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My mother's side of the family tree.

I'm back today on this blog, I thought that I'd pick up where I left off with my dad's side, and move to  my mom's side at least for this week, and even this month, then heading into September and autumn.  Firstly, her family is mainly Italian, but her mom was Ukrainian and sadly, I don't know the year that   my mom's parents immigrated to Canada, however, my mother's name was Florence, and she was  named after the famous Italian city. She was born in 1943 and passed away back in 2016 at age 73.  She had three siblings; a brother and two sisters, only her one sister out in Kelowna, British Columbia  is still alive; Eleanor Gal, her other siblings have also passed away; Dorothy Peristy and Paul Santucci.  Her late parents were Joseph and Mary Santucci. My mom's family lived in the "East End" of my  hometown; Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (January 1st, 1970-present). Florence and her siblings were  all born in Fort William, Ontario back in ...