'This is my family. They were all born in Milan, Italy, and came to Boston via ship in 1886 (?) and later lived in Dorchester, then Malden. Louis was a stonemason and worked with the construction crew to build the Boston Public Library. Charles was a house painter. At the age of 23, he returned to Italy and died of painters colic. Joseph's first wife and child died of the flu epidemic in 1917. Pictured: Louis Piotti (great-grandfather), Charles Piotti (great uncle), Joseph Piotti (great uncle), Grace Bassani Piotti (great-grandmother), Theresa Piotti (grandmother).'
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