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Sunday, May 18, 2025
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Selections from a speech given by Dr.
Walter Temelini, published in La Gazzetta February 13th, 1987 (Copyright
1987, Windsor Italo-Canadian Culture Centre)
Thanks to the research carried out by the Windsor Italo-Canadian
Culture Centre, particularly by Nevi Rusich, and
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1893
City Directory Listing for Michael Cauzillo, Native of Genoa,
Who Ran One of This Area’s First Italian Businesses
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the support of your Association, we
have been able to discover that by the late 19th century some Italians
were already operating small businesses in the
Windsor area and that one of them was quite successful. |
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In the 1891 census,
the Italian born Michael Cauzillo was
described as a “prosperous commercial merchant”.
According to his grandson Leo Cauzillo, his grandfather
also sold merchandise in different parts of Canada.
His success appears to have been quick. Michael Cauzillo arrived
in Windsor in 1873, at the age of 17. In the 1881 census he was
already listed as a fruit dealer and by 1891 as a grocer, who apparently
also had a butcher shop. The 1891 census records may offer a
further indication of the sound economic and social status his
large family was enjoying at this time, for his household included
five children and a
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The
Ferrari family was one of the first Italian families
to arrive in the Windsor area in the late 1800s. They
had many different businesses. PM687
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domestic servant – the German-born Cecilia
Sorensen…
At this point we are certain of only two
Italian businesses in the Windsor area before 1900: |
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Cauzillo's Grocery (at
20/28 Glengarry) and Joseph Bova's Fruit Store
and Confectionary (at 39/63 Sandwich St.
West - near Ouellette)
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The
opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. |
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