Francesco Raffaele Santoro, II

GEDCOM Note

He would feel deeply for Fortunata because she was so sick- he would tell Fortunata -your mother works very hard make sure you thank her. Fortunata would blow kisses.</line><line /><line>For his grandchildren: he’d get them all in vestibule and he would say “you have to do what I say - whatever you want come to me- your grandmom is busy has lots of work and has all the others and Fortunata”he’d say tell me what you need and even if they said nothing he’d reach in his pockets and get money</line><line /><line>Every Sunday he would bring home a fresh Rose for his "Rose".</line><line /><line>worked for Phila Rapid Transit --watched workers in summer walking back and forth ladling water in buckets and went and just helped and was offered a job.</line><line /><line>He would say back home people tipped their hats to one another as respect</line><line /><line>When residing at 11th street address, he received a letter that was edged in black...indicating death of a family member. Rose waited to give him until after dinner and he sat in the yard by their fig tree with their dog, Brownie and sobbed...it was his father who passed...he had not seen him since he left Italy. Annina was young and told to go near him to console him...she did.</line><line /><line /><line />