My great-uncle Danny's wedding
Back Row: Michael "Mickey" Perini; John Perini; John D'Angelo; Joseph Perini; Thomas Perine (né Perini); William Perine; Patrick Oropallo; Donald Perini
Middle Row: John "Jay" D. Perini; Rosemary "Cookie" Perini (later Casey); Carole Perine (later Medinian); Louis Perini
Seated: Helen Perini (née Battaglia); Mayme Perini (née Trubinski); Amelia "Millie" D'Angelo (née Perini); Marie Perini (née Cordero); Daniel Perini; Jenny Perini (née Cariello); Betty Perine (née ?); Marie "Nanny" Oropallo (née Perini); Maria/Marie Oropallo (later Daddino); Louis Perini
Mom: Uncle Joe [Perini] owned a garment business on 7th Avenue: he did high-end men's trousers. He was very successful. He used to sell to Saks, and I think Bergdorf's...Best & Co...B. Altman's. I was always so careful when I came to see him. If he saw me wearing something where the seams didn't match, he'd tell me.
Uncle Tom [Perine] scandalized the family. He couldn't get a job with Con Ed because they didn't hire Italian people, so he changed the "i" at the end of Perini to an "e". Everybody got mad at him for doing that. Aunt Betty—his wife—made damned good blintzes. They lived in a big house by Highland Park with a wraparound porch, like an old Victorian. The whole inside was furnished very ornately, but everything was covered in plastic. That's his son, Billy, and his daughter, Carole—Carole with an "e".
They said Aunt Marie [Perini (née Cordero)] was a model. They met at the Chillura Brothers Farm.
Maybe this was at the Hotel Granada. I remember me and Jay and Cookie were running around the lobby a lot.
My great-uncle Danny's wedding
Back Row: Michael "Mickey" Perini; John Perini; John D'Angelo; Joseph Perini; Thomas Perine (né Perini); William Perine; Patrick Oropallo; Donald Perini
Middle Row: John "Jay" D. Perini; Rosemary "Cookie" Perini (later Casey); Carole Perine (later Medinian); Louis Perini
Seated: Helen Perini (née Battaglia); Mayme Perini (née Trubinski); Amelia "Millie" D'Angelo (née Perini); Marie Perini (née Cordero); Daniel Perini; Jenny Perini (née Cariello); Betty Perine (née ?); Marie "Nanny" Oropallo (née Perini); Maria/Marie Oropallo (later Daddino); Louis Perini
Mom: Uncle Joe [Perini] owned a garment business on 7th Avenue: he did high-end men's trousers. He was very successful. He used to sell to Saks, and I think Bergdorf's...Best & Co...B. Altman's. I was always so careful when I came to see him. If he saw me wearing something where the seams didn't match, he'd tell me.
Uncle Tom [Perine] scandalized the family. He couldn't get a job with Con Ed because they didn't hire Italian people, so he changed the "i" at the end of Perini to an "e". Everybody got mad at him for doing that. Aunt Betty—his wife—made damned good blintzes. They lived in a big house by Highland Park with a wraparound porch, like an old Victorian. The whole inside was furnished very ornately, but everything was covered in plastic. That's his son, Billy, and his daughter, Carole—Carole with an "e".
They said Aunt Marie [Perini (née Cordero)] was a model. They met at the Chillura Brothers Farm.
Maybe this was at the Hotel Granada. I remember me and Jay and Cookie were running around the lobby a lot.