Luigi and Maria Ancora

                         Clockwise

Nonni, Carmela, Tomasina, Maria, Luigi and Nonni's Grandmother

In 1924, the Ancora family was finally ready to rejoin Belasario in America.  But some bureaucratic corruption prevented Nonni's brother and sister from making the journey to America.  A rich family bribed an official in the office, and Luigi and Maria's Visa papers were stolen.   So the family was presented with their only option.  Nonni and her Grandmother sailed to America, while Luigi and Maria embarked for Argentina. 

Zio Luigi

They did at least have a cousin in Argentina to get them settled.  Carmela's sister's son had settled in Buenos Aires earlier, and the brother and sister set aground with "Francesco."  Nonetheless, the hope was to secure a visa from Argentina and be reunited in Rhoda Island. Unfortunately, the emigration laws in Argentina made the siblings flight impossible. As such, Luigi became a electrician and supported his sister among the large Italian community in Buenos Aires.  He would eventually marry and an Italian woman, and Perota (Compillo) and Beba (Butti) were his two daughters.

On Left, Maria and her Husband Hugo. Luigi and his wife with Beba and Perota.

Beba

Maria would marry Alfonso, but all her children died in child birth.  Although she ended up raising Luigi's children after his wife died.  Perota married and gave birth to Marcello and Beba married Hugo who was a navy man in the time of Juan Peron.  Their kids were Silvia and Ricardo, and they later opened deli and made homemade macaroni.

Beba, Hugo and their Family

The family separation was entirely permanent, though.  Nonni and Nonni visited Argentina in 1964 and Luigi came to Sparta and Shenorock in 1974.  I actually remember Luigi watching TV with us as Richard Nixon resigned before the nation.  Apparently he had a comment that spoke to his times in Argentina. "In my country, Nixon would have had them all shot."