MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
John Giovanni and Maria Lizzi were married in the
John worked on the C.P.R. for a short time, where
The following summer John had an attack of malaria.
Maria remained a good homemaker, was an excellent
After moving to Lethbridge John worked at the Royal
This takes care of the Lizzi family, just a small outline,
Province of Udine, Italy, December 21, 1918.
They left for Canada April 26, 1921, with daughter
Elda, arriving in Quebec May 7, 1921. From here
they travelled by train to Lethbridge, and then to Coalhurst.
a young chap tried teaching him the English language.
To overcome this he spent one summer working
on a farm at Lac La Biche where the outdoors and
good wholesome milk helped, and he fully recovered.
From then until the mine explosion he worked in the
mine. He belonged to the 0. 1. E D. I., which was
the Italian Lodge, in which he held executive positions.
He also sang in the Italian Choir. After the explosion
he worked for one winter in a Drumheller mine, then
returned to Coalhurst, and in 1937 moved to Lethbridge.
seamstress, and did some dressmaking for others.
While in Lethbridge she was noted for her spaghetti
dinners, especially for a son's friends. A son Nino, was
bom in 1923, but had died in infancy, as had a son
born in Italy.
View Mine for several years, and when that closed
he gained employment at the Southern Alberta
Co-op as a warehouse man. He worked there until
his heart attack (at work) in 1961. John and Maria
lived in their home on Seventh Avenue north until
his health forced them to sell their home and move
into the Golden Acres Lodge. John passed away
October 26, 1973. Maria enjoyed good health until
April, 1972, when she had the misfortune of being a
"knocked down pedestrian" while in a crosswalk.
She was hospitalized for nearly four months. As
she was unable to maintain her household duties, it
was then that they moved to the Lodge, where she
remained until she passed away, May 8, 1976.
but just enough to be included in the History of Coalhurst.
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