Serafino Fortunato (Frank) Visocchi was born on 28 December 1869 in Italy.

He married Maria Antonia Civita Jannetta on 28 February 1897 at Atina, Fosinone.

Serafino and Maria had two children:

Loreta Visocchi born on 8 September 1898, St Andrews. Died 1982, Blairgowrie. Married Henry George Quinn.

Serafino Fortunato Visocchi born 19 October 1902, St Andrews. Married Iolanda Virginia Muriel Forte.

Visocchi’s in Leslie Street, Blairgowrie was initially run by Frank Visocchi who based its “Dome” on St Peter’s Basillica’s Dome in Rome.

His son Fortunato (known as Fortune) then ran it with his wife Iolanda who became Dean of Guild of Blairgowrie Town Council. They were a very popular couple. Their nephew, Henry Fortunato Quinn, was the next owner until its sale to Stewart Wishart, the current proprietor. Click here for image.