89. Torresani, Luigi Faustino "Louis"

Luigi Faustino "Louis" TORRESANI(1–3) was born on 1 January 1892 in Italy to Giuseppe Torresani and Rosa MENAPACE.(3–6) He was christened on 3 January 1892 in the Santa Maria Assunta Catholic Church in Tassullo, Trento, Italy.(3) He immigrated on 7 December 1920 to New York going to his brother Carlo’s home in Valdez, Colorado.(7)  Louis submitted an employment application on 16 December in Pueblo, Colorado to work at Colorado Steelworks where he was described as 5 feet 4 inches, 160 pounds, dark complexion, with brown hair, brown eyes and spoke no English.(6)  Louis had no prior mining experience.(6)  He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 31 in Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming.(4) He was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming and shares a headstone with Attilio MENAPACE(4–5)  Louis was single.(2,4)

Louis’s brother is Carlo TORESANI.  Carlo married Augusta MENAPACE.  Augusta MENAPACE’s brother, Ottilio MENAPACE, was also killed in the mine disaster.(7-9)

Sources:

      1. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.

      2. Sneddon Robert T.  Inspector (Dist 1) & Robert V. Hotchkiss Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of Wyoming, Districts No. 1 and 2," year:  1923; report, 1923; , Wyoming State Archives on microfilm, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

      3. Italia, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Registri Parrocchiali, 1548-1937, Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937: Luigi Faustino Torresani page 68, Santa Maria Assunta, Tassullo, Trento, Italy.

      4. Louis Torresani, death certificate file no. 1414 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      5. Cemetery-Headstone, Kemmerer City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming.  Personal photograph, property of and in possession of Roberts Roots & Branches, of headstone taken between 2000 and 2003., Louis Torresani.

      6. Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO; Colorado Steelworks Employment Records , Ancestry.com. Colorado, Steelworks Employment Records, 1887-1979 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016., Luigi Torressani.

      7. "Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital (online), Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010., Ancestry.com (: online 30 July 2018), Luigi Torresami line 20; citing Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2887; Line: 20; Page Number: 180.

            8. Italia, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Registri Parrocchiali, 1548-1937, Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937: Carlo Romedio Torresani page 53, Santa Maria Assunta.

            9.  Carlo Torrezani, (31 May 1921), Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 (Ancestry.com): #3955; State Archives, Denver, Colorado.

4. "New York, New York;," online, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (: online 28 February 2018), line #19 Attilio Menapace; citing Year: 1922; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3195; Line: 19; Page Number: 204.