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28 Feb 2011

From Trabbia to Pittsburgh, Somalia to Saint Paul

by Margot Fortunato Galt | posted in: Social Commentary, Family, History, Teaching | 0

My oldest living relative Eleanora links me to her grandmother, also named Eleanora, who came from Sicily to New York, then Scranton, then Pittsburgh to marry the husband left with a small boy when her older sister died. Of course … Continued

Immigrants, learning English, language gap

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