"Hi Ira Rogers. I have amazing news for you! My grandmother was married to my grandfather, your biological Dad! I used to go to Village View as a little girl with my parents and aunts and uncles and cousins! Please email me at pookie3110@optimum.net…"
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Village View Colony in Monticello NY
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If anyone is familiar with Village View Colony in the town of Monticello, please let me know. It was built and run by my biological father, Domenick Lagonigro, from the late 1940s to early 1970s. I…Continue
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"Thanks, Manny. It has been an amazing journey to find my biological family (both sides in fact!). When I was in NY last fall, I stopped in at the Sullivan County Clerk's office and the folks there helped me find the location of…"
"Thanks for posting this Ira, I hope you can find some people here who were familiar with Village View Colony.
My great grandparents used to run a couple of different boarding houses in Monticello in the early 1900's, a bit before…"
Village View Colony in Monticello NY
If anyone is familiar with Village View Colony in the town of Monticello, please let me know. It was built and run by my biological father, Domenick Lagonigro, from the late 1940s to early 1970s. I never knew him but I learned about him after submitting my DNA to AncestryDNA. Several of my biological cousins and a nephew have also been identified. They all knew Domenick and were familiar with his bungalow colony. The colony is still standing (on Richardson Ave in Monticello) but the…See More
"Alas, I'm a bit older than both of you. My only memories date back to 1956-57, and I'm fairly certain the day camp did not have color war at that time. Still, it is nice to read the recollections of others who knew the physical…"
"Hi Manny,
Thanks for responding to my posting. It's true, we would not have crossed paths, having missed each other at Sunnycroft by quite a few years. Still, there's a certain intangible kinship between people who hold similar fond…"
"Ira, welcome aboard! Glad you found my little bungalow colony experiment. I don't believe we started going to Sunnycroft till '68 when I was 5 years old, my brother 14 and my sister (who would visit) 19. So unfortunately we wouldn't…"
"Hello former Sunnycroft people!
Although I was only 5 and 6 years of age (1956 and 1957) when my parents and I spent our summers at Sunnycroft, my memories are still amazingly vivid. We lived in the Bronx at the time, and Sunnycroft was my first…"
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- What (if any) Bungalow Colony did you attend and where was it located?
- Sunnycroft Bungalow Colony -- Highland Mills, NY and Lansman's Bungalow Colony -- Woodbourne, NY
- When were you born?
- June 19, 1951
- If you spent summers at one or more Bungalow Colonies, what years were you there?
- Sunnycroft: 1956 and 1957; Lansman's: 1965, 1966, 1967
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- At 9:57pm on March 23, 2010,
Manny said…
- Ira, welcome aboard! Glad you found my little bungalow colony experiment. I don't believe we started going to Sunnycroft till '68 when I was 5 years old, my brother 14 and my sister (who would visit) 19. So unfortunately we wouldn't have crossed paths, but we all share similar fond memories of those amazing summers. I'm planning to take a drive up there sometime in the months to come, hopefully I can get on the property and take some pictures!
best,
Manny
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