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Anna Lamantia 1968, RI

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Anna Lamantia 1968, RI
Picture of Anna Lamantia (1903-1968) taken at her retirement from New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Providence, Rhode Island in April of 1968.

Her father was Cosimo Mantia of Termini-Imerese, Sicily (1881-1919) and her mother was Providenza Russo Lamantia (1888-1933).

Her sisters were Carmella Di Maio Di Sano, and Maria Elena Pannozzi. Her brothers were Salvatore and Charles. Her aunt was Mabel Kennett O'Neill Russo and her Uncle was James Russo.
Date & Place: at Providence in Providence, Rhode Island USA
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Born March 28, 1903 at 13 Ridge St. Provience, in the Federal Hill section. This area of the hill was torn down in the early 1960s to make way for a freeway.
Her father was born in Termini-Imerese, Sicily (family name Mantia) and her mother was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1888. The branch of the Termini-Imerese Mantia family of which her father Cosimo was a member originally came from Palermo.
Anna's Aunt Mabel Kennett Russo and her Uncle James Russo were Vaudeville performers who traveled all over the country performing. And then would return to Providence on the off season bringing gifts for everyone. James was a dancer, knew Bob Hope when he was young and kept performing right up to the end of his life. He died in 1949. James' brother Leo Russo (1892-1957) was also a performer, a puppeteer using the old Sicilian Marionettes.
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Anna Lamantia
She grew up in Federal Hill until moving to Cranston to live with her sister Maria (Helen) Lamantia Pannozzi in 1939. Worked at Shepherd's Dept. store in Providence in the 1920's and 30's, and at Banspatch bakery, eventually worked at New England Telephone starting in 1940 until her retirement in April 1968. Favorite foods - Canoli pastries from Scialo's bakery on Federal hill. Favorite performers Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. Politics: Lifelong Democrat. Favorite TV shows: Alfred Hitchcock, Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, TV Variety shows, particularly Dean Martin Favorite Movies: All George M. Cohan movies with James Cagney, Come September with Rock Hudson;
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