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Chiarello, Domenico

Domenico Chiarello was 15 years old when he left Naples, Italy on the 1st of May, 1924. The next 16 days were spent on the boat before arriving in Halifax on May 17th. He and his mother then took a train to Edmonton to meet up with his father. Domenico found work in the coal mines and eventually operated his own mine for 24 years before opening up the first Italian Grocery store in Edmonton in 1948.

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