ARPINO James John Reid 1955
Next to the groom are his parents, Giuseppe Domenico Arpino and Carmina d’Agostino. By the bride, her parents, Giacomo d’Agostino and Francesca Rufo. Behind the groom is his brother Antonio with arm around wife Antonietta Zoccola. Other than the small children at the front, everyone else, to my knowledge, is originally from Sant’Elia.
(di Stefano & di Meo branch of the family)
James J Reid is a talented artist, graphic designer and photographer, having graduated from the University of Westminster in 2002. JJ as he is known, was born in 1955 in Scotland, the son of Angelina Hunter and John Reid. James spent much of his formative years living with his grandparents, Mary and James Hunter in the village of Pathead, Midlothian, Scotland, where Mary’s parents had settled after the First World War.
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BIRTH 26 NOV 1838 • Vorno, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
DEATH 30 JAN 1904 • Castelvecchio Pascoli, Barga, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
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Maria Giovanna Eletta Maddelena Brucciani
1844–1898
BIRTH 26 NOV 1844 • Castelvecchio Pascoli, Barga, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
DEATH 05 OCT 1898 • Castelvecchio Pascoli, Barga, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
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Augusto Niccoloa Quilietti
1870–1904
BIRTH 20 OCT 1870 • Castelvecchio Pascoli, Barga, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
DEATH 13 MAY 1904 • Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Francesca Juliette Arpino
1873–1943
BIRTH 25 JUN 1873 • Sant’ Elia, Fiumerapido, Italy
DEATH 21 JUL 1943 • Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
His son and grandson now live in Finland. Well this is the first of the Clan to live in this particular part of the globe. His other lines take him back also to Ireland where the surname Joyce originated, as well as having the Scottish Roots through the Hunter branch.
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Angelina Quilietti
1894–1959
BIRTH 6 APR 1894 • 85 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
DEATH 10 DEC 1959 • Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Giovanni Battista Arpino
1887–1961
BIRTH 29 SEP 1887 • Sant’Elia Fiumerapido, Frosinone, Central Italy
DEATH 14 MARCH 1961 • Fordel Cafe, Patthead, Midlothian, Scotland
What appears to be a hill in the background is one of the pit spoilheaps, aka bing.
2nd pic is Tarbrax Gala Day 1920. Henry’s 3 year old daughter Jenny would almost certainly have watched with her mother Lizzie Joyce, even if not actively participating
James spent some of his life growing up in Malta where his mother lived for many years.
James has a brother Craig to be confirmed, photo of himself and his family below
JJ’s 4th Great Grandfather name required please JJ – THE REID FAMILY
The anti-royalist strain goes back many centuries. Although a certain brutish ancestor called Morgan, did buy a large section of Faversham Abbey in Kent after Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries. That same ancestor had at least 5 wives, only 2 of whom lasted past their teens then sued each other, and the church, over his will. Quite an interesting chap. He owned the King’s Head in Faversham circa 1600-1624 and was mixed up with the ‘Queen’s Players’ who were an acting troupe and heavily involved in political intrigue. It reeks of Elizabethan skulduggery and Kit Marlowe.
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