CARANCI, Jessica Ann

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1950, Providence, RI; Address:
  14 Winchester Street
• Residence: 1980, East Hartford, CT
• Residence: 1986, Council Bluffs, IA
• Residence: 1989, East Hartford, CT; Address:
  520 Burnside Avenue Apt B1
• Residence: 1991–1993, Council Bluffs, IA

Notes:

FindaGrave:
GRID=162726285

FindaGrave:
GRID=162726285

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 035-18-5559
• _COLOR: 6
• Residence: 1930, North Providence, RI; Address:
  Eddy Street
• Residence: 1 Jan 1936, Greenville, RI
• Milit-Beg: 17 Oct 1942, Providence, RI
• Milit-End: 5 Feb 1946, Fort Devens, MA
• Residence: 1951, North Providence, RI; Assistant Foreman at Brown & Sharp Machine
• Residence: 1952, Johnston, RI; Assistan Foreman at Brown and Sharp Machine
• Residence: 1953, Johnston, RI; Assistant foreman at Brown & Sharp Machine
• Residence: 1957, Alexandria, VA

Notes:

John Caranci Sr. was a toolmaker turned spy. He worked for the CIA from 1955 till his retirement. He was credited with inventing innovative ways of spying during the post-war period in Japan and broke up a major spy-ring during that time with the "James Bond" type of spy gadgets he invented and made.

He worked as a plumber with his brother Anthony in North Providence and also at Brown & Sharpe where he learned the tool making trade; Uncas Manufacturing (where he broke his leg playing semi-pro football); and Pratt & Whitney in Providence. When P&W moved to E. Hartford, CT. Uncle Buddy (Charles Boorom) moved with them commuting at first from Providence then moving to Windsor Locks, CT for a short period. Through his brother Joseph, John got a job with the CIA as a tool maker.

He served in the US Army in the Field Artillery 1942-1943; and as a surgical tech in the Medical Corps 1943-1946 during WWII, in the Aleutian Islands (Attu and Shemya) June 1945-Jan 1946. He received the Good Conduct Medal; Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon; American Theater Campaign Ribbon; and the Victory Medal decorations. According to his army records he enlisted as a PVT on October 17, 1942. His term of enlistment was for 5 years or '..for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months,....' . He had 2 years of high school education.

Curiously, John was offered the grounds keeper job at Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT before Grampa (Charles French) was, through Carl Storey, who was business manager there. His wife Janet, was sister to Aunt Helen Mason (French), Uncle Stanley's wife.

Places lived: Morgan Avenue, Johnston; Waterman Avenue, Centredale; Greystone Ave, Graniteville; Mineral Spring Ave, N. Providence; Indian Head, MD; Alexandria, VA; Yokohama/Yokosuka, Japan; Alexandria, VA; Frankfort, Germany; Centredale, RI.

He met his wife, Norma I. French, at dances held at St. Edwards Church in N. Providence on Friday nights. They separated for a short time some where between 1948-1950.

FindaGrave:
GRID=63090701

Residence:
He attended William Winsor Public School and was in the 9th grade. He had had the measles

Milit-Beg:
A surgical tech in the Army. He attained the rank of E-5 (T5) and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon, American Theater Campaign Ribbon, and the Victory Medal. He spent 7 months in the Aleutian Islands of Attu and Shemya at the 329th Station Hospital, just after WWII.

Residence:
Edsall Road

John married FRENCH, Norma Imogene on 19 Jun 1943 in Centerdale, RI, and was divorced on 21 Sep 1964 in Alexandria, VA. Norma (daughter of FRENCH, Charles Kimball Worcester and SMITH, Frances Alma) was born on 25 Feb 1925 in Bar Mills, ME; was christened on 19 Jun 1932 in Providence, RI; died on 21 Jun 1991 in Torrington, CT; was buried on 24 Jun 1991 in Buxton, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cemetery: Buxton, ME; Address:
  South Buxton Cemetery
• Ref#: 939
• SSN issued: RI
• Social Security Number: 036-18-3382
• _COLOR: 6
• Confirmation: 16 Feb 1936, Providence, RI
• Residence: 1940, Providence, RI
• Residence: Oct 1961, Lakeville, CT
• Residence: 1990, Torrington, CT

Notes:

In the 1930 Census she was listed as residing in the household of her aunt, Hazel Marie (Smith) Pinkham, in Hollis, ME. She went to live with them as her father and mother were not able to keep all their kids together during the Depression.

Norma moved from Alexandria VA to Lakeville, CT in Oct of 1961, after being separated from her husband of 19 years. Prior to that she lived in Providence, RI where she met her husband. She lived in Japan from 1957-1961 with her family.

She was employed for most of her life (30 years) as a printer for The Hotchkiss School, a private prep school in Lakeville, CT. She also had jobs as a secretary, bookeeper, and waitress. She was a recovering alcoholic.

She never remarried after her divorce and raised her children alone. She was eulogized as a tireless, hard working woman and loving mother who did her best during difficult times to support and raise 4 boys virtually on her own.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

FindaGrave:
GRID=63078014

Confirmation:
St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Residence:
Meadowview St.

Died:
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

Buried:
43.608949, -70.539350

Notes:

Divorced:
The legal grounds or cause of divorce was "Desertion". My mother and her children were told by my father to "get out", from what little information I got from her. She never told the whole story of their separation/divorce. He was the plaintiff in the divorce and it's hard to imagine that desertion was the cause, when he was the one to tell us all to get out.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _COLOR: 11

Notes:

FindaGrave:
GRID=15355743

Raymond married HULSEBUS, Francile L.. Francile was born in 1920 in IA; died in 2001 in IA; was buried in Defiance, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _COLOR: 11

Notes:

FindaGrave:
GRID=15355736