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Forest Hill Cemetery Burial Records:
Deceased: DiGregorio, Antonino
Born: 11/23/1862 in Sicily
[1862 on marker]
Died: 5/10/1958 in Madison, WI
Father: Bernard DiGregorio
Mother's Maiden Name: Anna Ferrara
Antonino Di Gregorio was born November 23, 1862 in Piana Dei Greci, now named Piana Degli Albanesi, Sicily in the Province of Palermo.
In 1894 he married Giuseppa DiCarlo of Altofonte, Sicily. Together they had four children; Anna, Rosaria, Bernardo and Salvatore. Antonino immigrated to America on the the ship, Il Piemonte and docked at Ellis Island on March 18, 1906. He settled in Madison, WI in the Italian neighborhood affectionately named Greenbush. There he worked and saved for seven years. He then bought a home and sent money for his wife and four children to set sail for America. He was reunited with them in September of 1913. Antonino was a man who believed in family, hard work and sacrifice. His home was a gathering place for so many and over the years most of his family lived with him. He had a green thumb and grew fig trees, pear trees and apple trees. He had many grapevines and each fall he would pick the grapes and make his homemade wine. He was a charter member of the Italian Workmen's Club and also served as President. Antonino became the official chiropractor to the Greenbush neighborhood. He never went to school but had a gift for helping people with back, shoulder and joint pain. In the late 1950's, Madison started the urban renewal project. The Greenbush neighborhood was to be raised and apartment buildings and a medical center would be built in the neighborhoods place. Antonino watched as the bulldozers leveled the home he loved so much. Shortly after this Antonino died at the age of 97.
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Forest Hill Cemetery Burial Records:
Deceased: DiGregorio, Antonino
Born: 11/23/1862 in Sicily
[1862 on marker]
Died: 5/10/1958 in Madison, WI
Father: Bernard DiGregorio
Mother's Maiden Name: Anna Ferrara
Antonino Di Gregorio was born November 23, 1862 in Piana Dei Greci, now named Piana Degli Albanesi, Sicily in the Province of Palermo.
In 1894 he married Giuseppa DiCarlo of Altofonte, Sicily. Together they had four children; Anna, Rosaria, Bernardo and Salvatore. Antonino immigrated to America on the the ship, Il Piemonte and docked at Ellis Island on March 18, 1906. He settled in Madison, WI in the Italian neighborhood affectionately named Greenbush. There he worked and saved for seven years. He then bought a home and sent money for his wife and four children to set sail for America. He was reunited with them in September of 1913. Antonino was a man who believed in family, hard work and sacrifice. His home was a gathering place for so many and over the years most of his family lived with him. He had a green thumb and grew fig trees, pear trees and apple trees. He had many grapevines and each fall he would pick the grapes and make his homemade wine. He was a charter member of the Italian Workmen's Club and also served as President. Antonino became the official chiropractor to the Greenbush neighborhood. He never went to school but had a gift for helping people with back, shoulder and joint pain. In the late 1950's, Madison started the urban renewal project. The Greenbush neighborhood was to be raised and apartment buildings and a medical center would be built in the neighborhoods place. Antonino watched as the bulldozers leveled the home he loved so much. Shortly after this Antonino died at the age of 97.
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Forest Hill Cemetery Burial Records:
Deceased: DiGregorio, Antonino
Born: 11/23/1862 in Sicily
[1862 on marker]
Died: 5/10/1958 in Madison, WI
Father: Bernard DiGregorio
Mother's Maiden Name: Anna Ferrara
Antonino Di Gregorio was born November 23, 1862 in Piana Dei Greci, now named Piana Degli Albanesi, Sicily in the Province of Palermo.
In 1894 he married Giuseppa DiCarlo of Altofonte, Sicily. Together they had four children; Anna, Rosaria, Bernardo and Salvatore. Antonino immigrated to America on the the ship, Il Piemonte and docked at Ellis Island on March 18, 1906. He settled in Madison, WI in the Italian neighborhood affectionately named Greenbush. There he worked and saved for seven years. He then bought a home and sent money for his wife and four children to set sail for America. He was reunited with them in September of 1913. Antonino was a man who believed in family, hard work and sacrifice. His home was a gathering place for so many and over the years most of his family lived with him. He had a green thumb and grew fig trees, pear trees and apple trees. He had many grapevines and each fall he would pick the grapes and make his homemade wine. He was a charter member of the Italian Workmen's Club and also served as President. Antonino became the official chiropractor to the Greenbush neighborhood. He never went to school but had a gift for helping people with back, shoulder and joint pain. In the late 1950's, Madison started the urban renewal project. The Greenbush neighborhood was to be raised and apartment buildings and a medical center would be built in the neighborhoods place. Antonino watched as the bulldozers leveled the home he loved so much. Shortly after this Antonino died at the age of 97.
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Forest Hill Cemetery Burial Records:
Deceased: DiGregorio, Antonino
Born: 11/23/1862 in Sicily
[1862 on marker]
Died: 5/10/1958 in Madison, WI
Father: Bernard DiGregorio
Mother's Maiden Name: Anna Ferrara
Antonino Di Gregorio was born November 23, 1862 in Piana Dei Greci, now named Piana Degli Albanesi, Sicily in the Province of Palermo.
In 1894 he married Giuseppa DiCarlo of Altofonte, Sicily. Together they had four children; Anna, Rosaria, Bernardo and Salvatore. Antonino immigrated to America on the the ship, Il Piemonte and docked at Ellis Island on March 18, 1906. He settled in Madison, WI in the Italian neighborhood affectionately named Greenbush. There he worked and saved for seven years. He then bought a home and sent money for his wife and four children to set sail for America. He was reunited with them in September of 1913. Antonino was a man who believed in family, hard work and sacrifice. His home was a gathering place for so many and over the years most of his family lived with him. He had a green thumb and grew fig trees, pear trees and apple trees. He had many grapevines and each fall he would pick the grapes and make his homemade wine. He was a charter member of the Italian Workmen's Club and also served as President. Antonino became the official chiropractor to the Greenbush neighborhood. He never went to school but had a gift for helping people with back, shoulder and joint pain. In the late 1950's, Madison started the urban renewal project. The Greenbush neighborhood was to be raised and apartment buildings and a medical center would be built in the neighborhoods place. Antonino watched as the bulldozers leveled the home he loved so much. Shortly after this Antonino died at the age of 97.
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