70. Palavar, Masu (Max)

Masu "Max" PALLAVER(1-2) was born on 17 January 1884 in Austria.(2-4)  He immigrated about 1913.(5)  He submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 12 September 1918 in Lincoln County, Wyoming where he lists Mrs. Virginia Pallaver in Austria, as his nearest living relative.(4)  In 1918 Max was working for the Kemmerer Coal Company in Frontier as a coal miner. (4)   He was of medium height and medium build with brown eyes and brown hair.(4)    Max appeared in the census in 1920 in Frontier, Wyoming where he was living in Pete Rizzi’s home as a “roomer” along with Julius Menapace.(5)  He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 39 in Frontier.(3-4)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(3)  He was single.(3)  

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. Max Pallaver, death certificate file no. 1435 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (: online 28 February 2018), Max Pallaver; citing United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Max Pallaver, 1917-1918; citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,022,241.

      5. 1920, population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 56, Pete Rizi Julius Menapace, Mox Pallaveer; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online 28 February 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.