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Emidio F. Balsamo was the eldest in a family of three sons and three daughters and in is boyhood days he became a pupil in the schools of his native country, while after com- ing to the United States he continued his education as a night school pupil in New Haven- a fact which indicates his laudable ambition to improve. He crossed the Atlantic alone in 1878, when but eleven years of age, and secured a humble position with the Candee Rubber Company. That he was faithful and capable, performing his daily tasks with ability, is shown by the fact that he was retained in the service of that company for twenty years and was holding the important position of cutter when he resigned in order to engage in business on his own account. In 1903 he became associated with Anthony J. Verdi in or- ganizing the firm of Verdi & Balsamo, and the business which they started in a small way has now grown to extensive proportions. After a time their profits enabled them to purchase ground at 444 Grand avenue, on which they erected a model office building, also built a scale room and laid trackage for fuel cars. They have a modern delivery service, including sev- eral anto trucks, and are regarded as farsighted, energetic and progressive business men in every way, building up a trade that is most gratifying.
In March, 1900, Mr. Balsamo was married to Miss Mary Nicolari. of New Haven, a
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daughter of Diego Nicolari, and they have become parents of five children: Rosina, who was born in January, 1901, and is now a student in St. Mary's Academy; Gabriel, who was born May 8, 1904, and Henry, who was born July 8, 1907, both now students in the Sacred Heart Academy; Marie, who was born May 9, 1909, and is also attending the same school; and George, who was born January 31, 1913, and completes the family.
In his political views Mr. Balsamo is a republican, giving stalwart support to the party since becoming a naturalized American citizen. He and his family are members of St. Anthony's Catholic church and he is identified with the Holy Name Society. His life record illustrates what may be accomplished by determined effort when circumstances force one to begin business life without capital. With limited advantages in youth he started out to make his own way in the world and in the school of experience learned many prac- tieal and valuable lessons that have made him in the course of years a successful and pro- gressive business man, now at the head of a profitable enterprise.
ARTHUR J. TUTTLE.
What a man does and what he attains depends largely upon his opportunities, but the man well balanced mentally and physically is possessed of sufficient courage to venture where favoring opportunity is presented. Through his active business career Arthur J. Tuttle has ever displayed that judgment and evenpaced energy which has carried him forward to the goal of success. He has never hesitated to take a forward step when the way was open, and though content with what he has attained as he has gone along, he has always been ready to make an advance. Today he is proprietor of the Tuttle Color Printing Com- pany of New Haven and as such is controlling an extensive and growing business.
Mr. Tuttle was born in East Haven, Connecticut, October 15, 1865, and comes of English ancestry. the family having been founded in America during the early part of the seventeenth century. The American progenitor, William Tuttle, settled on a land grant where Yale University now stands but afterward crossed the Quinnipiac river to East Haven and took up a traet extending five miles to Lighthouse Point. He played a very prominent part in connection with the early colonization and development of the district and was a man of considerable wealth and influence. Among his descendants were those who participated in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars and the War of 1812. Frederick Tuttle, the grandfather, was also widely and prominently known at East Haven. James Tuttle, the father of Arthur J. Tuttle, was engaged in the oyster business at Fairhaven for many years and won a grati- fying measure of prosperity in the conduet of his interests. He married Jane M. Potter, a representative of an old Connecticut family of English lineage founded on American soil in the early part of the seventeenth century. The death of James Tuttle occurred in 1907, when he was seventy-two years of age, while his wife passed away in 1914, also at the age of seventy-two.
Their only son, Arthur J. Tuttle, was educated in the public schools of New. Haven but at the age of sixteen started out to earn his own livelihood and entered upon an appren- ticeslip with the O. A. Dorman Company, color printers. He served with them for a four years' term and afterward engaged in the same line of business at various points through- out the west until 1899, when he returned to New Haven and established his present busi- ness. He started out in a comparatively small way but has developed a large plant and is now controlling a business of very substantial proportions, having on an average about thirty workmen. This is the only exclusive business of the kind in the state and his patron- age comes from all over New England. They reproduce anything in color, employing all of the latest improved machinery and the most recent developed methods. They print in three- color work what formerly required twenty colors in order to produce the same effect.
On the 10th of August, 1892. in Meriden. Connecticut, Mr. Tuttle was married to Miss Sarah A. Williams, a native of this state and a daughter of Thomas and Aliee (Chamber- Jain) Williams. Her father is deceased but her mother is still living. Mrs. Williams is a member of one of the prominent old families of Middletown, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have become parents of seven children: Philip, now in the United States navy; Richard G., who is a member of the Connecticut National Guard and was upon the Mexican
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border; William; Marjorie E .; Theodore F .; Wilson Lee .; and Robert A. Of these sons, Richard and William are now in business with their father.
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For a considerable period Arthur J. Tuttle occupied the old family homested which had been in possession of the Tuttles sinee William Tuttle, the American progenitor, established his home thereon. The property, however, was eventually sold by Arthur J. Tuttle in 1912. In politics he is a stalwart republican. He belongs to the Westville Congregational church and to the Edgewood Club, associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his eonduet. He is a successful man owing to his own efforts and perseverance. Indolenee and idleness have had no part in his makeup. On the contrary, he is possessed of indefatigable energy and laudable ambition and these have carried him for- ward along industrial lines until his position as a foremost business man of New Haven is assured.
HARRY L. READER.
Harry L. Reader is president of the Galvin Fruit & Commission Company and their busi- ness has reached gratifying proportions, being in excess of many in the same line in New Haven. The most envious should not grudge Mr. Reader his prosperity, for he came to Amer- ica a poor boy and through individual effort and unfaltering perseverance he has become one of New Haven's representative merehants and citizens. He was born in Russia on the 17th of April, 1877, and is a son of Joseph and Rebecca Reader, who were also natives of that eountry, where they spent their entire lives, the father being engaged in commercial pursuits. He passed away in 1909, while his wife died in 1913.
Harry L. Reader was the fifth in order of birth in their family of nine children and after obtaining his edneation in the schools of his native country he sought the opportunities offered in the new world, making his way direct to New Haven, where he arrived in 1893. He was employed in various ways, seorning no occupation that would yield him an honest living, and at length he secured a position in connection with the general fruit and produce business, working for others until 1905, when he established himself in business in a similar line, developing an enterprise which is now well known under the name of the Galvin Fruit & Commission Company and which has developed into one of the largest enterprises of this character in New England, with Mr. Reader as the president and Wolf Jacobs as the viee president and seeretary. The former has charge of the outside interests of the firm and from Monday until Friday is in New York, buying produce and supplies for the home trade.
On the 10th of March, 1901, Mr. Reader was married to Miss Annie Umanoff, of New York city, a daughter of Max Umanoff, and they have one child, Edward, who was born in New Haven. November 23, 1912. Mr. Reader is a Master Mason and is a member of the B'nai B'rith. He is also identified with the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all those forces which feature as factors in the upbuilding of his adopted eity, the extension of its trade relations and the upholding of its civie standards.
CHARLES HENRY CARROLL, M. D.
Engaged in the general practice of medicine but specializing to a large extent in surgery, Dr. Charles Henry Carroll has made for himself a prominent position among the representatives of his chosen calling in New Haven, has native city. He was born August 3, 1890, a son of William Carroll and directly related to Charles Carroll, of Maryland, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. William Carroll, his father, was a native of Ireland and eame to Ameriea in 1863, making his way direet to New Haven, where he resided until his death, which occurred in March, 1891, when he was forty-two years of age. He was a locomotive engineer with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for many years. He wedded Margaret Gorman, a native of Ireland, who in 1863 came to the United States and also established her home in New Haven, where she became the wife of William Carroll and the mother of ten children, six of whom are yet living.
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Dr. Carroll is the youngest of the family. He attended St. Francis parochial school and also the high school of New Haven, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908. His professional training was received in the medical department of Yale, where he won his M. D. degree in 1912. Following his graduation he served for eighteen months as interne in St. Raphael's Hospital of New Haven and then entered upon private practice, in which he has since continued, and while remaining in general practice, he gives much attention to surgery, having attained marked proficiency in that field.
On the 23d of November, 1915, in New Haven, Dr. Carroll was married to Miss Irene Dunlap, a native of this city and a daughter of Joseph J. and Susan (Maroney) Dunlap, representatives of an old and prominent family here. Her father is now deceased.
Dr. and Mrs. Carroll. belong to St. Rose Catholic church and he is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of St. Patrick, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity. In polities he maintains an independent course. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the New Haven, the New Haven County, the Connecticut State and the American Medical Associations. He has worked his own way upward entirely through individual effort and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He taught night classes in a high school for several years and thus gained the capital that enabled him to continue his own education and prepare for his chosen life work. That he made no mistake in his choice is evidenced by the progress that he has made since starting upon professional work. He has a well appointed office and has gained a degree of efficiency in surgical work that numbers him among the eminent representa- tives of the profession in his native city. New Haven is proud to number him among her sons, for his course has at all times reflected credit upon the city and here where his entire life has been passed he has a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.
GENNARO R. VOLPE.
Gennaro R. Volpe, a pharmacist of New Haven conducting business at No. 609 Grand avenue and at No. 247 Wooster street, was born November 26, 1885, at San Lucia Di Serino in the Province Avellino, Italy. He is a son of Stanislaus Volpe, who was also a native of Italy, where he engaged in the jewelry business. Ile came to America in July, 1907, mak- ing his way to New Ilaven, where he resided to the time of his death, which occurred May 24, 1914, when he was seventy-three years old. He married Anna de Piano, who died in Italy, May 3. 1907, at the age of forty-five years. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom are living and all residents of New Haven namely: Gennaro R .; Joseph and Dom- inick, both of whom are New Haven druggists; Theresa, in school; and Anthony. One son, Henry Volpe, was a licensed druggist but is now deceased.
Gennaro R. Volpe was educated in the public and high schools of his native city and while still in school was apprenticed to learn the drug business. at which he served a four years' term. In November, 1905, he came to the United States, making his way directly to Philadelphia, where he passed his examinations after four months' residence on this side of the water. Ile was first employed by N. Michelotti, a leading druggist of Philadelphia. where he continued for a period of five months. On the expiration of that period he came to New Haven and passed the required examinations entitling him to practice his profession in this state. Four months later he started in business on his own account with Pio Di Bella, a partnership which was maintained for a year when Mr. Volpe purchased his part- ner's interest. Mr. Di Bella then returned to Italy on account of illness. Mr. Volpe has since successfully conducted the business and from a small beginning has built up one of the leading establishment> of New Haven, carrying a large stock of drugs and druggists' sun- dries, for which he has found a profitable sale.
Mr. Volpe is a member of the Roman Catholic church, being identified with St. Michael's parish. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Sons of Italy, the American Club and to the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Club. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. He took out citizenship papers in 1911. He concentrates practically his entire time and attention upon his business and in order to increase his trade in 1914 he opened a
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braneh store at No. 247 Wooster street. His establishments are well appointed in every particular and his business has reached gratifying proportions. He employs licensed and registered pharmaeists who try in every way to meet the demands placed upon them, and he has made it his purpose to render the public adequate service. He has many of the sterling traits of character of his ancestors and is a cultured, genial gentleman whose many friends bear testimony to his worth.
LAWRENCE KLING.
Lawrence Kling, who was engaged in business as a heating and plumbing contractor but is now living retired in New Haven, was born in Denmark in 1859, a son of Hans Kling, who was likewise a native of Denmark, where he engaged in business as a prominent builder until 1881, when he came to the United States and established his home in New Haven here living retired until his demise. To him and his wife were born fourteen children.
In the schools of his native country Lawrence Kling pursued his education and follow- ing the arrival of his parents with their family in the new world he secured employment with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, working along mechanical lines. Later he was apprenticed to Foskett, Bishop & Company and there learned the plumb- ing and steamfitting trades, which he followed as a journeyman until 1895, when he estab- lished business on his own account. In that field he continued actively and successfully until 1915, when he retired, although the business is still being carried on by his three sons, Joseph P., Lawrence and Walter Kling, who, however, manage their interests under the name of Lawrence Kling.
In 1887, in New Haven, Mr. Kling was united in marriage to Miss Mary Clark, a native of West llaven and a daughter of Joseph Clark, a descendent of a Danish family. They have four children: Joseph, Lawrence, Harry and Walter. Harry is now a member of the United States cavalry. while the other three sons are conducting the business. The eldest son married Hannah Lorentzen, a native of Hamden, Connectient, and a daughter of Haus Lorent- zen. The second son wedded Ella Lorentzen, a sister of his brother's wife. and Walter married Eva Passerine.
Mr. Kling's military service eame through connection with the New Haven City Guard, of which he is a retired captain, and through membership with the Governor's Foot Guard. He is a republican in his political views, is a Mason, a member of the Danish Brotherhood of America and of the Lutheran church-associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests and the rules which have governed his life. He was a young man of about twenty- two years when he came to the new world and throughout the entire period he has resided in New Haven, where his activities and his interests have ever been of a character that have ranked him with the substantial, respected and valued eitizens.
HARRIS GOLDMAN.
llarris Goldman, senior member and organizer of the firm of H. Goldman & Sons, be- came one of the pioneers in the auto drayage and garage business in New Haven. where he has made his home for more than three decades. A native of Poland, he was born December 8, 1858, and is a son of George and Nettie Goldman, who spent their entire lives in that country, both reaching the age of about eighty years. In their family were seven children, of whom Harris Goldman was the youngest. In his boyhood days he attended the common schools of Poland and later joined the Russian army as a private, but after six weeks' service he came to America in 1886, crossing the Atlantie to New York, where he accepted any kind of work that would yield him an honest living.
Six months later Mr. Goldman removed to New Haven and until 1889 worked in various lines. In the meantime he had saved his earnings until he felt that he could embark in busi- ness on his own account. He then turned his attention to the express and trueking business, having at first but one horse and stage. To this original equipment, however, he added con-
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stantly. About the time of the advent of the auto truck as a factor in expressing and heavy hauling, his sons, who had finished school, joined him in business and the horse drawn wagons were supplanted by the large motor trucks. The business has since enjoyed rapid development until now the H. Goldman & Sons Express & Heavy Hauling Company is doing the largest business of the kind in New Haven. They also conduct an extensive garage and repair shop and in that line the business has also enjoyed a rapid and gratifying growth. In fact their receipts from this department since 1916 have been most satisfactory. They do busi- ness exclusively with the large auto trucks and vans and they have the Connecticut agency for Clydesdale motor trucks.
In June, 1879, in Poland, Mr. Goldman was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Brizman, by whom he has six children. Anna, who was born in Poland in 1880 and obtained hier edu- cation in New Haven, is now the wife of Samuel Stoloff, of this city. Louis, whose birth occurred in Poland in 1883 and who is a graduate of the New Haven schools, wedded Miss Anna Rubenstein and is now in business with his father. George, who was born in Poland in 1887, is a graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine and now a resident physi- cian of New Haven. He married Miss Tillie Bernstein. Benjamin F., who was born in New Ilaven in 1889, is a graduate of the Yale University School of Law and the Sheffield Scientific School. He wedded Miss Yetta Davis, of New Haven. Nathan, whose birth occurred in New Haven in 1892, acquired his education in the public schools and is now associated in business with his father. He married Miss Anna Doroff. Morris J., born in New Haven in 1896, at- tended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and is now in business with his father.
Mr. Goldman is connected with various Jewish societies and lodges, is a member of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith and also of the Congregation B'nai Jacob. He has ever been willing and ready to extend a helping hand to those in need and to encourage those who are struggling upward. His own efforts in early life to gain a start have made him sympathetic with those who are attempting to win a financial foothold. He has been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes and his prosperity is well merited.
GIUSEPPE CARNEVALE.
Giuseppe Carnevale, actively identified with the business interests of New Haven as a banker and wholesale grocer, was born in Ruvo del Monte in the province of Potenza, Italy, June 9, 1873, a son of Alfonso Carnevale, who was a man of wealth and prominence in Italy, who passed away in 1914 at the age of seventy years. He married Miss Vincenza Cioffari. She was born in Italy and is now living in New York city. The family had come to America in 1892, but afterward returned to Italy. Several years later the parents and all of the children again came to the United States save one son, the Rev. Donato Carnevale, a priest of the Catholic church, and it was in New York that the father passed away. In the family were eighteen children, nine of whom are living.
Giuseppe Carnevale was the second eldest of the family and is the oldest among the living children. He was educated in public and private schools of his native city and in the Victor Emanuel College at Naples. After leaving this college in 1887 he came to the United States, arriving in New York on the 11th of December. He remained in that city for several years and there became a newspaper boy, selling papers for about two years. Friends then advised him to learn a trade and he turned his attention to barbering, which he followed sev- enteen years in New Haven, being employed in various shops. Ambitious, however, for greater things, he, in 1905, turned his attention to the banking business, in which he has since en- gaged. He not only conducts a private bank but also has a steamship agency and is engaged in the jewelry trade .. His success from the beginning has been most gratifying and for a number of years he was actively assisted by his wife, who not only managed her household affairs but independently conducted a retail grocery store. Mr. Carnevale became a director and one of the stockholders of the All Rail Coal Company and in November, 1916, he entered the wholesale grocery business, being located at 117-119 Hill street. Whatever he has under- taken he has carried forward to successful completion. His labors have brought splendid re-
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sults, and his life of diligence and industry has made him one of the prosperous citizens of New Haven.
On the 26th of June, 1892, Mr. Carnevale was married in New Haven to Miss Louisa Am- arante, a native of Scafati in the province of Salerno, Italy, and a daughter of Vincenzio and - Filomena (Miranda) Amarante. Like their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carnevale have had eighteen children, nine of whom are living, namely: Vincenza, Alfonso, Frank. Raffaelina, Filomena, Joseph. Adelina. Albert and Louisa, all of whom were born in New Haven. The family are communicants of St. Anthony's parish of the Roman Catholic church.
In politics Mr. Carnevale is a republican and for fifteen years has been an active worker in political circles. He took out his naturalization papers on attaining his majority and has been interested in the welfare and progress of his adopted city. He is well known in Odd Fellow circles, belonging to Harmony Lodge, No. 5, and to Golden Rule Encampment. He also belongs to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and to several Italian societies. Mr. Carnevale may well be called a self-made man and deserves all of the praise which that term implies. He started out empty-handed, but through his resolute purpose and laudable ambition and through his own efforts and the assistance of his wife he has steadily worked his way upward, being now among the most prosperous of the Italian citizens of New Haven, while through bis business activities he has contributed to the material development of his adopted city.
WILLIAM W. DEMING.
William W. Deming, well known in business circles of Meriden as a wholesale baker, was born in New Britain, Connecticut, September 5, 1873, a son of Blinn F. and Ella Deming, both of whom are still residents of Meriden, to which place they removed September 6, 1879. In this eity William W. Deming attended school until he was about sixteen years old, when he began to drive a wagon for his father, who was a baker. He was continuously associated with his father in business, with the exception of two years, until October, 1911, when he established his own business. At first he did all the work himself and a one-horse wagon was sufficient to make deliveries, but he now has eight employes and three big automobile trucks. He has concentrated his attention entirely upon the baking of bread, every loaf of which is wrapped in waxed paper. The large, light and airy building in which the bakery is located was erected in 1912 and was especially designed to provide the most sanitary conditions possible. At every point in the making of the bread, great stress is laid upon cleanliness and the high quality of the finished product is further ensured by the use of only the best materials. The bread is sold extensively in Meriden, Yatesville, Wallingford, Milldale and many other places.
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