BIOGRAPHIES: Amedeo ALFONSE, Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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  Amedeo Alfonse, prominent business man and a real leader in the Italian
colony of Cumberland and vicinity, was born in Italy, Aug. 2, 1876, the son
of George and Agatha (Manella) Alfonse, who brought him to New York in
1882, to Spooner, Wis., in 1886, and to Cumberland in 1892, in all of which
towns he attended school. In 1900, in order to see more of the country, he
entered the employ of the Northern Pacific, as a timekeeper, and worked in
various towns in Montana and Idaho. He returned to Cumberland in 1903 and
farmed for two years. In 1905 he became manager of the company store of
Miller Waterman & Co., at Cumberland, in which position he has since
remained. He is a good business man and has the confidence of the entire
community, being known far and wide for his fair dealing and efficiency. He
is vice president of the local branch of the Italian Aid Society and of the
local lodge of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. He is looked up to as
adviser and helper of all his fellow countrymen in this region. Mr. Alfonse
was married Jan. 4, 1900, at Cumberland, to Carrninella Di Re, who was born
in Cantalupe, nel Sannio, Italy, daughter of Nicholas and Victoria Di Re.
The children of this union are Helen, Margaret, George, Josephine, Mary,
Leopold, Joseph, Agatha and John, all born in Cumberland city. Helen was
born Dec. 14, 1900; Margaret, Sept. 25, 1902; George, June 25, 1904;
Josephine, March 20, 1907; Mary, Aug. 14, 1911; Leopold, April 5, 1914;
Joseph, June 6, 1916; Agatha, April 7, 1918, and John, July 23, 1920. Helen
is now the wife of Dominick Felecette of Minneapolis.
 
--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 571-72.