toronto cemetery

On my walk on this very hot and humid summer day in July, I couldn’t ignore this family name on a grave monument at St. John’s, Norway Cemetery, Toronto. A snowball fight would be most welcome right about now!

When 15-year-old James Franceschini stepped off the boat from Pescara, Italy, in 1906, he arrived in Canada with no money and barely a word of English.But what he lacked in wealth, he made up for with determination. Before long, James had launched his own small contracting business. He carefully saved every dollar, invested in equipment, […]