1. Alego, Angelo

Angelo ALEGO/ALEO(1) was born on 21 December 1878 in Italy. (2) Angelo married Mary Crakanzano in Italy.(2,3,6)  Angelo immigrated about 1905, according to census records.(3,4) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Oakley, Wyoming living as a married “boarder” and working as a coal miner.(4)  Angelo then appears in the census in 1920 in Kemmerer, Wyoming living with his wife Mary, their five children and three “roomers” or boarders.(3)  One boarder in 1920 was a man by the name of Marion Pernice, who would marry Angelo’s daughter Stella in 1920, and become fellow victim of the Frontier Coal Mine No. 1 coal mining disaster.  Angelo worked as a coal miner for at least 13 years.(2,3,4)  Angelo died in the gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 44 in Frontier, Wyoming.(2,14)  He was buried on 16 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(2)

Sources:
(1) Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.
(2)Angelo Alego, death certificate file no. 11409 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
(3) 1920, population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 56, Angelo Aleo; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 5 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..
(4) 1910, population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Oakley, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1747; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1375760, Angelo Aleo; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 5 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
(5) 1930 United States Federal Census, US Federal; Year: 1930; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0116, United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls., digital online 5 March 2018, Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
(6) Angelo Alego in entry for Joseph Alego, 01 Apr 1929, death certificate , New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, New York Municipal Archives,, New York.
(7) Lincoln County, online: 23059, Pernice Alego; Lincoln Counyy, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming.
(8) Marriage Records, Western States Marriage Record Index, BYU/Idaho Special Collections, Rexberg, Idaho, online.  familyhistory@byui.edu, page 114 volume 2.
(9) Marion Pernice, Lincoln County death certificate file no. 1404 (14 August 1923).
(10) 1920 , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 56, , Marion Pernice boarder.
(11) "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (: online 19 July 2011), Marion Pernice; citing United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K687-597 : 12 December 2014), Marion Pernice, 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..
(12) "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch.org, Marion Permice.
(13) "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 19 July 2011), Marion Perncie; citing Year: 1907; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 1031; Line: 11; Page Number: 42.
(14) 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.

2. Alego, Joseph (Gioseppo)

Gioseppo "Joe" ALEGO was born on 25 March 1882 in Italy.(1,2,3,6)  About 1905 Joe married a woman named Kate in Italy.(4,5)   According to census records, Joe immigrated in 1907.(4)  He appeared in the census in 1910 in Manhattan, New York, with his wife and one child.(5)  Joe then appeared in the census in 1920 along with his wife Kate and their four children, in Lincoln County, Wyoming. (4)  He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 41 in Frontier, Wyoming.(2,3,6)  He was buried on 18 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(2,3)

Sources:
(1) Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.
(2)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., Gioseppe Alego.
(3)Joe Alego, death certificate file no. #1407 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central  Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
(4)1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 8, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 63, Joe Allo; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 18 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..
(5)1910, , population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Manhattan Ward 8, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1004; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1375017, Giuseppe Alev; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 5 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
(6) 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. Andretta, Joe

Guiseppe "Joe" ANDRETTA(1,2) was born on 21 April 1892 to Bartolo “Louis” Andretta and Maria/Mary Noradeen, in either Glenwood Springs, Colorado.(3,4,5,6,9)  He appeared with his parents in the census in 1910 in Pryor, Colorado.(6)  He submitted draft registration cards for WWI in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in which he claimed he was an “alien” and born in Bero (Vol di Non), Austria, but in the handwritten notes of the registration form it states that he was a “native born American Citizen”.(3,4) As a young man, Joe had light brown hair, light brown eyes and was of medium build.(4,8) Joe submitted an employment application on 10 April 1917 in Pueblo, Colorado where at that time he was working in the Jackson mine. (8) He appeared in the census in 1920 in Santa Clara, Colorado. (3)  Joe married Lucy Mattini in Trinidad, Colorado on 31 March 1921.(13)  Joe at age 31, along with his younger brother Louis Andretta, died in a gas explosion in the Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier, Wyoming.(3,4)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(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) Joe Andretta, death certificate file no. 1421 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

(4) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: online digital 21 July 2011), Joe Andreatta; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Banks, Ray, comp., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations (online database), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com, Operations, Inc. 2000..

 (5)Joe Andreatta, death certificate (Affidavit for Correcting Record dated 6 Nov 1941) 1421 (1923), Death Certficate Affidavit for Correcting Record-Wyoming State, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Centeral Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

 (6)1910, population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pryor, Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: T624_120; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1374133, Joe Andereatha; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 23 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

(7) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com, Joe Andreatta.

(8) 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., 10 April 1917 Joe Andreatta.

(9) 1920, population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Santa Clara, Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: T625_165; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 84, Guissepi Andreatta; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 21 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..

(10) Joe Andretta, Lincoln County death certificate file no. 1421 (14 August 1923).

 (11)Joe Andreatta, Wyoming death certificate 1421 (1923).

 (12) Joe Andretta, Lincoln County death certificate file no. 1421 (14 August 1923).

(13) Guiseppe Andreatta Lucy Mattini, (31 March 1921), Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 (Ancestry.com): FHL Film Number: 001690049; State Archives, Denver, Colorado.

(14) Joe Andreatta, Wyoming death certificate 1421 (1923).

4. Andreatta, Louis

Louis ANDRETTA(1) was born on 17 June 1894 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado to Bartolo “Louis” Andretta and Maria “Mary” Noradeen.(3,4)  He appeared with his parents and siblings in the census in 1910 in Pryor, Colorado.(6)  He submitted draft registration cards for WWI in Huerfano County, Colorado where he reported he was an alien and a subject of Austria, but there is a handwritten notation that Joe was a “native born American Citizen”.(5) He had dark blue eyes, dark brown hair and was medium build.(5)  Louis married Louise PERRET on 3 May 1919 in Trinidad, Colorado.(3,6) Louis aged 29, along with his older brother Guiseppe “Joe”, died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier, Wyoming.(3,6)  Recovery crews located Louis’ body in the lower level of the mine and his body was not recovered until the following day late in the afternoon.(8,9)  He was buried on 19 Aug 1923 in Trinadad, Colorado.(3,4)

Sources:

(1) 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.

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

               (3) Louis Andretta, death certificate file no. 1422 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

               (4) Findagrave.com, "findagrave.com," digital photographs and cemetery records,  (: online 21 July 2011), Mrs. Louis Andreatta findagrave memorial #62567955.

               (5) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: onine digital 21 July 2011), Luois Andreatta; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Huerfano County, Colorado, roll 1561814.

               (6) 1910,  population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pryor, Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: T624_120; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1374133, Louis Andereatha; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 23 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

               (7) Ancestry.com. Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016., (31 March 1921), Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 (Ancestry.com): film #1690049; State Archives, Denver, Colorado.

               (8) Kemmerer Republican, Friday, 17 August 1923 page 1, on microfilm at the Lincoln County Library, Kemmerer Branch, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming.

               (9) Kemmerer Republican, Friday, 17 August 1923 page 1, on microfilm at the Lincoln County Library, Kemmerer Branch, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming.

6. Bebber, Attilio

Attilio BEBBER (1,5) was born on 22 October 1881 in Eyrol, Bosio, Austria.(2,4)  He immigrated on 4 March 1913 from Le Havre to New York sailing on the S. S. Rochambeau.(3)  On the passenger manifest, he listed his brother, Egido of Rock Springs, Wyoming as his final destination.(3)  At the time of his immigration, Attilio was married to Maria who remained in Bosco, Eyrol, Austria.(3) As an undeclared alien, Attilio submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 12 September 1918 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.(4)  Attilio worked for the Megeath Coal Company in Rock Springs in 1918.(4) He was described as tall and slender with brown hair and brown eyes.(4)  Eventually the Bebber brothers moved to Frontier and worked as coal miners for the Kemmerer Coal Company where upon they both died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923.(2)  Attilio was 41 years old.   He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(2)

Sources: 

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

               (2) A Bebber, death certificate file no. 1383 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

               (3) "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 digital 21 July 2011), Attilio Beber; citing Year: 1913; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2022; Line: 5; Page Number: 62.

               (4) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: online digital 5 March 2018), Atilio Babor; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, FHL microfilm 2,022,321.

(5) 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.

7. Bebber, Egidio (Agidio)

Egidio (Agioio) BEBBER(1,9) was born in about 1885 in Austria.(2,3)  He immigrated about 1909.(4) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Middle, Sweetwater, Wyoming, living as a boarder and working as a coal miner.(4)  Egidio (Agioio) BEBBER and Maria/Mary Broso were married on 15 June 1913 in Kemmerer.(5,6)   Maria/Mary was born on 2 February 1889 in Austria.(5,7)  She died on 20 February 1915 at the age of 26 of Tuberculosis leaving a 10 month old baby.(5)   She was buried in Kemmerer.(5,7)  In 1918, Egidio’s brother Atillio immigrated to Wyoming where Egidio was living at the Wyoming Saloon in Rock Springs, Wyoming.(8)   Eventually the Bebber brothers moved to Frontier and worked as coal miners for the Kemmerer Coal Company.  Egidio was 38 years old when he and his brother Attilio, were killed in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier, Wyoming.(2,3) He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(2,3)

Sources:

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

               (2) E Bebber, death certificate file no. 1412 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

               (3) 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., Attilio & Agioio Bebber headstone.

               (4) 1910,  population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Middle, Sweetwater, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1746; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375759, Agedo Baber; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 18 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

               (5)Kemmerer Gazette, Wyoming Newspaper Project Online (: accessed 5 March 2018), Kemmerer Camera no. 42 February 24, 1915, page 5.

               (6) Marriage Records, Western States Marriage Record Index, BYU/Idaho Special Collections, Rexberg, Idaho, online.  familyhistory@byui.edu, ID#177605.

               (7) Kemmerer City Cemetery (Kemmerer City, Lincoln, Wyoming), Lincoln County Historical Societies, Lincoln County Historical Societies, index cards (: online 2018), Maria Bebber.

               (8) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: online digital 5 March 2018), Atilio Babor; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, FHL microfilm 2,022,321.

(9) 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.

8. Berta, George

George BERTA(1,9) was born on 4 February 1894 in Montleghe, Italy to Pietro “Pete” and Theresa.(2,5) At 17 years old and 5’5”, a brown-haired and brown-eyed George immigrated on 22 November 1910 arriving in New York with Giovanni Berta (age 32), Pietro Berta (age 25) and Guiseppe Berta (age 35).(5,6)   George left Havre, Italy and sailed on the ship Chicago.(5)  At age 23 George was a peddler working in Mohrland, Utah where he submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Emery County, Utah.(4)   George appeared in the census in 1920 in Winter Quarters, Carbon, Utah, living as a boarder and working as a coal miner.(6)   George BERTA and Rose BARONETTO(7) were married on 22 February 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah.(7,8)  After their marriage, George and Rose moved to Frontier, Wyoming, where George was employed by the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner.(1,9)  Eighteen months after his marriage, George died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 29.(2,3)  He was buried on 18 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(2,3)

Sources:

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

        (2) George Berta, death certificate file no. 1473 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Centeral Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        (3) 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., George Berta.

        (4) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: online digital 23 July 2011), George Berta; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Registration State: Utah; Registration County: Emery; Roll: 1983884.

        (5)"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," online digital, FamilySearch, Familysearch.org (: online digital 5 March 2018), "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ6M-T2F : 30 January 2018), Giorgio Berta, 1910..

        (6) 1920,  population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Winter Quarters, Carbon, Utah; Roll: T625_1862; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 39, George Berta; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 18 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..

        (7) Marriage Records, Western States Marriage Record Index, BYU/Idaho Special Collections, Rexberg, Idaho, online.  familyhistory@byui.edu, ID#686191.

        (8) George Berta, (23 February 1922), Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966: FHL#429110 reference ID#cn39193; [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA.

(9) 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.

9. Brall, Tony

Tony BRALL(1,2) was born about 1863 in Austria.(2,3) As a coal miner, Tony worked in Frontier, Wyoming for the Kemmerer Coal Company.(1,2)  At the age of 20, Tony was killed in a gas explosion in the Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 60.(3)   He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery in an unmarked grave.(3)  At the time of his death, he was single.(2,3)

 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, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

        3. Tony Brall, death certificate file no. 1389 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

10. Cappelli, W.E.

William E. CAPELLI(1,2)  was born about 1895 in Italy.(3)  He was employed as a coal miner for the Kemmerer Coal Company and was killed in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 28 in Frontier, Wyoming.(3,4)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery in an unmarked grave.(1,2,3,4)  According to his death certificate, 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, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

        (3) William Capello, death certificate file no. 1416 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        (4) Kemmerer City Cemetery (Kemmerer City, Lincoln, Wyoming), Lincoln County Historical Societies, Lincoln County Historical Societies, index cards (: online 6 March 2018), W.E. Capelli.

11. Castagno, John Giovanni

Giovanni "John" CASTEGNO(1,2) was born on 16 September 1881 in Italy to Stefano and Mary Castegno.(3,4)   He immigrated about 1907.(5)   John appeared in the census in 1910 in Frontier, Wyoming living as a boarder and working as a coal miner.(5)  John submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Mohrland, Utah, but listed Frontier, Wyoming as his permanent address.(4)  In addition, John lists Domonic Castagno living in Harino, Italy as his nearest living relative, but no relationship is given.(4)   John was short in height, medium in build and had brown hair and brown eyes.(4)  John was employed with the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner.  He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 41 in Frontier, Wyoming.(6)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States.(3,6)  At the time of his death he was single.(6) 

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, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

        (3) 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., John Castagno.

        (4) "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (: online digital 18 July 2011), John Castagno; citing United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Roll 202241.

        (5) 1910,  population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Frontier, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1747; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1375760, John Costania; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 6 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

        (6) Giovanni Castegno, death certificate file no. 1398 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 William Capello, death certificate file no. 1416 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001. Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

13. Christensen, Carl

Carl CHRISTENSEN(1,7) was born on 23 December 1893 in Widstrup, Hjorring, Denmark to John Christensen and Hilder Hudela.(2,4) He emigrated on the ship Olympia sailing from South Hampton, England leaving on 23 May 1914 and arriving in New York on the 29 May 1914.(4) Carl submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Labarge, Wyoming while working for Salman Brothers as a sheep herder in the Kemmerer area.(3) Carl had blue eyes and was medium height and slender build.(3)  Carl was naturalized on 29 August 1918 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington where he was employed as a soldier living in Camp Lewis.(5) Carl was a private in the13th Sanitary Train 13 Division in WWI.(6)  He appeared in the census in 1920 in Lincoln County, Wyoming, living as a boarder and working as a coal miner.(5)   He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 29 in Frontier, Wyoming.(2) Carl was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(2,6)  He was single.(2,4,5)

 Sources:

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

        (2) Carl Christensen, death certificate file no. 1430 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        (3) "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: online digital 30 July 2011), Carl Christensen; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Wyoming Roll 2022241.

        (4) Carl Christensen, 9 Oct 1918, Microfilm Roll: 132; Microfilm Serial: M1542, Washington, USA; Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 1890-1957; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.

        (5) 1920, population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 8, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 63, Carl Christensen; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 18 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..

        (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., Carl Christensen.

        (7) 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.

14. Christian, John

John CHRISTIAN (1,2) was born in 1888 in Austria/Ukraine the son of Juon Christian.(1,2,3) He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 35 in Wyoming.(1) He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(1,2)

Sources:

      (1) 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.

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

        (3) John Christian, death certificate file no. 1392 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        (4) Kemmerer City Cemetery (Kemmerer City, Lincoln, Wyoming), Lincoln County Historical Societies, Lincoln County Historical Societies, index cards (: online 7 June 2018), John Christian, Block 88, Lot 1, plot 3.

15. Citerio, Mike (Michele Carrera)

Michele CARRERA aka "Mike CITERIO" (1,2,7)  was born on 23 December 1894 in Pratiglione, Italy to Michele Carrera and Carlotta Crasetto.(3,5)   At 5 years old, Michele immigrated on 14 April 1901 to New York along with his mother Carlotta and sisters, Polonia aged 9 and Pretro aged 7.(6) He submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Frontier, Wyoming stating he was “naturalized” and was working for the Kemmerer Coal Company at the saw mill in Frontier.(5)  Mike was married Annie WORHOL on 18 July 1916 in Kemmerer.(3,10)  Mike was short, medium build with blue eyes and light hair.(5)  Mike was killed a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 28 in Frontier, Wyoming leaving Annie a widow with two daughters and a new baby.(3)   The Kemmerer Republican describes Annie’s situation:

Saddened on a bed of pain, lies Mrs. Mike Citerio, with her little son, born two days before the father was killed.    It was their first son, two daughters preceded, and the father, overjoyed, had planned a celebration for next Sunday, to which a score or more of his friends, many who were killed with him, were invited to attend.(11)

Annie also lost her brother, Paul WARHOL, Jr. and her brother-in-law John GRATISKI, who married her sister Susie.(10)  Paul was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery.(3,4)  The following appeared in the local newspaper following the coal mine disaster:

Card of Thanks

We unite in expressing our thanks to our many friends, whose many deeds of kindness and comforting words assisted us to bear the burden of our loss in the untimely death of Mike Citerio, John Gratiski and Paul Warhol at the Frontier mine, August 14; especially do we thank the members of the K. of C. lodge, L.O.O.M and Local Union 2360, U.M.W of A; in fact, everyone who assisted us, to whom we are duly grateful.

MRS. MIKE CITERIO

MRS. JOHN GRATISKI

JOHN WARHOL

MRS. ELLA WARHOL

(10)

An Affidavit filed in Crawford County, Kansas, by Paola NEPUTE, nee CARRERA, legal sister of Mike CITERIO explains the discrepancies in Mike’s name:

  "Affiant further says that due to the fact that her mother married twice, the first time to a party named Carrera and the second party named Citerio and that at the time of the death of the first husband her brother Michele Carrera (Mike Citerio) was a small child.  He was brought up with the name of Citerio and carried this name throughout his life, however, his legal and correct name was Michele Carrera."(9)

Mike CITERIO is the name that appears on his headstone, original death certificate and various newspaper articles reporting victims of the disaster.(3,4,8,9)  Mike CARERA is the name that appears and is how he signed his draft registration card in 1917.(5)

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. Mike Citerio, death certificate file no. 1387 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      4. 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., Mike Citerio.

      5. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (: online digital 6 March 2018), Mike Carera; citing United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K687-L6P : 12 December 2014), Mike Carera, 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..

      6. "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 digital 6 March 2018), Michele Carrera; citing Year: 1901; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 0184; Line: 8; Page Number: 88.

      7.  State of Kansas, Crawford County, Affidavit dated 2 June 1931 by Paola Nepute, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      8.  Kemmerer Republican, news article, dated Friday, 17 August 1923, page 2, copied from microfilm at the Lincoln County Library, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming.

      9.  Kemmerer Republican, news article, dated 24 August 1923, page 5, copied from microfilm at the Lincoln County Library, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming.

      10. Kemmerer Gazette, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming, Wyoming Newspaper Project online, “Wedding”, 26 July 1916.  page 4.

11.  Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 2, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.

16. Coli, John

Giovanni "John" COLI(1,2)  was born about 1891 in Villaminozo, Italy to Ferdinando Coli. (3,4,5)   At age 30 and widowed, John left his father in E. Secchio, Italy and traveled to the home of his brother, Virgilig Coli in Diamondville, Wyoming located just outside of Kemmerer, Wyoming.(3,5) John immigrated on 31 December 1920 sailing on the ship Metagama  to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.( 4,5) John traveled with friend, Giovanni Pieroni, and upon their arrival to Canada, they immediately crossed the border into the United States traveling to Wyoming.(5)  John, his brother Virgilig and his immigration friend Giovanni Pieroni, were all killed in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier, Wyoming.(1,2,3)  John was 32 years old at the time of his death.(1,3,4,5)   John was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.(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. John Giovanni Coli, death certificate file no. 1386 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        4. "Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1947," digital online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (: online 6 March 2018), Giovanni Coli; citing Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada..

        5. "Immigration-US Border Crossings from Canada to US 1895-1960," digital online, National Archives at Washington, D.C., Ancestry.com (: online 6 March 2018), Guovanni Coli; citing 11; arrival date 31 Dec 1920.

17. Coli, Virgilig

Virgilig COLI(1,2) was born in 1885 in Villominazo, Italy to Ferdinando Coli.(1,3,4) He immigrated on 18 December 1911 arriving at Ellis Island in New York.(4)  Virgilig was 5’11’ with a medium complexion and he had chestnut hair and chestnut eyes.(4).  Upon arrival he traveled to his final destination of Diamondville, Wyoming.  In December 1920, Virgilig’s younger brother, Giovanni “John”, immigrated to live and work with his brother.  The Coli brothers were both killed in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier, Wyoming a neighboring city of Diamondville.  Virgilig was 38 years old.(2, 3,4)  Virgilig was single at the time of his death.(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. Virgilig Coli, death certificate file no. 1385 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        4. "Immigration-New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (: online 8 June 2018), Virgilio Coli page 172, line 11; 1911.

        5. "Immigration-US Border Crossings from Canada to US 1895-1960," digital online, National Archives at Washington, D.C., Ancestry.com (: online 6 March 2018), Guovanni Coli; citing 11; arrival date 31 Dec 1920