Skilled gardner and also ran a Barber Shop on Sabra St. Cranston from 1916-1957 (torn down for the building of Route 10)
Last Job 25 years at Providence Body Company, Providence, RI. Retired 1969.
Previously - Immigrated to U.S. via Ellis Island June 1907 with nephew Giovanni Pannozzi. Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1913.
First wife Luigia Davia - Died around 1915; 1 Daughter Concetta Pannozzi (known as Clara), died Age 8, Pneumonia). One son, Frank Pannozzi (1914-1985)
Second Wife Consiglia Conti Pannozzi (1899-1937)
Third Wife Maria Elena Lamantia Pannozzi (1915-1993)
One son - James Pannozzi (1947).
09/23
1885
Birthday
September 23, 1885
Birthdate
Fondi, Latina County, Lazio 04022, Italy
Birthplace
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Ethnicity & Family History
Italian
Nationality & Locations
American
Early Life & Education
Grammar School
Religious Beliefs
Catholic
Military Service
None
Professional Career
Welder, Shop Maintenance
Providence Body Company
01/9
1973
Death
January 9, 1973
Death date
Congestive Heart Failure
Cause of death
St. Joseph's Hospital - Cranston, RI in Providence, Rhode Island 02902, United States
Death location
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01/11
1973
Gravesite & Burial
January 11, 1973
Funeral date
St Ann's Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island 02920, United States
James Pannozzi Earliest Known Picture - 1935: Picture taken about 1935 outside James Pannozzi's home at 19 Sabra St., Cranston Rhode Island 02910 (long cottage, first house on the street on the right, at the intersection of Sabra St. and Molter St.).
The property originally included a barber shop, erected in the early 1920's that was torn down when Route 10 was constructed in 1957.
James Pannozzi (name in Italy was Vincenzo Pannozzo)was born in Fondi in 1885 to Rafaella Filomena Carrocia and Salvatore Pannozzo (1844 - 18??). The family originally came from a farm in Campodimele and moved to Fondi around 1850. Brothers include Louis Pannozza and his twin Andre who settled in Danbury, Connecticut, Daniel Pannozzi Sr. who lived on Sprague St. Cranston, Rhode Island, and Joseph Pannozza of Danbury Connecticut.
James had one son and a daughter, and was married three times, predeceased by two wives. His children were: Frank Pannozzi (1914-1985), and Clara Pannozzi 1912-1920, children of James' first wife Luigia Davia (18??-1915),. James built and resided at his house at 19 Sabra St., which still stands, from 1926 until his death in 1973.
Date & Place:
at 19 Sabra St. in Cranston, Rhode Island USA
Vincenzo (James) Pannozzi was my father. He came to Cranston, R.I. in 1912 to Pleasant St. at Frankfort st. and lived in this area for the rest of his life. He eventually bought property at 19 and at 9 Sabra St. and built a cottage at 19 Sabra in 1926.
He drove a 1919 Maxwell Truck in the early 1920's, eventually tended boilers for the International Braid Company in Providence and later worked for Providence Body Co. on Wellington Ave. until his retirement in 1969 at the age of 85.
Skilled as a gardener he also tended gardens for clients on Smith St..
He had a complete set of cobbler tools, an old Sears cast iron stove and a grape crusher in the basement. A superb cook, he would prepare the Thanksgiving dinner for hours and it would take me 40 minutes to bring all the food up from the basement.
He also built a barber shop at 9 Sabra St. (torn down in 1957 when Route 10 was built) and was known for many years as Jimmy the Barber. All the area men would come on Saturday's, many of them immigrants of every ethnicity and would get a shave and haircut for 25 cents.
I stand in awe of this man, who single handedly built a home for himself and his family by sheer work and determination from the pre-World War 1 era right though the great depression, World War 2, the 1950's and 1960's.
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