Personal Narrative: Based Off Immigrants

In America most people are composed of diverse nationalities. Each person has a story behind their eyes, such as how they got to the United States and where they came from. If someone were to guess my specific nationality based off my generic name and pale skin color, most likely the guess would be Irish or Norwegian. In reality, my nationality is from all over, my closest and most recent ancestor from Italy. America is a country entirely based off immigrants, which means everyone has a different origin and backstory.

In 1901, my great-great-grandfather was born in Tunisia, North Africa. His name was Matteo Pecoraro, originally from Italy. His family were traveling from Italy to America at this time and officially arrived in Utah in 1903. Salt Lake City, Utah is where the Pecoraro family settled in. This is also where Matteo met the love of his life, Elizabeth Schmidt. They married in 1924, and had two children, one of which, continued my history. This was Margaret Pecoraro.

In Italy in the 1900, it was economically satisfying for the masonry industry. Other areas of work like agriculture and art were not as high class as those who were laying bricks. The masonry industry is where my family worked, including …show more content…
In 1890, Claude Clifford Pratt was born to Artemus Pratt and Virtue Cooper. He led a beautiful life and became a reverend for the Mormon church. He is still a well respected icon in Salt Lake City. He was drafted into World War II years later, and married Junia Gaskill. He had a son named Claude Clifford Pratt JR, who also went to the military.It was tradition to name your children after reverends in hopes they would continue the religious power. Claude Clifford Pratt JR married Matteo Pecoraro’s daughter, Margaret Pecoraro, and became a reverend at the church as well. Since he had a lot of affection for his father, Claude C Pratt Jr, named his son Claude Clifford Pratt