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From: "Lewis or Cleo Holmes" <>
Subject: Re: [ITA-Arberseh] Old Bush
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:09:04 -0800
References: <3D1EE772-3F32-11D8-8D15-000393750370@macnexus.org>


Would anyone who had relatives in Madison "the Bush" have any idea why my
grandfather, from Piana, ended up in Fond du Lac, Wisc., instead of Madison.
Was there a settlement of Arberesh there as well?

Cleo

----- Original Message -----
From: Vito Parisi <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ITA-Arberseh] Old Bush


> Tony's son George is a cousin of mine. George's mother was Mary Parisi,
> my dad's 1st cousin. I went to visit George at his shoe repair shop
> this past June when I was in Madison. My dad's family settled in
> Madison.
> You think barber shops were a popular gathering spot. You haven't seen
> anything until you've seen Park Street Shoe Repair.
>
> Vito
>
>
> On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 03:42 PM, P. Procida wrote:
>
> > In "A Taste of Memories from the Old Bush", there is a picture of Tony
> > Fabian with the following notation below the picture: Tony Fabian in
> > the doorway of Shoe Repair Shop on South Park St. Tony arrived here
> > in 1914 from his village of Piana dei Albanese. The shop still
> > stands--next to the shop he built to accomodate his business. Tony's
> > son, George, took over the business in 1968. Friends drop in daily to
> > chat--just as they did when Tony was in charge.
> > Pat
> >
> >
> > http://www.genealogy.com/users/p/r/o/Pat-Procida-CA/
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