Rose’s Mother called her grandmother Francesca “the dirty one” and wouldn’t let her children sit on her lap.
Author Archives: Joe
Ciaccio Family Stories – To be added…
The following are Ciaccio Family stories that still need to be added ….
- Uncle Jimmy Ciaccio
- Pies on the windowsill
- Joseph Ciaccio
- Park a ship in any port but can’t drive around the corner…
- Couldn’t trust his son … The will from hell….
- Anthony Ciaccio
- Joe the handyman
Talk about Anthony being “helpless” and “frightened” to touch anything on the house and Joe becoming the “handyman”… e.g., killing the front porch “onion patch”, fixing faucets, etc. - The light fixture filled with water
- Joe the handyman
- Rose Ciaccio Ragucci
- Baby Rose
- Cellar Covers on street
- Christmas tree for birthday
- Jimmy Ciaccio
- Atlantic City…
Ragucci Family – “family pools”
Recollections of Joe Ragucci.
As I was growing up we always had a backyard pool. This post is about the 2 major pools, one in Port Reading as I was growing up and one in Carteret at Rose & Joe’s first home. Continue reading
Ragucci, Dominic – “The well in the basement”
Recollections of son Joseph.
My dad, Dominic, has always been someone who wanted to save money. At every chance he did improvements and repairs himself rather than hire someone. Saving money on water usage was no exception. Continue reading
Ragucci, Joseph – “College Schooling”
This is a collection of stories related to my school attendance through the years. This post is on my college years.
I knew for a long time that I wanted to be an electrical engineer. I think it was a love of math and science combined with seeing and hearing what Warren, Uncle Tony, and my father did in this area.
Ragucci, Joseph – “High School Schooling”
This is a collection of stories related to my school attendance through the years. This post is on my high school years.
When I started high school, the Township of Woodbridge was undergoing tremendous growth in schools due to the “baby boomers” that came when the families started after World War II. I was part of that generation. As a result I moved around a lot from school to school.
Ragucci, Joseph – “Elementary Schooling “
This is a collection of stories related to my school attendance through the years. This post is on my elementary school years. Continue reading
Ragucci, Dominic – “biography”
Need to write a biography on Dad. Some things to include:
- Remembrance on day his father died (father was 39 but he was only 5 yrs old); afterwards his mother told him that he, being the oldest son, was now the “man of the house” and had to leave school and support the family at early age (when the support $$ stopped).
- family travels to Elizabeth when father was in hospital – Aunt angelina with mother who could not speak english
- family travels to cemetery every week – take bus to Woodbridge proper and then walk over 2 miles to cemetery. Walk from end of Main St in Woodbridge to what is now Rt 9 and then to St. James Cemetery. Uncle Tony said they would stop for Ice Cream sometimes during this walk.
- Various jobs and training – WPA worked on making Inman Avenue, upholstery, machinist, electrican, boiler operator, construction, etc. (See Barber post)
- Marine during WWII (See WWI Marine post)
- jolted off the electric pole at work
- walk to school with “holes in his shoes”