Wow! This is wonderful to find so many Cardarelli's!! I had almost given up -and altho I don't know much, I recently found out that my grandfather was born in 1902 in Abruzzo. His name was (as he has died) Liberato Cardarelli and I believe I remember that he had a cousin in San Francisco because he went to a wedding a few months before his death back in 1982. I have come to many dead (sorry for the pun) ends because he came to America and left his family in Italy -I remember seeing pictures of a cousin when he received pictures from his sister and honestly I wasn't much concerned at the time because of course we all think our grandparents will live forever!!
My daughter has a chance to go to Italy to play basketball and we have been researching our blood lines. It appears that since my mom was born before my grandparents were naturalized then we may have the gift of dual citizenship -what a wonderful thought.
If there is anyone out there that can remember a Liberato Cardarelli (living from the mid '20s to late 60's in Bedford Heights Ohio) or his sister back in Italy it would be helpful. My mom says she remembers that his family owned a hotel -but I don't know much else
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