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re: Italian Immigration to Louisiana
Posted on 3/17/24 at 2:58 pm to JasonDBlaha
Posted on 3/17/24 at 2:58 pm to JasonDBlaha
Where the frick do you get your info from?
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Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:03 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My great grandparents got off the train in Plaquemine, La from Palermo, Sicily and settled in Plaquemine, BR, New Roads and spread out across the area mostly South of Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:16 pm to Limitlesstigers
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Totally unrelated but you ever notice the shock on people from out of state when you tell them you are from Louisiana but you aren't 100% French. I have Cajun ancestry but most of family came from Germany and Croatia and whenever I tell people that they say "I thought everyone there was Cajun." Like it's an American state, did you think they quit letting immigrants in after the Cajuns came?
I know exactly what you mean! I’m a special blend you don’t find much around here. My mother is of Irish, English, and French descent. My father is Arab and grew up in the Middle East.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:41 pm to Demonbengal
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A lot of the Sicilians moved into northla and got into farming as well. Shreveport and Monroe have several old Italian restaurants opened by these folks. Still several families involved in farming also.
They spread from New Orleans all over the Gulf South, as far north as Shreveport and beyond. Several old Shreveport institutions were founded by Italian and Sicilian immigrants or their offspring.
Santa Maria Produce
Stan’s Records
Many grocery stores, including Fertita’s
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:56 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Italians were not allowed in the Baton Rouge Country Club.
I remember hearing this in the 2000’s… no idea if it was true then though.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:57 pm to tgrbaitn08
My Baton Rouge grandfather,originally from Crowley,hated Italians.Never called them Italians,it was always “damn dago’s”.I never knew why,he just did.
His oldest son(my mother’s brother) married an Italian after WW2,caused a lot of hard feelings.
My uncle had 3 sons,all lived in Baton Rouge.He would bring them to see my grandparents couple hours every Christmas,that was the only time they saw their 3 grandsons.my aunt never visited nor did my grandparents ever visit them.
Pretty sad situation.
I never understood all that,there were lots of Italians in Ellick,went to school with many.There were never any issues.
Several popular restaraunts in Ellick were run by Italians-Suburban Gardens,Louie’s Barbecue.Only bakery I knew of was Tasty Bakery,owned by a Mr.Villard.
His oldest son(my mother’s brother) married an Italian after WW2,caused a lot of hard feelings.
My uncle had 3 sons,all lived in Baton Rouge.He would bring them to see my grandparents couple hours every Christmas,that was the only time they saw their 3 grandsons.my aunt never visited nor did my grandparents ever visit them.
Pretty sad situation.
I never understood all that,there were lots of Italians in Ellick,went to school with many.There were never any issues.
Several popular restaraunts in Ellick were run by Italians-Suburban Gardens,Louie’s Barbecue.Only bakery I knew of was Tasty Bakery,owned by a Mr.Villard.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 3:59 pm to NyCaLa
quote:bless you for that
NyCaLa
I’m embarrassed to say I’ve lost track of many cousins (I’m Chris)
hope all is well
I’ll tell Gloria and Paula you said hey
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:00 pm to SlowFlowPro
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dad would have legit fought you for calling Sicilians, Italians
The dagos in independence got into a spat and ended up with an Italian Festival and a Sicilian Festival.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:13 pm to LSUA 75
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Never called them Italians,it was always “damn dago’s”
I get called a Dago just about everyday
It doesnt bother me
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:22 pm to PowerTool
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Interesting, thanks for mentioning that. I've always seen Saia trucks all over Houston, but never looked up their history.
Yep, founded and used to be headquartered in the booming metropolis of Houma. The family sold it in the late 80s if I remember correctly.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:26 pm to Limitlesstigers
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The main reason why SELA baws put tomatoes in their gumbo.
No it's not.....thats creole thing
And it's not gravy it's sauce
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:26 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Checking in
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:34 pm to SlowFlowPro
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My dad would have legit fought you for calling Sicilians, Italians
My dad and uncles used to legit fight people back when they were growing up in the 40's and 50's if someone called them a WOP
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:44 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Aside from New Orleans and Ellis Island, another point of entry to Louisiana was through Vermilion Parish. Sicilians were recruited to move directly there to work the fields in the late 1800s.
They were considered second class citizens, and also non-white.
My great-grandparents came from Palermo through Ellis Island, and settled in Baltimore. My grandmother was raised in Baltimore, then moved to the south when she was old enough, got married and started a family, eventually living most of her life in Baton Rouge.
They were considered second class citizens, and also non-white.
My great-grandparents came from Palermo through Ellis Island, and settled in Baltimore. My grandmother was raised in Baltimore, then moved to the south when she was old enough, got married and started a family, eventually living most of her life in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:46 pm to SaintlyTiger88
This is interesting. The Mississippi Delta also had an influx of Italians.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:46 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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My mother is of Irish, English, and French descent. My father is Arab and grew up in the Middle East.
Damn, we're probably somehow relatives on 23andMe.
Italians seemed to have worked in a ton of shipyards, so it's natural. It's a similar reason to why there are so many Irish descendants in Liverpool. If you're from low class stock (Scots, Irish, Italian) you tend to go to where you're allowed to work. Coal, ships, steel, were all dangerous AF, so the "low class" immigrants could usually find plenty of jobs where the employers couldn't be as picky to exclude them.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:49 pm to G Vice
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another point of entry to Louisiana was through Vermilion Parish.
really? I've never met a single Italian or Sicilian from Vermilion or Iberia Parish
Who are the prominate Italian families in that area?
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:52 pm to Reservoir dawg
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This is interesting. The Mississippi Delta also had an influx of Italians.
Not sure what part of Italy that influx is from. Read the great book Rising Tide. It covers the 1927 flood and many related things, among them the actions of a prominent politician in the Delta who struggled to get enough labor into the area to take advantage of the rich cropland. He recruited the Italians and others.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:55 pm to tgrbaitn08
Piazza. Piazza Office Supply, been there forever in Abbeville. Mark Piazza was a two-term mayor of Abbeville until a few years ago.
Russo
Guarino. The old Guarino Blacksmith shop in Abbeville is still there today as a tourist attraction.
Russo
Guarino. The old Guarino Blacksmith shop in Abbeville is still there today as a tourist attraction.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 4:56 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Between the wops and the coonasses no wonder S La is fricked up.
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