Italians of Greater Cincinnati

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

VIew Cincinnati via photography and the history of the Italians that began immigrating and populating the area since the 1800s.

Italians of Greater Cincinnati focuses on the Italian immigration into the Cincinnati area beginning in the early 1800s. The northern Italians were the first to arrive, followed by those in the south of Italy, including Sicily. In the spring of 1892, plans were being made to build a Catholic church for the estimated 4,000 Italian immigrants. In 1897, two biological Italian immigrant sisters, who had joined the religious order of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Sr. Blandina and Sr. Justina Segale, began their life's work with the poor immigrants living in the Cincinnati area. Today descendants of these early immigrants, as well as those who arrived in the 20th century, continue to celebrate their rich Italian heritage through social clubs and community involvement. The photographs contained in this volume detail the lives of the Italians as they strived to become Americans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738552149
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/19/2008
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Siblings Philip G. Ciafardini and Pamela Ciafardini Casebolt are also the authors of Italians of Newport and Northern Kentucky. Together these two books reveal the lives of the Italian immigrants living on both sides of the Ohio River.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     6
Introduction     7
Santa Maria     9
Italian Colonies     29
The Family Album     75
Italian Heritage     111
Bibliography     127