Name: Edmondo Catania
Place and Date of Birth: South Philadelphia, PA, 09/23/1944
Generation: 2
Family Origin:
Spoken Languages:
Relocation to Florida: 2012
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the Interview:
Name: Edmondo Catania
Place and Date of Birth: South Philadelphia, PA, 09/23/1944
Generation: 2
Family Origin:
Spoken Languages:
Relocation to Florida: 2012
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the Interview:
0:07 |
Beginning of interview with Edmondo Catania |
0:56 - 3:00 |
Grandparents settling in Philadelphia and description of the old neighborhood |
3:30 – 5:00 |
World War II and parents’ newlywedded life |
5:00 – 6:45 |
Memories of food and festas in Philadelphia, anecdote about grandfather’s bakery |
7:00 – 8:20 |
Grandfather’s funeral and father’s commitment to Ed’s future |
8:30 – 10:40 |
Ancestral property in Sicily and Ed’s first trip to Italy at which time he met his relatives who had not emigrated |
10:40 – 11:40 |
Memories associated with food and navigating the language during the trip to Sicily |
11:50 – 14:30 |
Piecing together family history through Zio Giovanni’s stories and property ownership |
14:30 – 15:00 |
Cultural distinctions between maternal and paternal hometowns in Sicily |
15:00 – 16:00 |
Hosting a dinner and delivering a speech of appreciation to the relatives in Sicily |
16:00 – 18:00 |
Parents visit to Sicily regarding the land and the continued pursuit of claiming the ancestral property |
18:00 – 22:00 |
Talks about identifying as Italian growing up in Philadelphia and throughout life, compared to the ethnic identity of his sister, cousins, and next generation |
22:00 – 26:00 |
Memories of his father including: his father’s letters from when he was in the service, the dedication Ed gave at his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, wartime stories he associated with his father. |
26:00 – 29:00 |
Ed’s professional life, marriage and family life |
29:00 – 30:00 |
Use of Italian, English, and dialect in different settings |
30:00 – 32:45 |
Family professions: baker, tailor, steam fitter, military serviceman; involvement in racketeering |