Annunziata Bridges
Annunziata (Anna) Bridges worked in a furniture/ furnishings factory. Her
specialty was window draperies and coverings. She had been known to spend
many hours with pins in her mouth, staring at the walls.
Anna's family came from Sicily and landed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Eventually,
Anna's father Vincent moved the family to New York because of the flooding
problems with the Mississippi River. After a short time, Vincent would one
day come home from work and inform the family that he had changed their last
name from Congema to Cangene. All their mail was affected. This continued
for a few years until one day Vincent decided to change the family name back
to Congema. The Cangene name was never to be mentioned again. No explanation
was ever given.