Hi Ed, By the way, I also received your message dated 2/14/01 in response to one I had written a few months ago on the message board. Anyway, I am curious about Antonio Micale..you gave me his brothers and sisters names, but I don't think my great-grandfather is included among them... i.e. my grandfather was Anthony Micale, who was born in Sicily (in a little town near Messina) in 1898. As you say, he did come over here to Western PA to work in the coal mines before settling in New Brunswick NJ. However, he was really young when he went there with his dad, who he went to PA with to work in coal mines and save money to bring the rest of the family over... and his dad (my great-grandfather's) name was something like Pasquale, and he was knick-named "Charles".... so my great grandfater was actually known as "Charles Micale" so I am told...anyway, maybe he still is related to Guiseppe and the others you mentioned in your message, i.e. if not as siblings, maybe as cousins or something? I mean, maybe Antonio Micale was his cousin if not his brother... either way, I know that Charles Micale and his son, my grandfather Anthony, soon brought the rest of the family over from Sicily and settled in New Brunswick, NJ. By the mid 1920s, my great-grandfather owned a great deal of the prime property in New brunswick (near Rutgers Univ), but unfortunately, they lost it all in the depression of '29. Well, take care, and this is to both you and the Kathy Micale in NY who responded to you also, if you are reading this at all too, I saw your messages, and if you want to know another Micale feel free to email me at
wmicagirl@cs.com. I work and go to law school part-time so I am pretty busy, but I am always interested in knowing more Micale's. Wendy Ann