Although Mr. Cannova is still a young man and has not yet been in this country two decades, he has achieved marked success in his chosen line of activity, and is counted among the leading young men of of the borough of Lodi. Mr. Cannova is a son of Santo Cannova, who was born in Palermo, Italy, and at the age of eighteen years joined the Italian army serving as a member of the Military Police for a period of thirty-two years. He died in 1894, in Palermo. He married Cira Raso, who still survives him, and now resides in Lodi.
Frank Cannova was born in Palermo, Italy, April 5, 1889, and his education was begun in his native city. Coming to the United States with his mother when he was fifteen years of age, they made their home in New York City for one year, while the youth studied the language of the new land, and prepared for his future. Then coming to Lodi, Mr. Cannova, at the age of sixteen years, entered the confectionary business, establishing a store at the corner of Antrim and Summer streets, in Lodi, but later removing to Main street. Following the confectionary business until he was twenty-four years of age, Mr. Cannova then struck out in a more congenial field. The rapid growth of the section had inspired him to take a hand in the construction work going on all about him, but he wisely arranged to gain experience, entering the employ of the Snyder & Trest Construction Company, of New York City, with whom he remained for two years, then being employed for a time with McCarthy Brothers. Mr. Cannova then established himself in the construction business in Lodi, his first contract being for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, at Chester, Pennsylvania. In 1918 the United Engineering and Construction Company was organized, Mr. Cannova being treasurer of the concern, then, a year later, he was made president. He has been active from the start in the management of the affairs of the company, and largely instrumental in its success. The concern has built roads and sewers throughout Rutherford, Garfield, Lodi, Carlstadt, and other towns in this section of the State, and at the present time has a contract to construct eleven miles of New York State Highway. They stand among the leading firms in their field of effort, and are making marked progress.
In the various interests of the community, civic, social, and fraternal, Mr. Cannova takes a part. A Democrat by political convictions, he gives cordial support to every advance movement. He is a member of Archimedes Lodge, No. 935, Free and Accepted Masons; and of Galliano Lodge, No. 135, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Cannova married, in Lodi, in 1913, Katy Triolo, of Lodi, and they have four children: Santos, Mike, Carl, and Ciro, all but the youngest now (1922) attending school in Lodi, New Jersey.
From: History of Passaic and its environs: historical, biographical. By Scott, William W. Published 1922.
