This is the only photo known of Carmine, taken at Coney Island. He dies when struck by a train in 1935. It is not known if he is pushed, or is intoxicated. He was employed as a "blaster," in NYC. Blasters handled the explosives needed to "blast," rock during road construction. He was referred to as mean, abusive, & crazy, he was also an alcoholic.
By 1930 the family is disbanded. The children, now adults are on their own.
Carmine is missing/drifting by that year, Donato's imprisoned, & Grace is hospitalized.
We don't know what Grace truly looks like. Photographed when she was much older her face is shadowed.
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Suffering from Dementia she remains institutionalized at Harlem Valley Hospital (census records indicate as early as 1930) until her death in 1954. She would slowly lose her memory & as such regular contact with family.
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was a gifted artist & writer used his talents instead to "create," a life as a small time hood who was in & out of prison. He dies about 1948, (it is said) a blow to the back of the head.
was a gifted artist & writer used his talents instead to "create," a life as a small time hood who was in & out of prison. He dies about 1948, (it is said) a blow to the back of the head.
During his incarceration he would write poetry. I recall vaguely a title of a poem about an inmate. My father inherited Dan's note book, consisting of poems, & personal thoughts. I wish I read more of it. The note book disappears after our house is sold. I do not know if it was lost, stolen, or thrown away.
This massive project containing 7 family blogs, nearly 1500 images, over 400 videos with hours of 8mm movies, & historic documents all restored ends the way it began.
The unknown immigration of Carmine, Grace & Donato Tocci.
The Tocci sibling's....
Tocci's First Generation Siblings
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FOUND! Obituary. 67 years agoVirginia (Tocci) Cedrone.
Cesidio (Joe) Cedrone (no relation to our family) wed my father's sister, Virginia Tocci
Feb 27 1925 in NYC. She is 16 (turning 17 on 10/30).
Their first child Grace is born the following April. They have two more, Anita & Frank (all are deceased). Virginia passes just shy of their 19th anniversary, Feb. 22nd 1944.
Frank, the youngest is only 14.
When Virginia dies in 1944, the Tocci family now look like this.
Infant-Americo dies at 4 months old, July 1910.
Carmine is deceased (1935).
Grace will live at Harlem Valley Hospital another 10 years passing away in 1954. She will have spent at least a 1/4 of a century institutionalized.
Florence & Dan Rufo, formerly of Pleasantville, have by that time lived for many years in Brighton on the same street.
John & Amelia, once of Brighton have moved to Ca. Donato, living in NYC passes away in 1948.
My parents are married with 3 kids. (Me! The 4th is born 11 years later).
Dan Rufo & Cesidio Cedrone are each from San Donato. They each marry a Tocci. Florence & Virginia respectively. So goes the Tocci name & I bet the same can be said about yours...
How quickly a family name can disappear....
The Tocci girls each lose their last name when they marry. As such the next "Tocci," generation ends since their children are now Rufo's, Mattarazzo's & Cedrone's.
Donato does not marry or have children. His legacy ends when he dies in 1948.
The leaves my parents, specifically my father, the last Tocci sibling to pass away (2000) with a daughter & three sons.
Diane marries. She nor her children are Tocci's
Donald has two girls. His daughter's marry. The Tocci dynasty ends there.
Doug has two boys & a girl. Doreen marries "losing,"her last name while Brian has two girls (one now deceased). There can be no future " Tocci's," between the two. Doug Jr. has a boy & girl.
I have a daughter & two sons. Kelly, married is no longer a Tocci.
So from the original Tocci siblings dating back 108 years to Donato's birth in 1903 to today (2011) it comes down to just 3 boys to carry on the Tocci name. My sons & Doug Jr.'s.
If they each had girls, the Tocci name (in our family) would no longer exist.
Tocci's First Generation Siblings
This image does not exist. It is a combination of 4 photos which bring together for the first & only time all the Tocci siblings:
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Cesidio (Joe) Cedrone (no relation to our family) wed my father's sister, Virginia Tocci
Feb 27 1925 in NYC. She is 16 (turning 17 on 10/30).
Their first child Grace is born the following April. They have two more, Anita & Frank (all are deceased). Virginia passes just shy of their 19th anniversary, Feb. 22nd 1944.
Frank, the youngest is only 14.
When Virginia dies in 1944, the Tocci family now look like this.
Infant-Americo dies at 4 months old, July 1910.
Carmine is deceased (1935).
Grace will live at Harlem Valley Hospital another 10 years passing away in 1954. She will have spent at least a 1/4 of a century institutionalized.
Florence & Dan Rufo, formerly of Pleasantville, have by that time lived for many years in Brighton on the same street.
John & Amelia, once of Brighton have moved to Ca. Donato, living in NYC passes away in 1948.
My parents are married with 3 kids. (Me! The 4th is born 11 years later).
Dan Rufo & Cesidio Cedrone are each from San Donato. They each marry a Tocci. Florence & Virginia respectively. So goes the Tocci name & I bet the same can be said about yours...
How quickly a family name can disappear....
The Tocci girls each lose their last name when they marry. As such the next "Tocci," generation ends since their children are now Rufo's, Mattarazzo's & Cedrone's.
Donato does not marry or have children. His legacy ends when he dies in 1948.
The leaves my parents, specifically my father, the last Tocci sibling to pass away (2000) with a daughter & three sons.
Diane marries. She nor her children are Tocci's
Donald has two girls. His daughter's marry. The Tocci dynasty ends there.
Doug has two boys & a girl. Doreen marries "losing,"her last name while Brian has two girls (one now deceased). There can be no future " Tocci's," between the two. Doug Jr. has a boy & girl.
I have a daughter & two sons. Kelly, married is no longer a Tocci.
So from the original Tocci siblings dating back 108 years to Donato's birth in 1903 to today (2011) it comes down to just 3 boys to carry on the Tocci name. My sons & Doug Jr.'s.
If they each had girls, the Tocci name (in our family) would no longer exist.
