Mr. and Mrs. John Segatti are very well known in Edmonton for
their heavy involvement in the Italian community. Mrs. Segatti's
mother and father emigrated from Italy just before the first
great war. They came to Lethbridge, in 1912, where she was born.
John left Italy on the 10th
of December, 1926. He arrived in Edmonton on the 15th
of February. He was 17 years old. They met in 1932 after the
soon to be Mrs. Segatti moved to Edmonton with her mother
shortly after her father died in the Coalhurst mine disaster.
They both love Alberta and think Canada is one of the best
places in the world to live.
The interview was conducted by Sab Roncucci for the Dante
Alighieri Oral History Project in 1973.
This oral history project was initiated by Sabatino Roncucci,
a founder of the Dante Alighieri Society, for the purpose of
documenting immigration history so that it could be shared not
only with the Italian community but also the community at large.
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Mr. and Mrs.
John Segatti: Oral History Excerpts
Mrs. Segatti's [nee Pavan] parents emigrated to Lethbridge
where she was born. She describes her early days in
Lethbridge, before the family moved to Coalhurst.
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Mr. and Mrs.
John Segatti: Oral History Excerpts
Mrs. Segatti relates how the dangerous conditions at the
Coalhurst mine affected her family.
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