Privatized Viani/Hoster Family Tree 2/18/25

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amundson_raymond9+viani_family, 1/5/25, 8:43:36 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i104' >Raymond Frank Amundson</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i107' >Stephen Viani Amundson</a> hoster_susan_g_vv_2, 1/27/25, 7:18:56 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> metrovitsch_nat+jn-4, 1/5/25, 8:43:49 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> metrovitsch_natalie_13, 1/5/25, 8:43:42 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i15' >Olga Metrovitsch</a> metrovitsch_natalie_fam, 1/5/25, 8:43:42 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i15' >Olga Metrovitsch</a> metrovitsch_olga-8, 1/5/25, 8:43:49 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i15' >Olga Metrovitsch</a> metrovitsch_olga_02, 1/5/25, 8:43:42 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i15' >Olga Metrovitsch</a> pipolo_angelo_4, 1/5/25, 8:43:42 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i278' >Angelo Pipolo</a> pipolo_lorraine_5, 1/5/25, 8:43:43 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> tatarek_Ilona+fam_1, 1/5/25, 8:43:43 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i104' >Raymond Frank Amundson</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i14' >Ilona Tatarek</a> tatarek_Ilona+fam_2, 1/5/25, 8:43:43 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i14' >Ilona Tatarek</a> tatarek_ilona_4, 1/5/25, 8:43:44 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i14' >Ilona Tatarek</a> viani_alicia_balikpapan_07_4web, 1/5/25, 8:43:44 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_alicia_sandiego_118_4web, 1/5/25, 8:43:45 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_jn_13, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_jn_14, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_jnv+s+a, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_louis+fam-11, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> viani_joseph_louis+jn_1, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> viani_joseph_louis+jnv, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> viani_joseph_louis+n+jn_1, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> viani_joseph_louis_18, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> viani_joseph_louis_24, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_00027, 1/30/25, 8:01:16 AM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_nic_00028, Josh Tilsdon, Steve Pool, Laura Lowey Smith, Mo Mitchell, Stacey McKinney, 1/30/25, 7:58:05 AM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_nic_00029, 1/30/25, 7:59:59 AM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_00033, 1/30/25, 7:56:57 AM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_00035, 1/30/25, 7:55:36 AM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_av, 1/27/25, 7:18:55 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_balik, 1/30/25, 7:53:36 AM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_berries, 1/27/25, 7:18:58 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_lacanada, 1/27/25, 7:18:55 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_utah, 1/27/25, 7:18:58 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_vv1, 1/27/25, 7:18:57 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i73' >Giuseppe (Pio Nono) Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i123' >Roselina Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i124' >Pietro (Petro) Viani</a> viani_joseph_nic_vv2, 1/27/25, 7:18:57 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola+family, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_nicola+gandhi-1, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola+jv_scooter, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola+mg, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i8' >Myrtle Imelda Granucci</a> viani_joseph_nicola+s+goly, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_nicola+sg, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_nicola_1, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_11, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_12, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_15, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_2, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_3, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_32, 1/5/25, 8:43:48 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_33, 1/5/25, 8:43:48 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_4, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_5, 1/5/25, 8:43:46 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_6, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_7, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_8, 1/5/25, 8:43:47 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_joseph_nicola_band, 1/5/25, 8:43:48 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i4' >Susan Gay Hoster</a> viani_joseph_nicola_breed, 1/5/25, 8:43:48 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> viani_julianni+jnv_7, 1/5/25, 8:43:48 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> viani_luigi_00020b, 1/5/25, 8:43:49 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i11' >Luigi Viani</a> viani_pio_family_1, 1/27/25, 7:18:56 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i104' >Raymond Frank Amundson</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i73' >Giuseppe (Pio Nono) Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i123' >Roselina Viani</a> viani_pio_family_4, 1/27/25, 7:18:56 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i104' >Raymond Frank Amundson</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i73' >Giuseppe (Pio Nono) Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i123' >Roselina Viani</a> viani_pio_family_5, 1/27/25, 7:18:56 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i104' >Raymond Frank Amundson</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i73' >Giuseppe (Pio Nono) Viani</a> viani_pio_family_6, 1/27/25, 7:18:56 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i2' >Joseph Louis Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i73' >Giuseppe (Pio Nono) Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i123' >Roselina Viani</a> viani_pio_nono_family, 1/5/25, 8:43:49 PM, Linked To: <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i1' >Joseph Nicola Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i3' >Natalie Metrovitsch</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i104' >Raymond Frank Amundson</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i6' >Julianne Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i73' >Giuseppe (Pio Nono) Viani</a> and <a href='/myfamily_p/profiles/i123' >Roselina Viani</a>
Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherJoseph Louis Viani (1912-1981)
 
MotherNatalie Metrovitsch (1912-2002)
 
SpouseSusan Gay Hoster (-) 
ChildA. Viani
 
Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameJoseph Nicola Viani
 
FatherJoseph Louis Viani (1912-1981)
 
MotherNatalie Metrovitsch (1912-2002)
 
Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
BirthMar 4, 1945Los Angeles CA [S4]
 
ConfirmationFeb 19, 1959St. Bede's, La Canada (CA) [S3]
 
MarriageApr 2, 1977Susan Gay Hoster (-), Altadena CA
 
Sources
IndexTitle
[S3] "Confirmation Card".
[S4] "Birth Certificate".
Note
Residences:
Ashland OR (1989 - present)
Kobe, Japan (1984-7/1989)
Whitefish MT (1982-8/1984)
Balikpapan, Indonesia (8/1977-10/1982)
Pasadena CA (1972-1977)
Tabaco, Albay, Republic of Philippines (1970-1972)
La Cañada CA (1969-1970) - 4714 Lasheart Drive
Uppsala, Sweden (1968-1969)
La Canada CA (1951-1968)
Glendale CA (1950-1951)
La Canada CA (1948-50)
Palm Springs CA (1947-1948)
3987 1/2 So. Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles CA (as indicated on birth certificate)

Born 4:41 pm (click below for horoscope)
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Godparents: Angelo Pipolo
Dorothy Chiabotti: Johnny Chiabotti, 12 Jul 1913, 10 Dec 1999 (Vallejo CA) 570-24-3480
Note
Joseph Louis Viani Jr. was born on March 4, 1945, at Queen of Angels hospital in downtown Los Angeles. His family was residing on Normandy Street at the time, living in the downstairs unit of a duplex. Upstairs lived Bob and Mary Alice Krock, long-time family friends. At his baptism, his godfather, Angelo Pipolo, gave him the name Nicola, that was the name of his father. From then on, “little Joe” was called Nicky. At some point in his early adult life, Nick Viani officially dropped the name Louis.

His mother relates that reawakening from the anesthesia, the pediatrician announced the child was a seven-pound boy. Natalie reportedly said, "Life can be beautiful.”

The family remained in Los Angeles for a couple more years, and in 1949, Joseph L. Viani took a job managing a bowling alley in Palm Springs. Joe had just completed his Associate Arts degree at L.A. City College, and he was somewhat disillusioned with playground work with the city schools. There they remained for two years, and Nick was involved in a play group while his sister, Julianne, attended Kindergarten and first grades.

The hours and pressure of managing a bowling alley were taxing, and three years later they returned to the Los Angeles area. Natalie found employment at her brother-in-law's pharmacy, and the Vianis lived with Olga and Angelo Pipolo in their custom house on Journey's End Drive in La Canada. They remained there for some time, until locating and renting a small house on Kirkby Road in Glendale.

In 1953, while visiting friends in La Canada, Joe and Natalie were impressed by a nearby half-acre lot. They walked the property, and spoke to the owner (Curtis Barnes) who was working in the yard next door. Joe asked if the lot was for sale, and the owner figured a price of $4,000 seemed fair, so the Vianis bought it on the spot. A few months later, they received an offer of $8,000, but were already designing a home and refused it.

They moved into their custom house at 4714 Lasheart Drive in March, 1953, and Nick celebrated his 8th birthday there. That same year Natalie's sister, Olga, lost her husband Angelo Pipolo to a blood clot. She was unable to live alone due to the stress, and moved into the Viani house, remaining there for a couple years.
Ethnicity Estimate (Unknown)
LocationAmount
Unknown87.5000 %
Italy12.5000 %
    Built with Gigatrees 5.5.0
    Built by Gigatrees 5.5.0