I had set out last year to find all the descendants and living from the photograph above. It turned out to be very hard work, but with patience, phone calls, emails, and letters. I found a large majority of la mia famiglia. It was the most rewarding event ever.
If I hadn't tried to be such the hostess , I would had cried
Names present at 1935 picnic
Ainardi,Anardi,Anarde,Bellando,Belmondo,BERGERO,BUTARAC,CORDOLA,CUGINI,COOPER,
DANUBIO,DEBRULER,DELAURENTI,ELLINGSEN,FAVRO,FRANK,GASPAR ,GIACOLINO,GIADRONI,
GOTTI, GROSSO, LEGGE, MALETTA, MORINO, PARDINI, PARISIO, PASQUINI, PATRICELLI, PEIROLI,
PLANO, RIFFERO, ROSSO, SERVIZI, SOBRATO,TASONI, TONDA, VIDMAR
Present 2008, the decendants :
Not pictured but were there:
is Mario Tonda
Dino Patricelli
Bud "joe" Patricelli
Tara Patricelli
Nick Patricelli
Justin Smith (ainardi)
Lori Nevil (anarde)
Frank Gaul(tonda)
IN picture:
1bob tonda,
2 mildred cooper (ainardi),
3 Louise huden (grosso),
4 john grosso,
5 Marian favro,
6 jeanne burt (patricelli),
7 james servizi,
8 marialee brewer (parisio),
9 Tillie Jones (favro),
10 bill belmondo,
11 Ivona little (gotti),
12 georgio cooper(riffero),
13 Marie holm (ainardi),
14 bill anardi,
15 pat anardi,
16 tarik hagen (anardi),
17 Alec jones(tonda),
18 trevor mathews (belmondo),
19 rich ellingsen(grosso),
20 teresa hjelle (grosso),
21 Angie jones( tonda),
22 kristina holm (ainardi),
23 tyler holm (ainardi),
24 marlene Ainardi,
25 sandy anarde (ainardi,)
26 gene anarde(ainardi)
27 melanie gillis (ainardi),
28 sandy schwendeman (ainardi),
29 marianne oliver anarde (ainardi)
30 jennie oliver (ainardi),
31 marissa anarde(ainardi)
32 Luanne Moore (dilonardo) & Nina Moore (dilonardo),
33 richard favro,
34 maddie favro,
35 vicki storment (favro),
36 kay donti (favro),
37 anna jean jensen (servizi )
38 bill webster (ainardi) ,
39 gleen huden (grosso),
40 john grosso,
41 stan brewer (parisio),
42 kathleen tonda,
43 unknown,
44 gail webster (ainardi),
45 Mike anardi,
46 dolly anardi,
47 Lisa hagen (anardi),
48 cooper ewing (riffero),
49 brad anardi,
50 kim anardi,
51 randy hagen (anardi),
52 keanna c ellingsen (grosso,)
53 keith anarde(ainardi),
54 lanise kennedy (ainardi),
55 crystal ainardi,
56 ron huden( grosso,)
57 danny norton (ainardi) ,
58 Ashely webster (ainardi) ,
59 Andrea Mathews(belmondo),
60 keagan mathews (belmondo),
61 Alexis Mathews (belmondo),
62 Gavin smith (ainardi),
63 keaton fisher (ainardi)
64 unknown,
65 unknown,
66 unknown,
67 robert kennedy jr (ainardi),
68 Amanda elliott (ainardi),
69 Micheal Maquiling (ainardi),
70 jennifer norton elliott(ainardi),
71 Allen gonzales (belmondo),
72 Lillan norton (ainardi),
73 nancy elliot(ainardi),
74 donald elliot(ainardi),
75 marilyn bonior jensen (servizi),
76 patty huso (grosso),
77 arthur burt(patericelli),
78 roxanne cooper (riffero),
79 carol kennedy (ainardi),
80 kathleen tonda,
81raven smith(ainardi),
82 terry gibson (ainardi),
83 lois gibson(ainardi),
84 leola patricelli (riffero),
85 marylu angstead (patricelli),
86 Jenny reed(sylvia)& Andre edelin(sylvia),
87 fred white (ainardi),
88 suzie munday(tonda),
89 Mary jo Larsen (tonda),
90 unknown,
91 unknown,
92 glenn kennedy (ainardi),
93 andrea norton (ainardi),
94 joanne gregory (belmondo),
95 brian hansen (favro),
96 bob Kennedy (ainardi),
97 don ellingsen (grosso),
98 joe huden (grosso),
99 dave tonda,
100 Andy & chandler ewing (riffero)
Go out there and get your family together, its a amazing feeling seeing your face within all the family you never met.