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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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.

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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]

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• 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

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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.

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• Departure: Hamburg, Germany
• SSN issued: CT
• Social Security Number: 048-18-8556
• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 23 Sep 1929, NY
• Residence: 1930, Manhattan, NY

Notes:

He joined the German army in 1915. He was 2 years in training and achieved the rank of "corporal', an officer over 8 men. He saw active duty from Aug 1918 till the Fall of 1919. His whole regiment (East Prussian Regiment #18) was captured while in the trenches (dugouts) on the 8th of August 1918 near Verdun, Villers, Brittany. The English advanced behind tanks up their trenches. He recalls being only a few feet from a soldier who was killed in the trench while picking lice out of his shirt. A grenade landed next to the soldier and killed him. He was unable to do anything for the soldier.

He was in Lily during that summer (1918) in a POW tent. He cleaned cavalry stables and ammunition during his captivity. He contracted diphtheria while in an English POW camp. Put in an isolation tent, an injection to his lower abdomen cured him. As a POW he was given bread (the size of a saucer for 5 men), water, bullion and lime. (Related to David Caranci son-in-law on his 94th birthday)

He came to America on January 7, 1927 on the S.S. President Harding, sailing from Bremen, Germany. He was 28 years old and single. He listed his occupation as 'carpenter'. He could read and write German. He listed Volpersdorf as his place of birth ( it is now Wolizborz, Poland). He was issued an immigration Visa #14511 from Berlin on Feb 11, 1911. He listed his last permanent residence as Hausdorf, Germany (now known as Woliborz, Poland). He listed his next of kin as his father, August, in Hausdorf, Silesia. His final destination was NY, NY for which he had a ticket . He had $25 in his pocket and it was his first time in the US. He was going to his sister, Rosa Prause, 240 E 83rd Street, NYC. He said he intended to live the 'always' and intended to become a citizen. He was in good physical/mental health, was 5'6" tall had fair complextion, blonde hair and green eyes. He was traveling with his cousin, Elsie Dreschner who was 19 and listed her occupation as 'servant'. Her home town was Keustwitz, Germany. Her father was Franz Dreschner, Keustwitz, Silesia. She was 5'5" tall and was going to stay with her cousin Rosa Prause at the same address.

He returned to Germany and then re-entered the US as a "Returning Resident Alien" in 1929 aboard the S.S. Albert Ballin. He listed his occupation at that time as a 'joiner' with his last permanent address as NYC. His nearest relative or friend was his sister, Rose Prause, 520 W. 131st Street, NYC.

He returned to Germany again and then re-entered the US as a "Returning Resident Alien" on Sept. 4, 1931 aboard the S.S. Hamburg. He listed his occupation at that time as a 'joiner' with his last permanent address as NYC. His nearest relative as his father, August Prause, Hansdorf (actually Hausdorf) 426, Germany. His nearest relative in the US was his sister, Rosa Prause, 226 E. 85th Street, NYC.

He returned to Germany again and then re-entered the US as a US citizen on Feb 25, 1937 aboard the S.S. Europa under passport number 350676. He was married at that time and listed his residence as Box 115, Sharon, CT .

Birth:
This town was Volpersdorf, Germany prior to 1945

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August married STENDER, Milanny Luiese on 18 Feb 1934 in New York, NY. Milanny (daughter of STENDER, Jochim Heinrich and HANSEN, Ida Caroline) was born on 2 Jan 1906 in West Ham, Essex, London, England; died on 11 May 1996 in Sharon, CT; was buried in Sharon, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Departure: Hamburg, Germany
• SSN issued: CT
• Social Security Number: 045-32-7933
• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, New York, NY
• Arrival: 22 Feb 1934, Sharon, CT
• Naturalization: 15 Jun 1936, Winsted, CT
• Departure: 13 Jun 1956, New York City, NY
• Residence: 1996, Sharon, CT

Notes:

Milanny came to the US on the S.S. Albert Ballin arriving in NY on Nove mber 16, 1925 with her father Henry and her brothers Henry, and Rievert . She was 19 and listed her occupation as 'household ???'. She lists h er last permanent resident as Wyk and her mother Ida Stender, Wyk auf F oehr Grove Strasse 52 as her last address where her mother still lived. H er destination was Brooklyn, NY. She had never been in the US before a nd was going to the home of a friend (of the family) Emil Ney, 638 Fult on Street, Brooklyn, NY. She was 5'4" tall with a ruddy complexion, bl onde hair and blue eyes. She worked as an "in stellunk" (German 'in place') which means domestic w ork, i.e. cook, waitress and chambermaid type work with her sister Mine .

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GRID=68393755

Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin" VFP603993, sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.

Naturalization:
At the time of her naturalization she was working as a maid in the house of Emily Schwab, Sharon, CT. Her husband was their chauffeur

Departure:
With her mother on a trip to Germany, aboard the ship "Italia" bound for Cuxhaven, Germany. They were visiting family on the island of Fohr.

Notes:

Residence:
520 W. 131st St., Manhattan, a chauffeur

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• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 14 Jan 1918, New York, NY; according to son, John
• Residence: 1937, Greenville, RI; Address:
  Smith Avenue

Notes:

The 1917-18 WWI Draft Registration Card shows him living on Stillwater, Smithfield, RI. His occupation is a mill hand at Centredale Worsted Mills, Stillwater, RI.

According to Ellis Island records, he came to the US on November 5, 1912 aboard the ship SS Berlin. He sailed from Naples on October 25th, 1912 and landed in New York, at Ellis Island. He is listed on the ship's manifest (page 0965 & 0966, on line 15). He was 17 at the time, listed his home as Campobasso, Castelpizzuto, Italy. He was single and his occupation was listed as farmer(?). He could read and write and he listed his nearest relative as his mother, "Mancini, Filomena" who lived in Castelpizzuto. He listed his final destination as RI, Providence. He paid for passage by himself. He had $26 in his possession when he landed. He had never been in the US before and was going to join a relative (cousin ??) at 298 Douglas Avenue in Providence (near Providence College). He answered "no" to being a polygamist and anarchist. He was in good health, was 5'1" tall and had a ruddy complexion. He had brown hair and eyes. He had a scar over his left eye. He lists Campobasso, Castelpizzuto as his place of birth. He also arrives back in the US on Oct 31, 1914 aboard the Patria with his mother, Filomena, he is 17 yo.

The Berlin: Built by A. G. Weser Shipbuilders, Bremen, Germany, 1909. 1 7,323 gross tons; 613 (bp) feet long; 69 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. 3,212 passengers ( 266 first class, 246 second class, 2,700 third class).Two funnels and two masts.

Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1909 and named Berlin. Bremerhaven-New York and Mediterranean-New York service. Transferred to German Navy, in 1914. Converted to a minelayer service. Seized by British Admiralty, British flag, in 1919. Troopship by Britain to India service. Under P&O management. Sold to White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1920 and renamed Arabic. Trans-Atlantic service. Chartered by Red Star Line, Belgian flag, in 1926. New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Antwerp, then Liverpool to NY service. Refited to 177 cabin, 319 tourist and 823 third cl passengers. Broken up in Italy in 1931.

According to the 1920 census he was living in Smithfield, RI with his wife, Georgiana, mother Philomena; his brothers John and Antonio; two boarders Larry and Bernardino Avino; and children Joseph and boarders Larry and Bernadina Acciero. He listed his occupation as cordwood salesman.

According to the 1930 census he was living at 64 Eddy Street, Centredale, RI with his wife, Georgiana and children Joseph, Anthony, Philomena and John. He listed his occupation as a fireman in the worsted Mill.

His WWII US Draft registration card lists him as Charles (Carmine) and his date of birth as July 2, 1895 in Castelpizzuto, Italy. His draft serial number was U1747. He was living at 64 Eddy Street, Centredale, RI . He had a telephone, Centredale exchange, 0905 was the number. His employer was Collins and Aikmen Co. in Lymansville, RI, makers of automobile upholstery fabrics.

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Giovanni married MARZUCCA, Georgianna Maria on 25 Apr 1915 in Providence, RI. Georgianna (daughter of MARZUCCA, Giusseppi and CAPUTO, Maria Rosa) was born on 21 Jul 1897 in Salerno, Campania, Italy; died in Mar 1980 in North Providence, RI; was buried in Pawtucket, RI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Social Security Number: 037-10-9972
• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 1 Jan 1910, New York, NY; according to son John
• Residence: 1915, Smithfield, RI

Notes:

On immigration records her first name is sometimes spelled Giorgina, her last name sometimes is Mazzucco.

The 1920 census has her living in Smithfield, RI with her husband, Charles (Carmine). She came to the US in 1910 and was naturalized in 1919. She could read and write and speak English and listed her occupation as a twister at the Worsted Mill.

According to the 1930 census she was living at 64 Eddy Street, Centredale, RI with her husband, Charles and children Joseph, Anthony, Philomena and John. She listed her occupation as a spinner in a worsted mill for Crown Manufacturing Co., in Providence, RI.

Her SSN was 037-10-9972.

Ellis Island immigration records shows she landed on November, 11, 1937 with her daughter Filomena (17 yo) returning from Italy (a trip back home) . She lists her address as Smith Ave, Greenville, RI.

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GRID=77612869

Notes:

Residence:
A mill operator

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• Ref#: 900
• _COLOR: 6
• Residence: 1900, Columbia, ME
• Residence: 1910, Columbia, ME; Address:
  Saco Road
• Residence: 1935, Providence, RI

Notes:

He is named after his biological father, Charles Kimball Worcester and was given his mother's maiden name.

According to the 1900 Federal Census he was living with his grandfather, Talbot and mother, Mary Pendlegras French, in Columbia, Maine.

According to the 1910 Federal Census he was living with his stepfather, Harvey Holly Smith and mother, Mary Pendlegras French Smith, in Columbia, Maine.

According to the 1930 census he was living on Branch Avenue in Providence, RI, with his wife, oldest son, and youngest son and daughter.

According to his WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, he was a laborer for the Northern Maine Packing Company, Corinna, ME.

Lived at 14 Winchester Street, Providence, RI in 1940s.

He was known as "Charlie K. Smith" as a boy as his step-father was a Smith (according to Charles Drisko, local Columbia, ME historian who knew him as young man).

In an interview with his daughter, Mary Edith French on July 18, 1999 she said "Grampa's mother and step-father were strict Baptists. They made him stay dressed on Sunday and walk around outside reading the Bible".

He worked at the Steere textile mill off Veazie Street in Providence, RI as a boilerman. He was burned on his arm, head and chest. He lost all his hair in the incident. He then went to the Wanscutt mill on Branch Ave, Providence, RI as a boilerman and watchman. He also worked at Brown University as a watchman. He became sick for several years and his wife had to go to work in the mills. He was an excellent housekeeper, cook, baker and he sewed. He was also an excellent carpenter and cabinet maker. He was strict with his children teaching them to share. The family considered themselves "poor". Two of their children (Norma and Carol) were sent to live with his half sister Hazel because of their poverty. The family lived in several "row" houses owned by the mills (Winchester Street) and he ultimately purchased the duplex house he lived in on Winchester Street when the mill closed.

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Residence:
living with his mother and step-father

Charles married SMITH, Frances Alma on 7 Nov 1917 in Columbia, ME. Frances (daughter of SMITH, Bartlett Campbell II and DORR, Bessie Graham) was born on 24 Jan 1901 in Columbia, ME; was christened on 7 Dec 1930 in Providence, RI; died on 18 May 1979 in Canaan, CT; was buried in South Buxton, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _COLOR: 6

Notes:

Frances's mother, Bessie G. Dorr, died shortly after her birth. She was raised by her grandmother Augusta "Gustie" (Small) and her 2nd husband, Nelson Wallace . She was born in the old Ed Puffer home (then lived in by Roberta Puffer), in the little corner room next to the road. "I remember so well when the Dr. came, he put his satchel bag in a chair and put his coat on it. Mama wanted Cliff and I to go to bed so she told us the doctor had a baby in that bag and put his coat on it to keep the little dear warm, that he was going to leave the baby with Bessie, and sure enough he did, for when we came down stairs the next morning there was a darling baby girl in bed with Bessie". by Elizabeth Roberta Puffer. The 1910 Federal Census shows Frances living with her grandmother and step-grandfather Augusta Small and Wallace Nelson. She is 9 yo.

Per letter from the directory to my mother, Norma I. Caranci date 14 May 1942.

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Notes:

Married:
By a Justice of the Peace

Residence:
He was a laborer at the Northern Maine Packing Co. Corrinna, ME

Residence:
Worked in the Wanskuck Mill on Branch Avenue

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• _COLOR: 6

Notes:

Wolib'f3rz [v??libu?] (German: Volpersdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Ruda, within Kodzko County, Lower Silesia n Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

August married KLENNER, Agnes in CA 1896 in Volpersdorf, Silesia, Germany. Agnes was born on 6 Feb 1869 in Nowa Ruda, Dolnoslaskie, Poland; died in Sep 1940 in Hausdorf, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _COLOR: 6

Notes:

Had 2 years of training in Breszlau for mid-wifery, died in 1940 of pneumonia (source August Prause, son)

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• _COLOR: 6
• Naturalization: 27 Nov 1923, Brooklyn, NY
• Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, New York, NY

Notes:

He was a barber and a hairdresser in England. He moved to England from Germany in 1904. He had plans to go to England before he met his wife. He was saved at Kurn am Rhine during an evangelistic meeting there. He also worked as a make-up man at local theaters. They met in Rendsburg when she wanted to learn English. He taught her while she was working as a house helper in his friends house. He moved to Wyk auf Fohr in 1909.
(Ed Note: DMC has some of his barber utensils)

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Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin", sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.

Jochim married HANSEN, Ida Caroline in 1905. Ida (daughter of HANSEN, Christian Heinrich and JURGENSEN, Melanie) was born on 29 Jun 1876 in Wyk auf Föhr, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 5 Nov 1958 in Brooklyn, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Hamburg, Germany
• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, Ellis Island, NY
• Arrival: 3 Dec 1926, New York, NY; aboard the SS Deutschland, with children Wilhelmina, Anna, and Christian
• Residence: 1930, Brooklyn, NY; on Cornelia Street
• Arrival: 23 Sep 1936, NY

Notes:

She came to America on 8 Nov 1907, arriving in New York (Ellis Island) on Dec. 8th from Cuxhaven, Germany. She came on the ship SS Amerika.

She was 19 years old when she arrived. She was single, and listed her occupation as 'house maid'. She listed her last permanent residence as Wyk a Fohr. She had $10 in her pocket when she arrived. She was heading to Brooklyn, NY. She was 5' 4", fair complexion, light (blonde) hair and blue eyes. She listed her birth place as ???, Germany.

Her father is listed as Peter A. Hansen, in Wyk auf Fohr, Germany. ???? and her mother as Maria Hakaluzua (sp). Why the discrepancies with the family names???

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GRID=258129609

Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin", sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.