In Memory of Alfonso Matteo Morelli
Patriarch of Morelli Brothers.

Patriarch of Morelli Brothers. Promised his Father that he would  care for his Brothers in America. Alfonso Matteo was a  Foreman, Supervisor & Chief Engineer for Winston Brothers Construction from 1905 till 1938.  As a Tunnel Expert , Explosives expert and Engineer for the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific railroad; Iron Horse Tunnel Snoqualmie pass, Turbine tunnels Grand Coulee Dam, Minidoka Dam and Irrigation Project Eastern WA, Vale Irrigation Project Oregon. Advisor on Panama Canal project. Head Engineer on Panama to Columbia Rail Road project 1934.  Retired 1937.

Arrived in US with his older brothers Enricho and Alfonso in 1905.  Worked Winston Brothers in coal mine transfered to railroad constructionto work with brother Alfonso, arrival in Kirkland 1908. With Alfonso they  purchased small amount of land from the Hammond family and started raising chickens with the Hammonds.  Martino continued working with the chickens.  Martin spent 5 months in the hospital prior to his death in 1964.

Arrived in the US  March 5 1914.  Silvio was a master carpenter. Alfonso and Silvio worked together on many projects for the railroad and the construction of the chicken farm buildings in Kirkland. Silvio was also the master carpenter and builder for  Queen City Farms  in Maple Valley WA. Silvio built all the houses and the pig pens for this 330 acre operation.  Silvio died in 1979 after a ten year battle with dementia.

Tito arrived in the US in 1915.  He contacts Alfonso and gets a job running the water wagon for railroad construction. Later on Tito diecides he prefers working on the chicken farm. 

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