NUGGET #71
Mugavero: Family of Ridgefield/Branchville barbers began with Vincent Mugavero (1902-1987) of Norwalk who from 1931-38 ran Ridgefield Tonsorial Parlor at ONS89 Main Street (392?); he was joined by his brother Jerry (1904-88) who bought the business in 1938 when Vincent opened B-V Ranch, a restaurant on Route 7; Jerry operated Jerry’s Barber Shop many years (for a while with Mike Pontello, who married Jerry’s daughter, Agatha); Jerry lived on Route 7 in Branchville; Jerry’s son, Peter, operated Peter’s Barber Shop in Branchville for many years; Peter’s daughter, Linda Mugavero Morganti, operates The Barber’s Daughter at 723 Branchville Road.
Jack Sanders, Who Was Who in Ridgefield.
Read more about the Mugavero family on Jack Sanders’s Old Ridgefield website.
