The Quilietti Family

Fortune has again kissed us with information from Mark Sim who is grandson of Angelina Arpino [daughter of Angelina Quilietti].  This is a lost branch of the family and we are grateful to Mark for allowing us to share his family and his gran’s stories.

Angelina was born on 4th July 1921.   She is the daughter of Angelina Quilietti and Giovanni or John Arpino.  There were eight children of this marriage and with each branch of the family extending with their own twists and turns.  As we write this page in her honour we hope that we can try and give her some pleasure in the knowledge that her life and her ancestors will be documented and not lost in the passing of time.   Thank you Mark for making this possible and for sisters Angelina and Carrie other branches of the family who have also been striving to re-unite with their family history.  

ANGELINA ARPINO or LINA

Angelina was brought up in the Patthead area of Midlothian. Like the other members of the Arpino Clan she helped in the family run confectionery and fish shop in the village. Both she and sister Mary worked in the Land Army during the Second War. I managed to find Angelina’s Land Army Record which I insert below.

A bit about the family

They had two children Antonio and Angelina.

Angelina  married Jonni  [Ian] Palys who was of  Polish descent.     His parents were Andrew Palys and Katherine Konelyila.  The Second  World War brought its fair share of Polish to Scotland and this is how they met. Angelina or Lina as her sister Mary called her, also played their parts  in the War Effort and they were both part  of the Land Army.  They enjoyed a civil marriage which was becoming more freely available after the toils of the time. They had three children. Mark, Angelina and Carrie. See photos below. Angelina has two sons Jake and Ryan. Mark has one son Alexander. Carrie has Dylan, Kyle and Sadie Angelina Amelia, who was the first girl born in the family for 34 years.

Antonio married Heather Joy Oliver. Their two sons are Rickie and Stevie Palys. You can see them below with kilts on.

The Palys  surname itself is not common and even today outside Poland the family name is quite rare.  USA  has the second largest population of the surname.

Angelina Arpino Palys died in January 2019 at the ripe old age of 98.  She was well loved by her family and they were happy to have shared so many years with her.   She left her remains to Medical Science.  RIP Angelina. The family have a bench dedicated to her in a Park near her home