1928
1936
1972
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1936
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1972
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I was born March 11, 1910 in San Marco, Italy. My mother and I came to America on the deck of a steamship in 1913. Even though I was only three, I remember some of the trip. With us was my uncle, Antonio Vocale, who watched over my mother and myself. Antonio Vocale was married to my mother's sister, Maria, and was making the trip back to America to work. He was a very nice man and held me in his arms and walked me around the ship in his arms.
We arrived in April of 1913. Our family first lived at 525 W. Taylor Street over a saloon. It had a large barn behind the house where horses were housed-there were many horse drawn carts in those days. I remember that we didn't have electricity at that time and a man would come around just before dark with a ladder and lit the gas street lights. There were no refrigerators then and the Ice Man would come through the neighborhood on his horse-drawn cart and sell ice. We would put a ice sign in the window that listed 25-50-75 or 100 pounds. The ice was in the shape of a gigantic ice cube and the man would carry it on his leather-covered shoulderpad with big metal claws. Grandpa loved beer and I used to go buy beer for him. I would go into the saloon and buy a pail of beer for 5 cents. The bartender would give me a little glass of root beer while he filled the pail of beer. I used to love to go get the beer for my father.
We then moved to 717 W. Taylor where my
brother, Mike, was born. The
family then moved to 1013 S. Marshfield about 1921/22 where my brother, Joseph,
was born. Years later, after I had moved to California, the family moved to
1445 So. Avers.
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I married Mark Traversino on July 22, 1929. We have three children. Mark Jr. born May 6, 1930. Daughter Marion, born September 16, 1933, and daughter Catherine, born November 17, 1952.
In the beginning of our marriage, we moved back and forth between Chicago and Aurora, (where my husband, Mark, grew up), but eventually settled in Chicago. During the 1930's I worked as a power machine operator in the garment district of Chicago making dresses. I became interested in hair styling and went to beauty school around 1939 and won first place in the contest for best hairstylist in my class of 40 students. My sister Lucille was my model. I worked at Marshall Fields for a while and, in 1940, owned my own beauty shop.
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Mark Jr. 1953
Marion
At 55 years of age, mother
went to school and graduated from college in 1972 with a degree. She also got
her masters. She taught the handicapped for many years. She is an artist mastering
in Chinese brush stroke painting. She is also a beautician, a costume maker,
pottery and crafts teacher.
Rosalie's Art Work
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Rosalie went to Taiwan in 1984 to attend a competition and then went to China in 1985 to further her study of Chinese Brush Stroke painting.
1991
