Hello !
My Grandmother was Maria (
Merlo)
Valenti m.t. Salvatore Lo
Re. They were from
Santo Stephano di Camastra,
Messina, Sicily. They were a matched marriage. My Grandpa,
Salvatore Lo
Re came over to the States in the early 1900's. He was to land in N.Y., but traded his ticket with a man who was to go to Sarnia (Canadian port). My Grandma came over on ship with her sister an brother, and told to go on to Canada.
While at
Ellis Island, my grandpa's name was changed by the Americans to "
Lore".
My grandpa was 10 years younger than my grandma. His
DOB was March 12, 1886. His Canadian Naturalization papers are dated July 9, 1929; however, he was residing in Canada for many years prior. He died in a work accident there in his 40's and left my grandma with 12 children.
