The Toran Heritage:
"Pa", Our Grandfather, Ralph Toran was from the Port of
Gaeta, a small village North of Naples in the southern part of the Region of Latium.
He came to the United States of America in the early 1900's at age 17. Also coming to the US were his brothers Roberto, who opened a restaraunt in Leominster, MA., Alphonse, an artist who worked in New York and settled in Florida, Jenny who
lived in Somerville, MA. Pictured are his wife Angela, his son
Nestore´ and a daughter, Rose.
His father was a customs official at the Port of Naples. He had 7 children;
Nestore´, Rose, Dante´, Mary,
Irma, Fred, and Theresa. His eldest son, Nestore´,
moved to Needham in the early 40's. Nestor had five sons; Richard, Robert, Ralph, Russell, and Roger.
Rose married Al Cibotti and moved to Dedham. They had 3 children Ronnie, Donnie and Richy. Dan had three children; Janice, Dan, and Jeffrey.
They lived in Framingham and then Weston. Mary moved to New York and became a purveyor of fashion.
Fred settled in Falmouth, MA where he taught high school and became a coaching legend. Fred and Anne raised six girls. Theresa married Earl Crocker,
a Boston Policeman, and they raised three children Cheryl, Richy, and Karen. They lived in Foxboro, MA.
A short account of Pa's early years in America will soon be published. He resided for most of his life at 12 Lesher Street
in Roslindale, Massachusetts and worked for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad at their Readville Car Barns,rebuilding locomotive ste am engines.
Nestor spent most of his creative life working for Baird Atomic, which had its roots in Cambridge, Mass. A more extensive Bio. is underway.
One of Nestor's great joys was to retreat to his cabin in the woods of Swanzey, New Hampshire.This photo;was taken the day he fell into the Perry Brook!
