Hi Sam..is it possible we are related? My grandparents were Rose Vertuca Yerardi and Guiseppe Gerardi changed to Yerardi. They came to Ellis isl in 1910 from Petilia Policastro Italy Calabria and lived in West Newton on River street. They wed in 1914. Died in 1950 and 1958. They had 9 children and my mom theresa was teh youngest born in 1930.