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Leaving the Old World
Starting a New Life
Colangelo and Staffiero
Colangelo Family in Canada
Connie Colangelo Bennedsen
Connie and Chris: Love and Marriage
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The Colangelo Family
in Canada
Carmela and Michael quickly settled into their new life. They had two daughters: Columba was born on June 18, 1922, and Concetta (Connie) on July 5, 1934.

Picnic at a Toronto park, ca 1923. Michael, Carmela, and Columba Colangelo, and Michael’s cousins
Picnic at a Toronto park, ca 1923. Michael, Carmela, and Columba Colangelo, and Michael's cousins, Michael and Carmela Volpe and their sons.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P33-1.A6-128.001, E2007-00462)

Connie Colangelo, 1935.
Connie Colangelo, 1935.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P33-1.A6-20.001, E2007-00457)

Carmela and Connie, 1935. <br>(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P33-1.A6-68.001, E2007-00459)
Carmela and Connie, 1935. (CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P33-1.A6-68.001,
E2007-00459)

Michael and Connie at their home on Markham Street, 1935.
Michael and Connie at their home on Markham Street, 1935.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P33-1.A6-135.001, E2007-00463)
The Colangelo Family
in Canada
Michael's business did well. Carmela looked after her daughters and took care of the many family members and townsfolk from Italy who came to stay with them after they moved to Markham Street.

Columba, Connie, and Carmela Colangelo, early 1940s.
Columba, Connie, and Carmela Colangelo, early 1940s.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P32-1.A3-75.001,
E2007-00442)

Like other Monteleonese, the Colangelo family attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on St. Patrick and Dundas Streets. The church had opened in 1908 and was quickly adopted by the Monteleonese as their place of worship.


Connie and Carmela Colangelo in the backyard of their Arlington Avenue home, ca 1951
Connie and Carmela Colangelo in the backyard of their Arlington Avenue home, ca 1951.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P32-1.A3-8.001, E2007-00438)

Michael and Carmela Colangelo in the backyard of their Arlington Avenue home, ca 195
Michael and Carmela Colangelo in the backyard of their Arlington Avenue home, ca 1951.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P32-1.A3-54.001, E2007-00441)
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