The Stories We Unearth

One for the Ladies...

Traditionally, women are considered to be the backbone of a society. They are thought of as the homemakers, the caretakers, and the glue that holds a family unit together and hold down the fort while their husbands work and bring home a paycheck to pay for the necessities of life.  Throughout history, the role of women in the world has been tightly defined.  But not all women were designed to fit into these tight, narrow molds of womanhood.  Dora Bridget Holland is one of those

The Italian who had a change of heart: The tale of Gaudenzio Dapra

To paraphrase Golden Girl Sophia Petrillo, “Picture It. Marquette Michigan, 1933.”  Sophia was known for her sharp wit and being able to relate all kinds of situations back to her girlhood experiences in Italy.  So she’s the perfect character to introduce you to my Italian (or Austrian, depending on which country controlled their hometown border at the time) Great-Grand-Uncle, Gaudenzio Daprá.  He was the brother of my Great-Grandfather, Romano, and was born December 1875 at