There is little known about my father's parents you can read their history here:
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That being said because she entered Wingdale (Hospital/Mental Institution) by the early 1930s suffering from Dementia at least 10 years prior to being admitted adding to that living a
hard life
"dirt poor" in an abusive marriage did not make for a wonderful life & photos of her became impossible to find until a cousin recently located them in an album
These photos appear to be taken in a suburban area it is certainly not NYC & I doubt it's Wingdale She had a brother in Newton MA maybe these were taken at his home or another relative they also "feel," like Florida but based on her age I do not know how she would've been anywhere that far during her stay at Wingdale (Where she remained until her death in 1954)
My father very much resembled her as shown in the bottom photo something most did not know
She died two years before I was born & with her passing also died much of what we knew as my Father rarely spoke of her I do not know how often he visited her or if she recalled who he was but we now have a face to put with a name a face long lost I do know who the woman is standing next to her
The document below is a 1915 death certificate for a one year old infant named Augelo or Angelo Tocci a baby listed in the 1915 NYC Census (you can see that & all of their info & history by going to the link at the top of this post & clicking on Tocci Documents & Tocci History) In 1910 I found a baby Americo who died as an infant following that years census
Two years later in 1912 my father was born & named Americo. In 1915 my then three year old father along with his parents & siblings are featured at this time with Augelo in that years census however Augelo is never seen again nor did my father ever mention him but as a toddler he may have forgotten about him but like his mother Grace he is found
