The Snapshot Project

Caruso/Kelly Family

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Submitted by Rosemarie Kelly.
Caruso Construction: Grandpa and his crew in early 1900.
Giuseppe/Joe Caruso supervised the construction of the huge retaining walls in the town of Atlantic Highlands, NJ.

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Submitted by Rosemarie Kelly
Grandmother, Rosa Caruso (above)
Grandfather, Giuseppe/Joe Caruso (below)

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“She was 15 when she boarded the ship alone, 15 when she arrived in New York only to find that life was going to be terribly rough there as well,” writes Rosemarie Kelly in Rosa, A Novel by Rosemarie Kelly, a book about her grandmother with whom she had lived growing up. Rosemarie is currently working on the sequel.