Michaelanglo "Michael" Pinto

1892 - 1977  (84 years)

• Name	Michaelanglo "Michael" Pinto
  Born	1 May 1892	Termini, Imerese, Sicily, Italy
  Gender	Male
  Business	68 King St. S., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	fruit and vegetable show
  		Kitchener-Business-PintoStore-MichaelPinto-001-WaterlooRegionRecord.jpg Michael Pinto and his wife Rose 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 is show with his daughters
  Business	1928	243 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	fruit and vegatable store
  Military	WW1 - Italian Army
  	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. Tin box packed with memories tells the uplifting story of a Kitchener family. (2016). Therecord.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/6838692-tin-box-packed-with-memories-tells-the-uplifting-story-of-a-kitchener-family/
  Name	Michaelangelo "Michael Lo Pinto
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-148209
  Died	1977
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I148209	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Rosa "Rosie" Longo,   b. Nov 1893, , , Sicily, Italy ,   d. 1964  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Children	1. Victoria Pinto,   b. Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Feb 1998   2. Caroline Pinto
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F43545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Pinto,Michael-WaterlooRegionRecord-4Sep2016.JPG

  
  

• 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..... Tin box packed with memories tells the uplifting story of a Kitchener family. (2016). Therecord.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/6838692-tin-box-packed-with-memories-tells-the-uplifting-story-of-a-kitchener-family/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 May 1892 - Termini, Imerese, Sicily, Italy Business - fruit and vegetable show - - 68 King St. S., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - fruit and vegatable store - 1928 - 243 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth