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Guadagni Canadian Immigration Records
Dear Mary, Michael, Mimi and Tecla,
Thought you might be interested in these pictures of the original Canadian immigration records for all 9 members of our parental (and grand parental) generation. They’re available free of charge on ancestry.com until tomorrow (Sept. 5) so I looked them up and found everyone. Mary, just like you said, Luigi and Zato came over the previous year (1923) and the rest followed in 1924. I couldn’t find Luigi at first but hunted around and finally found him as Gurdagni (incorrectly spelled). Like travelling back in time . . .
Sandy
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Remembering Uncle Frank
Frank Guadagni was a truly remarkable man. To his extended family he was
heaven sent tutoring his children, nieces, nephews,
friends and students on a regular basis. In my case his
help was invaluable. I doubt I would have passed my
matrics without his constant assistance. Both my sisters
also benefited from his brilliant teaching. A friend to
all who knew him, he was the perfect teacher.
On November 6th 1964, Professor Frank Guadagni,
succumbed to a massive heart attack. At the time
of death, he was an associate professor at Loyola
College, an institution to which he had devoted more
than twenty-two years of his life.
Uncle Frank was borne in Florence in 1912 and came to
Canada with his parents and six brothers and sisters in
1927. The family settled in Montreal where Frank
attended Montreal High School and later McGill
University. He graduated in Metallurgical engineering in
1937 with highest honors and was awarded the Governor
generals medal. After five years in industry, he joined
Loyola’s faculty in 1942.
One of Uncle Frank’s main accomplishments was the
founding of the Engineering department where he served
as its only professor from 1942 to 1959. He also taught
all the chemistry courses at Loyola between 1942 and
1953. Uncle Frank was loved by all his students as well
as those who worked with him. Bill Duley, one of his
students commented in the Loyola news “that Professor
Guadagni was the professors professor. He was
essentially a good teacher.” Another of his students,
Jacques Richer, wrote, “Professor Guadagni was in the
words of one faculty member the finest teacher this
college ever had. His devotion, ability, and even more
so his sympathetic friendship was appreciated by all his
students.” Bob Boucher in his weekly editorial
paid tribute to Professor Guadagni. He remarked how the
“sentiments, which had been voiced in the past two weeks
were felt, and expressed, while the man was alive. They
are not simply the superficial show of sympathy, which
follows most deaths. He concluded his article by adding,
“what greater compliment can be paid a man, than to say
that the praise he received in life was no less than he
received in death.” Professor D. Hudson, a former
student and colleague said “as a student I knew him to
be a tireless dedicated teacher, the kind of teacher
which a student runs into once or twice in his study
career. As a colleague, I’ve been able to see more
closely how deep this dedication was. His commitment to
his students was complete.”
On the Thursday before his death, five students came to
visit and talk to Uncle Frank at the Royal Victoria
Hospital where he was recovering from a heart attack. He
was very weak but he still managed to help the students
with their assignments. This would prove to be the last
time he was to teach as he died the next morning.
On November 16, 1964, a little more than a week after
Uncle Frank’ s death, the college dedicated The Guadagni
lounge in his memory. Mr. Sterling Dorance, Director of
development for Loyola College, officially opened the
new common room. It is still in use today and serves as
a fitting memorial to a wonderful man who evoked
admiration and love not only from his pupils, his
colleagues, his family, but from all who knew him.
Francesco Carloni Autobiography
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The Will of Gherardo Guadagni
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Translated Email From Marco Guadagni
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License to Celebrate Mass
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Castle of San Leolini
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Newspaper Article of Le Progres
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The Famous Guadagni Art Gallery
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Carlo Guadgni and Francesco Carloni visit Lyon
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An Australian Connection Discoverd and Photographed by Miriam Cooper
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Francesco Carloni's Correspondence relating to topics of the Guadagni Family History or to the Lives of its Members
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