il Nostro Lascito Legacy Project
        • Past NFI Events >
          • NFI - ROOTS TO RESILIENCE
          • NFI - Follow That Bell!
          • NFI - Spaghetti
          • NFI - Bisnonno
          • NFI - L'Acqua
          • NFI - Terrazzo
          • NFI - Guerra
          • NFI - Lilia
          • Coming to Pier 21
          • Dalla Terra
          • Dialetti!
          • Sveva Caetani
          • Emilio Picariello
          • Between Neighbours
      • Ladies Night Out
      • Vendemmia Highlights 2024
      • Family Games Night
      • Ferragosto Family Picnic
      • Festa Della Repubblica
    • Our 55th Birthday!
  • More From Us
    • CONTACT US
    • Clubhouse Rentals
    • 50th ANNIVERSARY >
      • 50th Anniversary
      • Mercato
      • Dinner & Dance Gala
    • Miss Kelowna Cdn. Italian Club
    • Calendar Page
  • Take Out Dinners
  • Family Games Night