Francis DiRaffaele of Dedham,Mass. Genealogy Home Page

Francesco Raffaele ,born in Malfa,Province of Messina ,Italy and died on May 18 1977 in Melrose Massachusetts,USA. He immigrated to America on Oct 04 1902. He married Anna Carra of Malfa, Province of Messina,Italy on Nov 7 1909. She immigrated in Apr 1907 and they settled in Waltham,Mass. Francesco was a Fruit Dealer. They later changed their name to DiRaffaele due to some bank trouble.
They had six children Bartelo Meu,Angela ,John, Edith, Richard and Robert.
Joseph Lucier,born in Napierville Quebec Canada ,died in Hopkinton,Mass. in 1908. Imigrated to US in 1860. He served in the Union Army in 1861 till 1864. Later he had a wood business in Leominster,Mass.. He married Margaret La Bounty ,born in Watertown,Mass.,died in Westboro,Mass.Aug 28,1912.
His children are:Catherine who married J.E. Sampson of Leominster,Mass.;George L. who married Mary Pepin;Frederick married Mary King of Manchester,N.H.;Emma who married John A. McCarty;Edward N. married Catherine Duffy;Joseph B. a teamster in Worchester married Cora Spalding;Minnie married George Haven.

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• Francesco Raffaele (26 KB)
  Picture of Francesco and Anna Raffaele
• Joy and Glenn Bowie (37 KB)
  
• Shirley and Robert DiRaffaele (67 KB)
  Picture from Wedding of Carol and Joeseph Egan
• Laura and John Olsen (41 KB)
  
• DiRaffaele Family Photo of Aug 1980 (392 KB)
  Back: Robert DiRaffaele 2nd Row: Richard DiRaffaele,Conny DiRaffaele,Letitia Trecartin,Kenny Trecartin,Carl Puleo,Anthony Russo,Anne Marie Macatter,Shirley DiRaffaele Donna DiRaffaele Front: Angela Russo, Carolynn Puleo Jimmy Macatter,Edith Cataldo

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