67. Menapace, Ottilio

Ottilio (Atillio) Emmanuele MENAPACE(1-3) was born on 13 July 1897 in Campo Tassullo, Italy to Riccardo MENAPACE and Maria DALRI.(2,4-6)  He was baptized on 14 July 1897 in the Catholic Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Tassullo, Trento, Italy.(2) As a farmer, Otillio, left Italy and immigrated on 9 October 1922 to New York City.(4)  His United States destination was Frontier, Wyoming where his sister, Augusta lived with her husband (Carlo) TORESANI.(4)  Otillio was 5 feet 5 inches tall with a fair complexion and brown hair and brown eyes.(4)  Otillio worked for the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner along with his sister’s brother-in-law, Louis TORESANI. (1,3-4,6,8-9)  Ottilio died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier, Wyoming.(5-6)  Ottilio was 26 years old.(5-6) He was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming shares a headstone with Louis TORESANI.(5-6)  Ottilio was single.(5)

Ottilio’s sister, Augusta MENAPACE, married Carlo Toresani.  Carlo’s borther is Louis TORESANI.(4,8-9) 

Sources:

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

      2. "Italia, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Registri Parrocchiali, 1548-1937," database with images, FamilySearch, Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV5R-TN5 : 8 November 2017), Ottilio Emmanuele Menapace, 14 Jul 1897; citing Baptism, Santa Maria Assunta, Tassullo, Trento, Italy, Archdiocesi di Trento (Archdiocese of Trento); FHL microfilm 1,388,870., Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church, Italy, Trento.

      3. 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.

      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.

      5. A Menepace, death certificate file no. 1438 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      6. 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., headstone for Louis Torresani and Attilio Menapace.

      7. "Italia, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Registri Parrocchiali, 1548-1937," database with images, FamilySearch, Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV5R-YZR : 8 November 2017), Augusta Maria Ottilia Menapace, 12 Dec 1899; citing Baptism, Santa Maria Assunta, Tassullo, Trento, Italy, Archdiocesi di Trento (Archdiocese of Trento); FHL microfilm 1,388,870., Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church.

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

      9.  "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.