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He is first left, top row. His sisters are bottom row, left to right: Amelia, fourth, and Felicia, sixth in front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1612805587965-P4A3EFAPXSW4D3R1E4JC/20201113113820_00006A.jpg Blog - Anthony Paul Pasquariello (1911-1981) Lt. Commander A.P. 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In his sweet and affectionate letter, he expresses deeply held values: “…our family values respect, honor, love, and not material things.” A timeless message for future generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1602530237480-6YBO4EQVWEQ7YK238V8V/third-letter.jpg Blog - Italian Letters My great grandfather, Paolo Pasquariello, writes to his daughter, Rosina, on August 18, 1909 to tell her that her sister, Teresa, will be coming to America. The ship “Konig Albert” will take 11 days to reach New York. The envelope reveals Rosina and her husband, Andrea’s first address in Brooklyn. https://www.peggyholtman.com/blog/2020/7/8/andrea-pasquariello-1874-1960 monthly 0.5 2020-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1594230980722-Z604KSABG1EI39Y07L1J/IMG_5019.JPG Blog - Andrea Pasquariello (1874-1960) Andrea Pasquariello, here at 55 years old, was Peggy’s paternal grandfather. 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Union Vale, Dutchess County, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1588700183407-8EJT99AE6M1IQLJ7RMT6/IMG_0143.jpeg Blog - Mary McCleary (1913-2005) Mary McCleary married Anthony Pasquariello on November 21, 1940 in Sylvan Lake, New York. After the ceremony, 50 guests attended a wedding breakfast at Hotel Campbell. The sweet and simple prewar bride wore a white satin gown made princess style with a full length veil that attached to a coronet. 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Like so many other young female Irish immigrants, she became a “nurse” (nanny) to many wealthy families. She is pictured here with the McKelvy children in Easton, PA. Read more about Alice on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1585936400517-HJI8IVW3O1I85HGPWMP4/IMG_0007%2B%25281%2529.jpg Gallery Peggy’s maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Harte, with husband Hugh McCleary (grandfather) along with her sister Alice Harte (great-aunt) in NYC circa 1907. All arrived from Ireland, hoping for better opportunities in America. Read about Hugh and Mary on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1586283195383-LQFVTEQIC2EOVADWLO86/IMG_0039.jpg Gallery U.S. Passport issued to Alice Elizabeth Harte 8/25/26. Alice returns a few months later to marry a newly widowed Patrick Quinlan. Read more about Alice on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1586283300916-3VTT30HELKQV2TFU2TIW/IMG_0042.jpg Gallery Alice Harte’s passport stamped September 27, 1926, allowing her to travel back to Ireland for a brief period. Though her passport spells her name “Hart” and not “Harte,” as she is referred in a majority of historical documents, this inconsistency reflects many immigrant experiences in this time period. Read more about Alice on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1587492717057-R9FBGNLV1T6Y80QAYEBD/IMG_4461.jpg Gallery Peggy’s great aunt Alice Harte marries Patrick Quinlan, October 1927. Patrick was a widower, previously married to Alice’s cousin Margaret Stanford. They resided at his home at Pleasant Ridge, Dutchess County, NY. Read more about Alice on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1586283568852-WU2EQT1EOMPKPMOPRI18/IMG_0043.jpg Gallery Peggy’s mother Mary McCleary with her Aunt Alice (circa 1940) with four of the Gackstatter siblings that came to live on the farm in 1932. Patrick and Alice never had children of their own, but found it in their hearts to love all children, so they took in orphans from an NYC orphanage. The farm was in Union Vale, Dutchess County, N.Y. Read more about Mary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1588694794265-53G8CUS79YNWUA4L4UQD/IMG_0148.jpeg Gallery Peggy’s mother, Mary MCleary, age 22 with her dog, Pal, in Union Vale, Dutchess County, NY, 1935. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1588694418507-K4DDB90JHZAYBW3VAT1E/IMG_0143.jpeg Gallery Peggy’s mother, Mary McCleary, married her father, Anthony Pasquariello, on November 21, 1940 in Sylvan Lake, New York. After the ceremony, 50 guests attended a wedding breakfast at Hotel Campbell. The sweet and simple prewar bride wore a white satin gown made princess style with a full length veil that attached to a coronet. She carried a bouquet of calla lilies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1594401737172-MX2GK3NHECJ3U7QUK7VZ/IMG_4705.jpg Gallery Peggy’s mother, Mary, with her father, Tony Pasquariello, a commissioned officer for the USN. Circa 1942, Crane, Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1586283505918-Q88VTXDVB0GFV23F2BDM/IMG_0045.jpg Gallery Peggy’s mother, Mary McCleary, behind the wheel of her Ford V8 sedan (circa 1935) on her mother’s farm in Pleasant Ridge, Union Vale in Dutchess County, New York. She wrote on the back of the photo, “Mother dearest, how do you like my new (old) car? I drive myself now. Love, Mary.” Read more about Mary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1588694677306-RFVXKBMJS37GL00AFVGQ/IMG_0142.jpeg Gallery Mary McCleary (Peggy’s mother) pictured here at age 14 with her mother Mary Ann (Peggy’s grandmother) circa 1927 in Union Vale, Dutchess County, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1588698016561-4SYKMQTM7NMXJM6WLA9Q/888703CA-7D67-47F7-BCEC-7F2111AB491D.JPG Gallery Young and in love: Peggy’s mother and father, Mary and Tony Pasquariello, circa 1940. Union Vale, Dutchess County, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1594404823943-03TC2GDQBZBY3RF0RN1P/IMG_0007%2B%25281%2529.jpg Gallery Few pictures exist of Peggy’s maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Harte McCleary. Here is is pictured with her sister Alice, and her husband, Hugh McCleary, circa 1907. Though visual evidence is lacking, her story is one of harsh difficulty and perseverance. Read more about Mary Ann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1587493106065-5NNZWKMYMFZNXKRI9JYP/IMG_0122.jpg Gallery The baby in the picture is Peggy, held by her godmother, Mary Quinlan. They are in front of her grandmother’s bungalow in Union Vale, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 1947. The house was built from a mail order kit, circa 1937. Sears sold about 70,000 homes from 1908-1940 and offered 370 house designs in their catalog. Many other companies sold these kit houses on a national level during this time. The name “Sears Kit Home” became a generic label for these kit homes. https://www.peggyholtman.com/home daily 1.0 2022-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1641265730733-ZIFVY9A773IOSESTACZN/IMG_4460.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1586370772472-50V8Q816M46HS9U7QWE9/5F21787A-1288-4563-8F0A-F5537EF999D5.jpg Home - Alice Elizabeth Harte On October 5, 1904, 21-year-old Alice Elizabeth Harte (Peggy’s great-aunt) arrived in New York City with five dollars in her pocket and one suitcase. Like so many other young female Irish immigrants, she became a “nurse” (what we would call a nanny) to many wealthy families. She is pictured here with the McKelvy children in Easton, PA. 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Pasquariello, Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Indiana, 1941-1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1629734758372-5O9C8PKDPPGOGH0246V0/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+12.03.32+PM.png Italian Ancestry Gallery Yale University Class of 1933 yearbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1629734760015-TJSHFW86RFKF0BOB5PW9/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+12.03.43+PM.png Italian Ancestry Gallery My father Anthony Pasquariello born in 1911 in the class picture for his one-room schoolhouse, Mill Street, West Hartland, Connecticut, circa 1920. He is first left top row. His sisters are bottom row, left to right, Amelia, fourth, and Felicia, sixth in front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1594401962294-P2A1NAV48BNC9JLLGNZ8/IMG_4707.jpg Italian Ancestry Gallery Rosina Pasquariello, Peggy’s paternal grandmother at age 55 in 1939. Rosina had arrived on Ellis Island in 1908 on the passenger ship Konig Albert. She brought her hopes and dreams for a new life in America, as well as three trunks filled with her best linens and clothes, including a wedding dress and veil for her union with husband Andrea, 34 at the time. Read more about Rosina on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1594401981589-RLUL1U9S7J34BRSGHJNS/IMG_4706.jpg Italian Ancestry Gallery Peggy’s paternal grandparents, Rosina and Andrea Pasquariello, with their first two children, Amelia and Anthony, Peggy’s father. Photo taken in Brooklyn, NY, circa 1913. Read more about Rosina and Andrea on the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aea1973297114d2c5594e86/1594402339082-S87VNCM2OR9J68LAUA1P/IMG_5018.jpg Italian Ancestry Gallery Peggy’s paternal grandfather, Andrea Pasquariello, is pictured in his identification card for Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterer’s International Union of America. 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