1886
September
2- Both Isabella and Teressa Fuentez are born.
1887
August
1- Andrew Bernardi is born in Napoli, Italy
1889
December
28 - Mary D'Antoni is born and later takes on the name
Andy Masello
1890
June
2- Miroslav and Natalia Dmitriev are born.
August
18- Annette Rosalie Martines is born in Palerimo, Sicily.
1891
July
1- The Dmitriev family moves to America from Russia
1894
January
11- Amelia Jean Verlain is born.
15- The Martines parents are killed.
1897
December
3- At the age of ten, Andrew Bernardi and his family come
to America and settle in New York.
1899
February
20- Andrew Bernardi runs away from home after learning his
family wanted to move back to Italy.
1900
August
28- Cecile Martines runs away from her family to Florence.
1901
March
1- Wanting to return home to be with his family, Andrew Bernardi
finds that his family has left New York and returned to Brooklyn.
He decides to take residence in the Hempstead lodging house.
1904
May
13- Drago is unable to complete a job for a high paying
customer, Nathaniel Masterson, and drops into a horrible depression.
August
20- Annette is sent to America with two of Drago's gang-members,
Tino Tonitini and Benvolio Rondenelli.
September
1- Verochka Dmitriev is born
19- The house in which the Dmitrievs are living burns to the
ground, incinerating Mr. and Mrs. Dmitriev.
20- Father Samuel takes in Miroslav and Natalia, Verochka
is put in the orphanage. Miroslav and Natalia become the leaders
of the lodging houses.
October
2- Natalia is relieved of her duties as a leader and Miroslav
become the leader of both the houses.
December
1- Drago arrives in America sans Cecile and offers no
explanation.
26- Annette runs away from the boys and takes up residence
in St. Martin's Church.
1905
January
4- Annette is discovered and placed in charge of the Girls'
house
June
13- After getting tired of Hempstead and not finding what
he was looking for, Andrew Bernardi, now named Outsider, moves
to Queens and joins the Astoria lodging house. -- AJ runs
away from her home, and joins the Astoria girls, a mere few
blocks away.
15 - Andy finds refuge at the Astoria lodging house for boys
July
4- Tempest Smith joins the house
23- Bryn Wolfe joins Astoria after Rego Park's lodging house
closes.
November
26- Juliet O'Ceile comes to stay at the girls' house.
1906
March
21- Andy leaves the house during the night.