Originally Posted by Nona

My grandparents were immigrants from Italy. My grandfather came over to work in the coal mines when he was sixteen. He came with a younger brother. Several years later they brought over their mother and sister. In 1921 my grandmother came over landed in Boston, took a train to Springfield, Illinois and married my grandfather 3 days later. She spoke not a word of English. She was a "mail" order bride. She was introducted to my grandfather by his sister in law by mail and they were married 2 years later when he sent her a ticket to come to the U.S. They were married 55 years when he passed away. My Nona was 98 when she passed....I was in my 30's. When I started having grandchildren I took for my name to my babies the name we called her. We all still miss her.