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Originally Posted by AccyGirl
Barry Bacigalupo was/is my second cousin, his mother, Alice Mary Wood married Leo Bacigalupo in 1930 and she had ladies hairdresser's on Church Street, she died 1970..they lived Manchester Road Baxenden.....by coincidence my mother was also Alice Mary Wood, and she married a Cuddihy in 1931....two cousins ..same name....so it was confusing researching family history, but got all the documents now, so can confirm the above...but don't know, as yet, what happened to Barry
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Found this whilst researching my family history... at least we know what happened to him...seems he had an interesting life....
Barry Bacigalupo 1930 ~ 2005 Barry Bacigalupo, 74, died serenely at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, with family and loved ones by his side on Friday, April 2, 2005. Barry was an only child; he was born September 03, 1930 in Accrington, Lancashire, England to Leo Bacigalupo and Alice Mary Wood. Barry attended art school in Accrington; he was a very talented artist and sculptor. In 1948, Barry and his parents emigrated from Southhampton England to Halifax, Canada on the ship Acquitania. They worked on a large farm in Ontario for two years as a part of their immigration agreement and eventually settled in British Columbia. In 1951, Barry married Jeanne E. Northgraves of Chilliwack, B.C., Canada; they had three children: Craig, Valerie and Brian. Barry worked as a salesman and continued his art studies. In the Fall of 1963, the family immigrated to S.L.C., Utah. Later divorced. Barry wed Alice Smokoff, who was also born in Lancashire, England. Barry and Alice lived in Sacramento where he worked for Subaru as the Regional Sales Manager. Barry and Alice later owned and operated BMW Marine on the Oakland Embarcadero. They spent much time sailing on San Francisco Bay. Barry loved to go deep-sea fishing at every opportunity. They returned to live in S.L.C. in 2000 where he continued to work as a contractor designing and building bunkhouses on National Wildlife Refuges. Barry was a car enthusiast; he loved Formula 1 racing, basketball and football. Survived by his loving wife Alice; children Craig (Anita) Bacigalupo, SLC; Valerie (Byron) Engh, San Diego, CA; Brian (Beth) Bacigalupo, SLC; grandchildren Andrea (Scott) Peterson, David, Robert, James, SLC; Erin, Katherine, Ryan, Erik, San Diego; Brayden, SLC; great-grandson Matthew L. Vincent Engh, San Diego; step children Thomas Smokoff, LeeAnn Smokoff, Pete Smokoff, all of S.L.C. A memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 16th at Calvary Baptist Church, 1090 S. State. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to The Road Home. The family would like to thank Dr. Keith Lane and Life Path Hospice for the loving care they provided to Barry and his family.