Family Tree of Pete Bradshaw and Wendy Offen, Durham, England
Giuseppe Califano
1825
Male
Person 00055886
Born 1825 at Naples (RC)
Married June 1862 at Westminster (CR)
to Mary Ann Ashton (1841)
1881 at Eton, Bucks (C)
confectioner, 55, with wife and 7 children
around 1885 at Eton, Bucks (S)
"Two other shops, Layton's and Califano's, had reputations of their own. Layton's in Windsor was a confectioner's of large
resources.... Califano, on the other hand, invited the shortest of visits. I have said that Webber made no Neapolitan ices. Califano
made all ices well, Neapolitan ices best of all. But, except for the consumption of ices, his was not a shop hi which to linger. It was
not possible to converse with Califano. He knew very little English, and in the English conversation to which he was accustomed he
was always on the look-out for one particular topic. He saw it coming afar off,
and made sudden and obvious preparation. It was a uestion, and to the best of my belief I never heard it asked ; indeed, there were
very good reasons for that. Califano was believed to have held at one tune a high position in the kitchen at Windsor, and to have
vacated the position suddenly. He would not allow this episode in his past life to be the subject of any inquiry, however polished ;
and it was asserted that if the fateful sentence, ' Cally, why did you get the sack from the Castle ? ' were ever completed, the
questioner immediately found himself being pursued down the street with a carving-knife.
Died December 1898 at Windsor district (R)
74
Children
Maria Rose Califano (1866)
Antonio Edward Califano (1868)
Alfred John Califano (1870)
Emily Califano (1872)
Thomas Califano (1874)
Arthur Califano (1876)
Henry Califano (1879)
Last updated 07/11/2023
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