Immigration stories
old. He along with his brother (age 6) arrived with their mother
Concepcion Tato Chiono. They settled in Santa Clara, California
Mexico, married Pietro Chiono b. Italy, who was in charge of the silver mine
in Banamichi. In 1917 Concepcion Tato lost her daughter Ma. Antonia
CHIONO when she fell out of a high chair. Her husband Pietro CHIONO (my
grandfather) died Dec 1918 and her father Candelario TATO died Nov 1919
both from the 1918 flu epidemic. Concepcion Tato knew that she was not
well, so with a very heavy heart she immigrated to the United States in 1923
with her two sons, my father and his brother. She was a brave woman and
wanted a better life for her sons. They settled in Santa Clara,
California where they were befriended by Henry Warburton and his wife
Matilda Warburton. Concepcion knew that she was ill and asked that the
Warburton's take care
