The Zocco Family
(My Father's Family)

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Very little is known about my father's family as individuals. I remember, vaguely, my grandmother, who was ill for a number of years, and who stayed upstairs in the bedroom of her house. At least that's always where she was when we went to visit. They lived in Reading, PA, which is where they lived the whole time after emigrating to this country.

I remember everyone there speaking Italian, and my mom and I were kind of lost when that happened. I wanted to learn Italian, but my dad wouldn't let me. I never really knew why that was.

I have no photos of this family. I don't believe they were photo takers, but if they were, the photos went to the other siblings, and we lost touch with them after my grandmother's death. My understanding is that there was a falling out over inheritance issues. What I have managed to gather together, however, are some documents, census records and the like, and so I will place here whatever I have.

My grandparents were Vincenzo Zocco (Vincent) and Angelina Spadaro. They came from Sicily during the Ellis Island years. Vincent came first and got settled, and then Angelina followed a year or two later.