One Italian Family Name

By Sandra L Fine

The theme of One Italian Family Name is the family name. It was altered from the original Italian. The Americanized name has remained with family members in America down to this time. The book portrays the lives and personalities of eight relatives, off spring of my grandparents. Since the last male has no heir, the altered American name en

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sandra L. Fine
• Release date: Dec 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781736198711

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ISBN 978-1-7361987-0-4 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-7361987-1-1 (eBook)

Copyright © 2020 by Sandra L. Fine

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

Dedication

In memory of my father,

Joseph Albert Fine

1917–1993

Introduction

Imagine the village of Benvenuto, Italy. It is near Naples and

small as most villages are, nestled among the vineyards.

Neighbors are more than friends, they are family!

Italians like to talk with the hands as well as with the voice.

Italians like nothing better than to argue back and forth

about anything and anyone around them.

Such was the village where Giovanni Delfino was born.

So the Fine name extends back to its Italian roots before

emigration to America.

Life changed for Giovanni when he left Benvenuto. That’s

not all that changed as you, the reader, will discover.

Our family name began in Buffalo, New York