Salvatore Thomas [Papa Tom] SCHIAVO ^9,10

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   General Notes:

Date:1896 Place:immigrated to Hamilton per 1901 Census

Resurrection Cemetary, Hamilton

+1901 Census show him living with the Spicuzza family on York Street in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The family name is spelt LoSchiavo not
Schiavo. He always argued with this brother Mike about it.

+May be LoSchiavo families in Memphis, Tenn.

+""Papa Tom started coming over at 10-11 years of age to work with his
brothers then returned to Sicily for school. Trips latter were for buying
lemons and fruit for the store."" per Frances Schiavo, his daughter.

+""He owned several properties in Hamilton. His intention was to give one
to each of his daughters so that they would always be taken care of.""
stories I've heard by Marianne Cianciolo-Weber his grandaughter.

+He had his first heart attach when he was about 46 (1928) and had to
retire. In July of 1941, his daughter Provie, accompanied by her sister,
Frances, took her three children to Cleveland to visit their paternal
grandfather who was old and wanted to see them. Frances remembers
thinking how pale her father looked but thought it was just because he
didn't like seeing his grandchildren leaving even for a short time. He
had another heart attach shortly after they left and the doctor was
afraid to move him to a hospital so he sent over a nurse to take care of
him during the night. Papa Tom suffered another attack that night and
the nurse ran from the house. Margaret, his daughter who was attending a
business school (classes were from 7 to 3 each day), woke up Leo Sansone
her uncle and told him her father was dead. He couldn't believe he was
gone. Mama Ann and her sister Mary Farrauto were also awaken. Mary was
staying with them for the night so that she would be with her sister when
they took Papa Tom to the hospital the next day. Margaret then ran down
the street to her cousins so they could call a priest and the doctor. No
sooner did Provie get to Erie, Penn she had to return for her father's
funeral. per Provie, Frances, and Margaret his daughters 5/94

Before the funeral, Margaret remembers having a dream in which her
father, Papa Tom, came to her and woke her up saying, ""Get up Margaret.
There are going to be a lot of people coming and you have to get things
ready. Did you know you only have one bar of soap in the cupboard. You
are going to have to take care of things from now on."" The next day, she
checked the cupboard and sure enough there was only one bar of soap. per
Margaret Schiavo 5/94

He saw Mama Ann for the first time doing needle work on her balcony in
Sicily and fell in love with her at first sight. He asked his mother to
check and see if she was spoken for. When he found out she wasn't he
asked her grandfather (Dominic Cianciolo) if he could court her. He was
told that she was only 16 and he would have to wait until she was 18.
When he returned to Canada he took classes in English so that he would be
able to write her in English. Mama Ann knew both Italian and English
since she had spent several years in the states as a child. per Margaret
Schiavo his daughter 5/94

Papa Tom was the best man for Dominic Cianciolo and Mary Cianciolo when
they got married in Waterbery, Conn.(1920 or 21). Mama Ann was raised by
Mary's mother in Sicily and she asked that they represent her at her
daughter's wedding. They brought their daughter, Margaret with them
because she always got sick when they were gone. per Margaret Schiavo
5/94

   Events:

1. Occupation. owned realstate and grocery store

2. Religion. Sicilian, Catholic

Salvatore married Marianne [Mama Ann] SANSONE, daughter of Filippo [Philip] SANSONE and Lucia CIANCIOLO, about 1908 in Teremini Imerese, Sicily. (Marianne [Mama Ann] SANSONE was born on 4 Oct 1889 in Termini Imerese, Sicily and died on 3 Mar 1984 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.)