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This is the great-great, grandfather of Elizabeth Vaugh, Gioranni Oddo, at the age of 34.…

Sepia-toned portrait of a mustached man in a wide-brimmed hat and loose white shirt, standing in a garden with one hand resting on a long-handled tool amid flowering plants.

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Do You Know What it Means

This is the great-great, grandfather of Elizabeth Vaugh, Gioranni Oddo, at the age of 34. Originally from Palermo, Italy, he was a farmer and a butcher. He landed at the port of New Orleans on March 10, 1876 aboard the S.S. Emma steamship.

This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of History at Nunez Community College. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. In 2005 it was heavily damaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.

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Item 26395

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“This is the great-great, grandfather of Elizabeth Vaugh, Gioranni Oddo, at the age of 34.…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26395.

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