Celeste (left), Tobias Nicolini Grandi (right)

Your great grandfather on your grandmothers (Rosalba) side. Tobias Nicolini Grandi (great grandfather) on the right, and his 1914 WWI buddy Celeste on the left. They remained good friends their whole life.

 All of Tobias's war buddies that came with him from Italy to Mexico eventually committed suicide, including Celeste.) - Tobias also committed suicide with a revolver, in their house in Mazatlan. His son, your great uncle Aldo found him.

I was told that he had a heart condition, an "enlarging heart". And, that he didn't want to be a burden to his family. But, I believe that the war had something to do with all of the suicides, at least to some degree.

 


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