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(ref figure 9).'" Luigia had given birth to a sixth child Josephine in 1881, a daughter
Eliza in 1882 and son Albert in 1884, chUdren who were taken often to visit their
grandmother and uncles in Hepbum. It was ritual events, such as Charlie's marriage in
1885,'* however, which the young Ferraris most enjoyed and which brought the family
together wdth their friends in the Italian-speaking community.
Unlike his sister, who had been raised in Ticino and hence attracted to an
Italian-speaking partner, Charlie Vanina married 'the girl next door', Ann Hewatt,
whose parents ran a hotel and general store. Though not strictly an endogamous
marriage, it reflected the almost universal desire to retain familiar aspects of one's
social environment. The couple Uved for a time with Giuseppa, in an arrangement
conducive to cultural exchange and ethnic toleration. Ann produced her first child in
the year following her marriage, naming her Josephine after her mother-in-law. Within
a year or two, Giuseppina had endowed a piece of land to the young couple, where
they built their first home; it became one of several future Vanina establishments
clustered around Biasca. Here Ann bore a further nine children: Martha on 5 October
1887, Joseph on 16 May 1889, Annie on 21 April 1891 (the same year that Chariie
was registered as the owner of a half hectare vineyard at Hepbum)," Helen on 21
December 1892, Charies on 12 March 1895 (who died a year later), Mary on 9 April
1897, Florence on 15 March 1899, Charies Bmce on 15 August 1900 and Robert on 3
July 1902. Together wdth Luigia's family in Daylesford, the Vaninas were now a
prominent presence in the Jim Crow region.
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