Michele and Giuseppe (brothers) married twin sisters. Michele married  Maria Tamburri,  and had eleven children, the fifth being my grandmother,  Mary Anthony.  Giuseppe fathered nine children, his wife's name was Concetta Tamburri.   The brothers sent for their wives and families in 1897.  They crossed the Atlantic on the Victoria and with them they brought their parents, Francesco and Carmina Tamburri.  The two  families settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to raise their families.

Carmine DePaola was born 1868  in Flumeri, Avellino, Campania, Italy near Naples, he married around 1888.  He had   three children, Filomena (Minnie), Agnese (Annie), and Raimone (Raymond),  my grandfather. My grandfather never knew his mother, her name is unknown, and  it's believed she died giving birth to him or shortly thereafter.  My grandfather's earliest memories he told me  were of being raised by his grandmother in Italy until the age of seven.  I was told the family lived on a farm and owned  olive vineyards.  

In 1892,  at the age of 24, Carmine DePaola makes his first trip to America.  He arrived in New York on April 4, 1892 on the ship, Massilia. The captain's name was Verries.  His mode of travel was steerage. He made his way to Philadelphia, Pa.    After establishing himself, Carmine brought his three children to the United States their ship was the Neustria , they arrived on January 9, 1901. 

Carmine decided to  remarry in 1899 to Rose Elizabeth Fredericks , they had nine children.  The families lived together on a farm in what is now known as the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, where the Roxborough High School sits today.  Carmine became a citizen of the United States in 1903.  In the census of 1910, it is noted for the first time that he Americanized his first name by changing it to Charles.

Carmine started a tailoring business and owned a  factory in Philadelphia, Pa. in  which he employed his children as well as other's.  My grandfather,  Raymond worked for him as a young man and became a foreman.  It was there , he met my grandmother Mary Anthony, a young girl of  14, whose specialty was  'hand buttonhole making'.   Because the family did not approve of the relationship,  Raymond and Mary decided to  elope to  Elkton, Maryland in 1915.  The marriage caused  problems for Raymond  with his father, and from then on, my grandfather found work elsewhere.   Carmine died in 1922.  I do not know if the relationship was ever mended.

Raymond was called for the service during World War I but was not taken.   Raymond and  Mary had five children, Carmen, who died in infancy, a second son,  Michael,  a third,  my father  Raymond Jr. , a fourth,  Edward, and a daughter Mary Jane who died as a toddler.