Louis jannetta biography

Louis Anthony Jannetta was born to parents Concetta and Francesco Jannetta on March 29th, 1928 in Roccamandolfi, Italy. At the tender age of one his father left for Canada and Louis lived with his Mother and sister, grandparents, two aunts and an uncle in a 3 bedroom stone house where he fed the animals, collected wood and fetched water for the family.

Life was hard but happy too with fond memories of being an alter boy, playing in the sun, stomping grapes and riding donkeys bareback.

In July of 1935 his Mother told him and his sister Carmella to pack, they were going to Canada to join their father. After a long and uncomfortable voyage they landed at Ellis Island and then travelled by train to Toronto’s Little Italy.

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Louis was introduced to his father and worked from almost the day he arrived, selling fruit off a cart.

It was the depression and times were tough. At school he was constantly beaten up. With nickels and dimes saved from selling fruit and doing bakery deliveries