The following information has been extracted from Edna
(Hill) Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era (Calgary:
D.W. Friesen & Sons Ltd., 1975). There are very few
people of Italian heritage mentioned in the book and
additional archival research and oral histories need to be
undertake with families, such as the Caffaro's now residing in
Edmonton. The Heritage
Community Foundation thanks the author and publisher.
Balla
Family-Pete was a member of the H.W.
McNeill Co.'s Brass Band and is pictured in a c1890 (?)
photograph. He is mentioned in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
as having come to Canmore when the Bankhead mine
closed. Pete, John and Ken Balla are mentionedas
having been a member of the Elks Band in 1923.
B. Biava-He is listed as a charter member of the
Imperial Order of Foresters on their establishment on
April 15, 1908.
John Bertino-John is mentioned in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
as having been a member of the Elks Band in 1923.
Caffaro Family-Attilio Caffaro is shown in a
photograph in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
in 1923 changing the tire on his Buick vehicle and was
also a member of the Elk's Band in 1923. Descendants
include Assistant Chief Justice, Mr. Peter Caffaro, of
Edmonton.
Cassale Family-They are mentioned in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
as having come to Canmore when the Bankhead mine
closed.
O. Carsana-He is listed in the Roll of Honour of Men
Enlisting in the First World War 1914-18.
Chiaverina Family-They are mentioned in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
as having come to Canmore when the Bankhead mine
closed.
Lawrence Faletti-He is mentioned in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
as having organized the Elks Band in 1923. A
Mrs. Faletti is pictured as a curler in a group photo.
Gerussi Family-Enrico Gerussi, who trained in
Italy as a stonemason, was a coal miner working in the
Lethbridge area, as well as a musician. In 1927,
he married Teresina and they moved to Medicine Hat
where their eldest son, Bruno, was born. The family
subsequently moved to Exshaw, where Enrico worked as a
sectionman on the CPR. Near Exshaw, according to
Edna (Hill) Appleby, author of Canmore: The Story
of An Era, there remains a stone bridge built by Mr.
Gerussi. Bruno
became an actor starring on The Beachcombers television
series. The family moved from Exshaw to Vancouver.
J. Giovanetti-He is mentioned in Appleby's Canmore: The Story of An Era
as having been a member of the Elks Band in 1923.
J. Giovanozzo-He
is listed in the Roll of Honour of
Men Enlisting in the First World War 1914-18.
T. Giovanozzo-He is listed in the Roll of
Honour of Men Enlisting in the First World War 1914-18.
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