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* [[Bristol Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1983-'''2022+'''
** hive from [[Cheshire Bible Chapel, CT|Cheshire Bible Chapel]]
** @ Bristol Boys and Girls Club: 105 Laurel St. +1989-2013+; 45 Fox Run Rd.(?) 2013; 18 Academy St. 2014-present;** c/o Brian Sorel +1989-2022+; Nick Dalfino 2013; Dan Symolon 2014-2022+;
* [[Bristol Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1936-1998; (OB) 2014-2022+
** @ 8 Dudley St. +1936+; 89 N. Main St. +1941-1943+; 16 Summer St. +1947; 54 Talmadge St. 1948-1998; home of Nick Dalfino, 45 Fox Run Rd. 2014-2021; ** c/o Antonio Barbati '''+1936-1943+''' (b. 1895 San Basile, Cosenza, Italy - d. 1968 Meriden, New Haven, CT). Settled in Hartford in 1913. Occupation in 1928 as a printing press operator, living at 90 Heath St., Hartford. Naturalized in 1933, while living at 96 View St., Bristol. Scars on the right side of his forehead, and on his right cheek. 1940 was a land surveyor. Wife: Rosina "Rose" Pugliese Barbati (b. 1895 San Basile, Cosenza, Italy - d. 1988 Meriden, New Haven, CT), settled in 1913 in Hartford. Rose's naturalization in 1943 was witnessed by Rose Colella @ 37 Gridley St., Bristol, and Rose Cristofaro @ 45 Melrose St., Bristol. Children: Christopher (b. 1923 Waterbury, CT), Esther (b. 1924 Waterbury, CT), Ruth (b. 1928 Hartford, CT), Mary (b. 1930 Bristol, CT), Joshua (b. 1933 Bristol, CT). ** c/o Domiano Colella '''+1947-1963'''; (b. 1889 Italy). +1917-1920, he was employed as a laborer at the Waterbury Mfg. Co., and relocated to Bristol in 1921. Naturalized in 1947 while living at Hartford, arrived in 1907. *** Damiano Colella +1947-1955; Domiano Colella 1956-1963; Carmelo ** c/o Carmello Ferraro '''1964; D, 1969-1991''' (b. 1891 Naro, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy - d. 1987 Bristol, CT). Son of Calogero Ferraro (b. 1880 Calascibetta, Enna, Sicilia, Italy - d. 1974 Naro, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy) & Giovanna Marrone Ferraro (b. 1881 Calascibetta, Italy - d. 1974 Italy). Wife: Grace Morgana Ferraro (b. 1904 Italy - d. Cristofero 1965Bristol, CT). *** Carmelo Ferraro 1964; Caomelo Ferrone (sic?) 1966-1968; Carmelo Ferraro 1969-1991; ** c/o D. Cristofero '''1965'''; ** Alfonso Diliberto H. DiLiberto, Sr. '''1992-1998; ''' (b. 1918 Waterbury, CT - d. 2001 Farmington, Hartford, CT). Son of Dominick DiLiberto (b. 1875 Italy) & Concetta DiLorenza DeLorey DiLiberto (b. 1883 Italy). Wife: Calogera "Lena" F. Ferraro DiLiberto (b. 1919 Bristol, CT - d. 2006 Southington, CT), daughter of Carmello Ferraro & Grace Morgana Ferraro (see above). ** Nick Dalfino '''2014-present; ''' (b. 1927)*** Nick left was raised at Bristol Gospel Hall for , then moved to Hartford Gospel Hall in the 1940's or 1950's, then the TW's, then returned to Hartford Gospel Hall, Bristol Bible Chapel, then started a meeting in his house, he is presently living at a nursing home.
===Enfield===
* Albany Avenue Gospel Hall +1941-1948+
** @ 57 Albany Ave.
** c/o Joseph DeLuca(?)
* Broad Street Gospel Hall 1967-1984+; +1993-2013
** 685 Broad St.
** c/o Nicholas "Nick " Vendetta '''1967-1982; ''' (b. 1907 Hartford, CT - d. 1992 West Hartford, CT). Son of Francesco Venditto (b. 1865 Campobasso, Molise, Italy) & Marie Teresa DiBiase Venditto (b. 1872 Baranello, Campobasso, Italy). Wife: Rose Adeline Parker Vendetta (b. 1913 Hartford, CT - d. 1980 CT), daughter of Bert Elmer Parker (b. 1888 Elmore, Lamoille, [[Vermont|VT]] - d. 1957 Hardwick, Caledonia, VT) & Bertha Maude Bailey Parker (b. 1893 VT). ** Matthew J. Brescia 1984; ** Richard C. Sirois @ Wethersfield '''+1993-2012; ''' (b. 1938)** Nick Dalfino +2007-2013(b. 1927)** see moved in 2014 to Bristol Gospel Hall for present location.
* [[Charter Oak Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) 1948-1996
* Park Street Gospel Hall +1927+
** @ 435 Park St.
** c/o Nathan Joseph Reager (b. 1873 [[New York|N.JY.]] - d. 1933). Son of Leon Reager & Henriette Backer Reager (b. 1848 Germany). Wife: Sarah "Sadie" Jane Coote Reager (b. 1873 Wilbraham, [[Massachusetts|MA]] - d. 1928 Hartford, CT). 1917 Clerk @ Underwood Typewriter. Children:*** Ruth H. Reager (b. 1905 CT - d. 1969 Hartford, CT)*** Alice F. Reager Andrews (b. 1905 CT - d. 1996 Norwich, New London, CT)*** Gordon Nathan Reager(b. 1908 CT - d. 1996 Willow Grove, Montgomery, [[Pennsylvania|PA]], buried @ Bryn Mawr).
* Whitmore Street Gospel Hall +1933-1950+
** c/o G. DeLuca
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* [[Hartford Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) 1910's-1984; 1993-2012+
** @ 435 Park St. +1927+; 51 Whitmore St. +1933+; 1st floor, 53 Whitmore St. +1936-1950+; 464 Farmington Ave. +1954-1966; 685 Broad St. 1967-1984; 1993-2012+;
** also see [https://www.gospelhall-newington.com/ NGH's website]
** Matt Brescia's father, George Brescia, was saved in 1921 at Philadelphia, fluent in both Italian and English, and joined the assembly in Philadelphia initially. Around 1928, a crowd of Italians (40-50) were saved in tent meetings in Hartford, and blessing was granted from brethren in Philadelphia to start an Italian hall in Hartford, of which George Brescia was involved, along with his twin brother Joe, and another brother Matt. Another would be Mike Magnal. At some juncture, the assembly became half Italian-speaking, and half English-speaking, and by 1996, services were completely in English.
** In 1944, in Hartford, Cecile Louise Marr was unwilling to take "unqualified oath of allegiance" to the U.S. as "a member of a religious section known as Plymouth Brethren", as did Damiano Colella, Mary Josephine De Santis,
* Hartford preaching point (EB) +1901-1903+
===Hamden===
* [[West Woods Bible Chapel, CT]] (OB) 1931-2020+
** North Haven Gospel Hall (Whitney Avenue Gospel Hall) 1931-1936; New Haven Gospel Hall (Newhall Street Gospel Hall) 1936-1954; Christian Believers Assembly 1955-1961; West Woods Bible Chapel 1962-present;
** @ Whitney Ave., North Haven 1931-1937; 165 Newhall St., New Haven 1936-1943+; 449 Newhall St., Hamden +1947-1961; Alice Peck School auditorium, Shepard Ave. & Hillfield Rd. 1962-1963; 165 Hillfield Rd., Hamden 1964-present;