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MARTELLI, Carmela

Origin Casignana, Italy
Accompanying Family Giuseppina Martelli (Mother) and 3 sisters - Paola, Anna and Antonia.
First settled in Perth, Western Australia
Occupation in Australia Seamstress

CASTEL BIANCO

Departure Port Messina, Italy
Arrival Year 1952

Fremantle

64 panel

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Carmela arrived with her mother and 3 sisters to join her father who had already been here for 3 years. The family resided in Bayswater and she commenced work as a seamstress. She married Francesco Drago in 1959.

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