<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Our Family Tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[Connecting Generations Through Family Trees]]></description><link>https://john34102.wixsite.com/our-family-tree/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 17:35:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The War, the Prison, and the Cheese Factory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Giovanni Di Fruscia (Middle) When the Second World War reached the hills around Mignano Monte Lungo, life in southern Italy changed almost overnight. The quiet rural rhythms of shepherds, farmers, and artisans were swallowed by the machinery of a nation at war. For men like Giovanni Di Fruscia, born and raised in the rugged countryside near Mignano, the war did not arrive as a distant political event — it arrived as a knock on the door. Italy had aligned with Germany, and suspicion ran high...]]></description><link>https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/post/the-war-the-prison-and-the-cheese-factory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a09ebdedf43effc8ce25c67</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 16:29:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e98bd_3b6901ffd02e46d0b325e2e32b8d6b0f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_747,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Di Fruscia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elvira and Giovanni's Life in Canada: A Strange New Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[Housing How did they know where to go? Story about first home Home Address here Elivra Antonaccio - Giovanni Di Fruscia    13th Avenue, Ville St. Michele Move in date?- Move-out? Memories, Basement parties Second Home Rue Mate, Montreal-North Family Birth of 5th child (Maria 1960) Passing of Husband Work Beaver Asphalt Work Team,  Third from the left (Giovanni) Community Story about the nieghborhood (13th ave), what it was like.]]></description><link>https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/post/copy-of-elvira-and-giovanni-s-inspiring-journey-to-canada-a-new-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a09e017df43effc8ce244f7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 15:34:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e98bd_f246ea3682f7494fbf06ad9901907d60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_916,h_953,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Di Fruscia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elvira’s Hard Life in Italy — A Story of Survival, Strength, and Quiet Courage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elvira Antonaccio entered the world in 1926, in a time and place where life was already stacked against the poor. Italy between the wars was a country of hunger, disease, and rigid social expectations — and for a young girl like Elvira, the hardships began almost immediately. Her mother, Domenica Ardito, died at just twenty‑five years old, taken by tuberculosis — the “white plague” that swept through overcrowded, impoverished communities across Europe. Elvira was only five. Too young to...]]></description><link>https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/post/elivra-antonaccio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a087c370b9e4f37fd27a807</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 14:35:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e98bd_4255798c8b2b4880a60a36cd9454c8e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_601,h_665,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Di Fruscia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elvira and Giovanni's Inspiring Journey to Canada: A New Beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[The largest wave of Italian immigration to Canada occurred between 1949 and the early 1970s, immediately after Italians were removed from the “enemy alien” list following WWII. During this period: Canada received 20,000–30,000 Italian immigrants per year in the 1950s and early 1960s. Most arrived through chain migration, meaning relatives already in Canada sponsored family members. The majority entered Canada through Pier 21 in Halifax, the main immigration gateway from 1928–1971. Italian...]]></description><link>https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/post/elvira-and-giovanni-s-inspiring-journey-to-canada-a-new-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a086dc47e21375d346c01dd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:14:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e98bd_75e6b8c0b9f845bb815fd331a66d1682~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_567,h_282,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Di Fruscia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giovanni and Elivra's Legacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Their kids had kids and so on.   So many amazing stories as each of their children went on to have new lives in Canada, Italy, and Jerusalim. 2026 Giovani Di Fruscia Obituary NA Elvira Di Fruscia Obituary DI FRUSCIA, Elvira (nee Antonaccio). 1926-2005. Passed away peacefully in her seventy-ninth year after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. Dearly beloved wife of the late Giovanni Di Fruscia. She leaves to mourn her children, Domenica (Carmine), Antonio (Imelda), Carmine (Monika), Piera...]]></description><link>https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/post/family-grows</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0943daea733de5ffb816d5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 04:29:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e98bd_c325e7fc618849d08bd6b9650a787e2e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Di Fruscia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you spell Di Fruscia?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The historically attested spellings of your family name include Di Fruscia, Di‑Fruscia, and Difruscia. All three appear in Canadian immigration, census, and marriage records. The most historically consistent and linguistically correct Italian form is “Di Fruscia” — with a space and capital D — but the other versions emerged through immigration, clerical variation, and record‑keeping practices. “Di‑Fruscia” — the early Canadian/Quebec civil‑record form Quebec parish and civil marriage records...]]></description><link>https://www.ourfamilytree.ca/post/how-to-you-spell-di-fruscia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a087353ea733de5ffb67c1d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:44:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_1f34b07884f2470d979b207dbedc0e5e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Di Fruscia</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>