Submitted by James Pannozzi



This is a 1915 picture of my grandmother, Providenza Russo Lamantia (1888-1933). It was taken in 1915 at Crescent Park Amusement Park in East Providence, Rhode Island. The woman on the left is Anna Mafise and the little boy is her son. The woman in the middle is Providenza Russo who is the author of the notebook pages that you will see in the following pages. The younger woman to the right of Providenza is my aunt Anna Lamantia (1903-1968) who passed down to me some stories about Termini-Imerese told to her by her grandmother Carmella Corso Russo(1857-1940). Carmella is said to have taken Anna Mafise with her from Termini-Imerese where she was apparently orphaned. They were probably related but exactly how is unknown.

Family Pictures


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Providenza Russo's Notebook


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