Pastora, Pastore, Boggio, and Ricca Family History

Collection — Container: Folder 1

Identifier: MS-958

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Genealogical information, photographs, and written recollections of the Pastora, Pastore, Boggio, and Ricca families of Houghton County, Michigan. The families were immigrants from Italy who settled in South Range and other mining towns--including Calumet and Dickinson County's Iron Mountain--in the Upper Peninsula near the turn of the 20th century. Compiled by a descendant, the family history collection incorporates reproductions of family photographs, newspaper articles, and vital records alongside memories and narratives of the lives of various relatives. Also included is a 1922 clipping from the Daily Mining Gazette that describes a fight by famous boxer Jack Dempsey.

Dates

1922-circa 2010

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biographical Note

The Pastora/Pastore, Boggio, and Ricca families originated in the Piedmont region of Italy and moved to the United States beginning in the 1880s. Members of the Pastore/Pastora families went first to the iron mines of Michigan, residing in Iron Mountain before relocating to South Range in about 1893. In about 1888, Raymbaultown, near Calumet, became home to individuals from the Boggio and Ricca families; in the early 1900s, they moved to South Range, where they remained.

Descendants of the families have settled throughout the United States and have enjoyed success in business, law, and military service.