The First Italian Families of Kelowna - Le prime famiglie italiane di Kelowna: Our 2021 Stories

Once again, we will be featuring 30 different profiles of Italian Families - one per day - throughout June in celebration of Italian Heritage Month. Our Family Researcher Don Rampone has been hard a work collecting and compiling the following family histories.  As a sneak preview, we're also sharing an article about the Italian sojourners who worked on the irrigation project up in Belgo. Finally, we rap up with an article on Italian families in Kelowna written by Brenda M. Shaw.

​Look for them all on our website and on Facebook!.

Here are our 2021 Families Editorial Line Up:

Belgo Canadian Fruit and Land Company Camp in the 1911 Census

1.  Luigi and Ersillia Guidi
2.  Angelo (Andy) and Agnes Gaspardone
3.  Nicola (Nicholas) and Elizabeth Ceresi
4.  Egisto Bigattini
5.  Augusto and Luigia Maria Ongaro
6.  Angelo and Maria Rosa Letizia Guidi
7.  Agostino and Marietta Cacchioni
8.  Riccardo (Dick) and Mary Bertoia
9.  Ernesto Angelo and Sabina Paula Bianco
10. Oreste Luigi  and Katie Francescutti
11. Alfredo Giuseppe and Angelina Guidi
12. Jim and Nellie Campbell
13. Geniale and Maria Russo
14. Lorenzo and Giuseppa Siviglia
15. Mario and Sabina Dapavo
16. Pasquale and Vittoria Pasqualina Iafrancesco
17. Giovanni and Gina Petretta
18. Sergio and Clelia Bertolami
19. Emilio and Marianna Verna
20. Guerino (Gary) and Ida Russo
21. Pietro and Esterina Turri
22. Domenico and Maria Petretta
23. Alfredo and Valentina Calissi
24. Amedeo (Andy) and Armerinda Russo
25. Rosario and Iolanda Filice
26. Luigi and Silvia DiRenzo
27. Frank and Romi Marcanio
28. Pietro and Erika Calissi
29. Rosario and Giovanna Di Maria
30. Domenico and Nicolina Zaino

The History of Italian Families in Kelowna, BC by Brenda M Shaw