Submitter's First Name
Carmela
Submitter's Last Name
Virgilio
Relationship to Honoree
Daughter
Submitter's Phone Number
401-769-4073
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Michele
Mill Employee Last Name
Virgilio
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Manfredonia, Italy
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Falls Yarn
Job Title 1
Mule Spinner
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1931
Mill Employee End Date 1
1951
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Nickname
Mike
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
Italian
Mill Employee House Worship
St. Anthony
Biography Text
Michele worked at Falls Yarn mill till it closed. The mill was owned by the Cavedon family. Michele was offered a job to go to North Carolina as the textile mills were moving there by the early 1950's. He chose not to relocate.