A Guglielmo "ANyOnE  KNoW". . . .  
I'm wondering about the ages of grandpa and grandma as listed on the blog.  I not sure they're correct.  I think they were married in 1905 in St. Joseph's Church and if that year is correct they would have been 14 and 12, respectively.  I know they broke a few rules as cousins marrying, but children marrying?  Also, my mother was born in 1916 and I think there were 5 births before her (3 Franks and 2 Marys) ???????

"Pretty in Pink"

(Margaret's Wedding)

Donna's 1st Birthday... aka "The Original Six"

The Guglielmo's were "flooded" with girl babies.  I think in this photo we have Donna in the high chair... (clockwise) Lucille, Cheryl, Anita, Lu, Maggie.  How'd I do?
There was maybe a few more girls before the cycle ended with my brother Lenny's birth and than...one year to the day later, Me!

Thanks Donna!!!!

Remembering Grandma's House

What I remember from our family going to Grandma Williams' house on Sunday. I remember a 3 story walk up. Entering through the kitchen where macaroni was on the stove and a big pot of meats in boiling gravy (not sauce). I think her home was like a RR flat. Her bedroom (left of the kitchen) where on her old dresser with white dollies was the glass candy jar of non-pariels. The room to the right of the kitchen was like a parlor...I mostly remember an old rolltop desk that had small white pads of paper I would draw on. The back room I think was another bedroom...I think it had old very floral linoleum floors. We had Sunday dinner around the table in the kitchen. I really don't remember anything of what was talk about or even Grandmas personality or how she sounded. I just remember I liked being there!! Oh..... who can forget the chickens downstairs behind the gate.... I remember thinking ..."who has chickens downstairs???"

Hey older cousins can you corroberate my memory and fill in what you know. Especially what Grandma was like. If pressed I would say she was gentle and smiled a lot?!

Lenny Williams Family

4 Generations of Women

Four Generations of Women! Taken this past Christmas.

In picture: Marie Ronconi Williams, Ann Williams, Cara Tortora Patterson, Cheryl Williams Tortora, and Layne Marie Patterson (Missing are Andrea Tortora and Allegra Steinberg)

Layne Marie with Grandma and Grandpa Tortora

This is Layne Marie on Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa Tortora. This was Layne's second Christmas and she had so much fun being at Grandma and Grandpa's house in NY to celebrate.

We all know that is lil Georgie (so cute) but who is the cutie with the short bangs and the sexy "bombshell"???

Guglielmo GUESS WHO ? ? ? ?

We all know that's Grandma, but WHO are the two little cuties?
(click on "comment" and take a guess)

 (Top) Lucille and me with our 3 children behind us. Left to right they are: Meghan, our second child, Stephen, our baby, and Derek, our oldest. 
(Bottom) Lucille and me with our two grandkids, Meghan's children. The girl is Emilee and the boy is Mike.
 

"Lucille and me at Thanksgiving. Lu is in a wheelchair at this point because she had lost the use of her right arm and leg because of the brain tumors."  - Dick


Richard shared with me this very recent photo of the two of them in addition to others I will soon post.  He also shared a very funny story about Grandpa Leonardo. As Richard tells it.....


"While I am sending this to you I thought I would check to see if you have heard the story about your Grandpa Leonard. As you mentioned, Leonard delivered ice, with a horse and wagon. Uncle Joe used to tell the story that one day the horse would not cooperate, and Leonard, as his picture shown was a husky guy, so Leonard tried to convince the horse to cooperate and when the horse would not, Leonard gave him a punch in the head and knocked the horse out.I don't know how true it is, but it makes a good legend about Grandpa."


This sounds SO MUCH like something my brother Lenny  (his namesake) would do...lol
  

Congratulations to Andrea who sent the 1st photo to be added to "la Famiglia Guglielmo"! Max and Sam.... I see Bill in Max (older one) and Cheryl in Sam. Great looking boys!! C'mon 2nd generation cousins....we gonna lets the 3rd geners show us up? Send pics!

I hope we all know that our Family is mentioned (with photos) in this wonderful book about growing up in West New Rochelle. The author was good friends with Billy (on the cover) and lived across the street from Grandma's (who they refer to as the "One with the POWER) It brought back many memories of growing up in New Rochelle for myself!

I was very sad to learn of cousin Lucille's passing at such a young age. It made me also sad to think that I barely knew her. I hope creating this BLOG helps the Guglielmo Family get to know each other a little more. Feel free to post a family photo, share a memory, add to our history, show off your kids artwork or just be nosey!

In Memory of Lucille Theresa (Williams) O'Neill September 17, 1949 - December 4, 2011 Obituary

Lucille O'Neill, 62, of Ames died at her home of a brain tumor Sunday, December 4, 2011. A visitation will be held Thursday, Dec. 8 from 5 to 7 pm and a vigil service at 6:30 pm at Stevens Memorial Chapel in Ames. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, Dec. 9 at 11:00 am at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Ames. Burial will follow in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
Lucille O'Neill was born September 17, 1949 in New Rochelle, New York to Joseph and Theresa Williams. She married Richard O'Neill on November 14, 1971 in New Rochelle, New York. She had lived in Mt. Vernon, NY, So. Hackensack, NJ, Teaneck, NJ, Glen Rock, NJ, and New Castle, PA, before moving to Ames in 1993.
She was employed as a client records officer for Youth and Shelter Services for 17 years. She was an active member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church, participating in St. Mary's Circle, Eucharistic Adoration, Social Concerns committee, and CFM.
She is survived by her husband, Richard O'Neill, of Ames; two sons, Derek (Alyssa)O'Neill of Chandler, AZ, and Stephen O'Neill of Ankeny; daughter, Meghan (Mike) Porter and their children, Emilee, and Michael, of Des Moines; and three sisters, Anita (James) Ritch, of Mahopac, NY, Kathy (John) Behrens, of Poughkeepsie, NY, and Lisa (Henry) Bartels, of New Rochelle, NY.
She was preceded in death by her parents.

Grandma's Birthday at The Baron's Restaurant