Caroline Pinto

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• Business: 68 King St. S., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; fruit and vegetable show
• Military: WW1 - Italian Army
• Name: Michaelangelo "Michael Lo Pinto
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148209
• Business: 1928, 243 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; fruit and vegatable store

Notes:

Tin box packed with memories tells the uplifting story of a Kitchener family
Found photos and documents detail the life of an Italian immigrant family

KITCHENER - Laird Robertson was in the middle of renovating an old building on King Street East when he found a tin box under an old stairwell that was packed with documents and photographs.

The contents detail the life of an Italian immigrant family \emdash Michael Pinto and his wife Rose \emdash in early 20th-century Kitchener. They built a store on a vacant lot at 243 King St. E. in 1929 to sell fresh fruits and vegetables. Michael, Rose and their two daughters lived in the apartment upstairs.

When the daughters Victoria and Caroline were old enough, their father encouraged them to get into the garment business. He figured it had advantages over the fruit and vegetable business. Michael knew firsthand the demands of the produce trade, rising at 3 a.m. and driving to Toronto for fresh product every morning.

The daughters decided they would sell children's clothes. Victoria and Caroline are remembered to this day by former customers of Pinto's Youth Shoppe. Long after the last sale and closing of the store, an elderly woman was often seen outside, doing her best to maintain the property.

That was Caroline, the last surviving member of the Pinto family in Kitchener. Her emotional connection to the family's only real home in the New World remained strong years after she moved into a residence on nearby Queen Street.....

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Military:
In the closing months of the war, Michael was issued demobilization papers from the 15th Artillery Regiment in the Italian army. In the First World War, the Italians were allies with the Canadians, British, French and Americans.

Michael was awarded The Cross of Merit in August 1918. The official documents say he was wounded. He was a good soldier. His occupation was listed as cabinet maker, and the documents say he could read and write.

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Michaelanglo — Rosa "Rosie" Longo. Rosa (daughter of Baldassare "Balthasar" Longo and Carolina Lamantie) was born Nov 1893, , , Sicily, Italy; died 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosa "Rosie" Pinto
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190704
• Immigration: 1897, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saleslady, Store
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

Leo Longo and his sister Rosy were here from Waterloo, brought us a present of fruit candys etc. - I gave them a lemon from our tree, with a branch of about 6 leaves attached - they will place it in their show window, also gave them some apples and pears.

Gordon Christian Eby Diary

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• Name: Balthasar Longo
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32016
• Immigration: 1886, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1890
• Immigration: 1897, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Fruit Dealer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Fruit Store
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Business: 1915, 42 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Longo Brothers

Baldassare — Carolina Lamantie. Carolina was born 14 Mar 1874, Termini, Imerese, Sicily, Italy; died 16 Sep 1949, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Carolina Longo
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190702
• Immigration: 1886
• Immigration: 1897, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Fruit Dealer

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32019

Leboria — Rosa Mascoline. Rosa was born CA 1835, Of Italy; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosa Longo
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32018