Danny's great grandparents Rosa and Peter Traverso in later life. Rosa and Peter both born in Italy but met and married in Galveston, Texas in mid-1870's.
West side store and Boat Owner Captain Peter Traverso owned a general merchandise store on Old River in the Henry Griffith League and due south of Louis Traverso's store. He also served as Postmaster for Winfree from 1894-1896. He owned a boat which engaged in trade between Old River and Galveston.
William "Willie" Laurence Traverso was born May 21, 1881 in Galveston, Texas. Willie died December 19, 1906 in Galveston Bay aboard the sailboat "Folly".
Harry James Traverso was the sixth child of the eight children of Peter S. Traverso Sr. and Rosa Puppo Traverso. Married Connie Fisher and they had two children, Sibyl Traverso and H. R. Traverso, Jr. He was born December 6, 1891 in Galveston, Texas.
Steve Balones Traverso was born June 17, 1887 and died April 14, 1961. He married Ellen Green and they had two daughters, Quida Traverso and Evelyn Traverso. Son of Peter S. Traverso, Sr. and Rosa Puppo.
Photograph from the early 1880's of Antone "Tony" Stephen Traverso and his older brother, Peter Stephen Traverso, Jr. in Galveston, Texas.
Captain Peter Traverso's sloop "Annetta" that he used to run mail and supplies from Galveston Island to Old River and Winfree in Chambers County Texas during the 1890's.
Peter Traverso's sloop damaged high and dry after the hurricane that killed several thousands of people on and around Galveston Island in 1900. Note the main mast sheared in half.
Rosa Puppo Traverso with grandchildren in the early 1920's.
Peter S. Traverso, Sr. and wife Rosa with their first child, Peter S. Traverso, Jr. ( Danny, Jr's grandfather ) who was born in Winfree, Texas on November 13, 1876.
This is certainly a picture of Rosa Puppo's mother, Maria Rosa Perfumo who married Stefano Puppo. The photo was made in a studio in Sanpierdarena, which today is central northern part of Genoa, Italy and in the late 19th century was a fishing village 4 kilometers north of the city. This probably dates from the 1880s and was sent to her youngest daughter in Texas.
Rosa Puppo Traverso holding the Faust twins, Tony and Bobby in 1921.
Definitely a photo of young Rosa Puppo, born near Genoa, Italy April 1, 1852. She came to Louisiana and then to Galveston, Texas in 1871. Several brothers and an older sister had earlier immigrated to New Orleans and Galveston. This picture probably is before her marriage in 1875 to Peter S. Traverso, Sr. and the young man in the photo is probably one of her brothers. Rosa died in Galveston on December 10, 1923. She was living her final years in Galveston with her youngest child and only daughter, Rosa Callixto Traverso Faust.
Rosa Puppo and Peter S. Traverso, Sr. pictured in 1894 with their children just after the birth of their last child, Rosa Callixto Traverso ( on mother's lap ).
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