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Anthony Taormina

Posted: 14 Apr 2000 2:34PM GMT
Edited: 10 Jul 2001 7:49PM GMT
My fathers name was Anthony Taormina.
He was born in 1905.
His family lived in Tampa, Florida.
He relocated to Chicago and then to Los Angeles.
I belive his mothers name was Maria.
He had a sister named Josie.
I belive she lived in Palos Verdes.
I'm told that there were many brothers and only the one sister.
One brother owned a cigar shop.
One brother killed himself while visting us when I was a child.
I have recently started searching and any information would be helpful.
Thank you.

Anthony (Ted?) Taormina

Robert Mario Taormina (View posts)
Posted: 21 Apr 2001 5:36PM GMT
My father, frank had a brother, Ted, who settled in La Brea, CA in the 50's I believe.
my father died in 1953. I think Ted had one daughter. My father had a sister amed Josie wh married Sam Miceli, they lived in Chicago. I think sam died in the 60's or 70's. I have not had any contact with any relatives since I was a child.

the family was nopt close, but I think my grandmothjr's name was Maria. My father also had a brother named Dominic, but it seemed that he and Ted remained the closest.

What I remember about Ted was thsat he was atheltic.

any connection?

Re: Anthony (Ted?) Taormina

Posted: 10 Jul 2001 8:03PM GMT
Hello.
I recently saw your reply and I believe we must be related somehow. My father was Anthony Taormina who had
a brother named Frank and a sister named Josie. Tony did move to La Brea, CA where I was born when he was 56
years old. My grandmothers name was AnnaMaria I think. I have lots of radom information about my fathers family but nothing I can piece together. He lived in Chicago with his mom until she died I believe. There were many brothers as well as the one sister. My father was atheltic. There was one brother who commited suicide while visting us when I was little. If this seems to you like were talking about the same family, please email me - perhaps we can put our information together.

Re: Anthony (Ted?) Taormina

Posted: 10 Jul 2001 9:40PM GMT
Hi Karina, I think we are 1st cousins. Ted's mother's name was Marianna.

The other names check out, Josie's,name was Miceli.

My email is quillgordn@prodigy.net. We live in Nevada, I moved here in 1998 from the San Fransisco area, when I retired.

My wife and I are leaving for a tour of vinyards tomorrow (wine making is one of my primary hobbies), we'll be back the end of the month and I'll write more

Re: Anthony (Ted?) Taormina

Francis R. Taormina (View posts)
Posted: 12 Jul 2001 8:48PM GMT
I'm Robert M. Taormina's older brother, Frank. I knew your father, Ted. His mother was Maryanna Taormina, married to Mario Taormina. Family first settled in Tampa, Florida, then moved to Chicago. Children: Francesco(my father), Katherine (married to Casimiro Parrino), Vito (died, left no heirs), Jack, Dominick, Josephine (has an adopted daughter (Susan) and Anthony (your father). Maryanna Taormina was twice married. She had an son, Joseph, and Joseph had a son, Victor, wh lived in New Orleans. You refer to a suicide. I believe that was Victor.

Brother Bob (born December 11, 1938) and I (born January 6, 1929) lived on east coast, in Marlboro, New York. Bob was born in Newburgh, not far from Marlboro and I was born in New York City. The Chicago branch and the New York branch of the family were not in close touch. The last time I saw Uncle Ted was during the war, when he was stationed at a military post in Connecticutt. He came to visit us on the farm in Marlboro. My memory of him is that he was a very powerful man - much into weight lifting, exercise and especially swimming. Once - he came to visit us in Marlboro around 1935 or 1936 and I remember he swam across the Hudson River, to the east shore and then back again, quite a feat, the River is about a mile wide there. Ted has a nephew - at least one - Frank Parrin - who - if he is still alive lives in Clearwater, Florida. I believe also there is a Jack Taormina Jr. who may be living in Chicago. Dominick and his wife Helen, when I last heard anything about them lived in Port Charlotte. Florida.

I live in Schenectady, NY. If I can be of any assistance to you, I would be glad to. My family consists of four children and ten grandchildren. My wife, I am sad to say, died just a month ago, on Jue 10th.

Frank Taormina

Re: Anthony (Ted?) Taormina

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 3:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm unsure if anyone is still monitoring this thread after so many years.
My name is Rick Parrin.
My grandmother was Katherine (daughter of Maryanna and Mario Taormina).
Katherine was born in Sicily and came to the US when the family settled in Tampa.
Katherine's (Katie) son Frank is my father.
Katherine, who was just an incredible person, died in January 1983 in Clearwater.
My father (Frank) is still alive at age 93.
Of Maryanna and Mario's children, I only knew (other than my grandmother), Josephine.
Aunt Jo (as we knew her) and Uncle Sam (Micelli) had a daughter Susan (adopted) my cousin.
I don't really know much about my grandfathers (Casimiro Parrinno) side of the family.
It's nice to know that there are many of you out there.
This thread has helped me understand the Taormina side of our family - more than has been shared over the years.

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