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.

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.

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.

18. Desanti, Henry Enrico

Enrico "Henry" DESANTI(1,2)  was born on 21 Nov 1882 in Italy.(3,4,5) He immigrated in 1901.(6) Henry married a woman named Elvira, it is unknown when or where they married.(5,6)  He submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 12 September 1918 in Lincoln County, Wyoming where he was working as a coal miner for the Kemmerer Coal Company.(5)    Henry was medium height, slender build with gray eyes and dark brown hair. (5)  Henry appeared in the census in 1920 in Lincoln County, Wyoming with his wife and three children.(6)  He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 40 in Frontier, Wyoming.(3)   He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City cemetery.(3,4)  

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. Henry Desanti, death certificate file no. 1466 (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., Henry Desanti.

        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 (: online digital 30 July 2011), Henry Desantis; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Wyoming Roll 2022241.

        6. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 8, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 63, Henry Desauta; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 30 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

23. Erikson, Matti

Matti “Matt” ERICKSON(1,2) was born on 14 September 1877 in Finland.(3,4,5)   He immigrated in 1906.(6) Matti submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 12 September 1918 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(5)  Matti had light blue eyes and light brown hair and was working for the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner.(5)  Matti married Brieta and it is unknown when and where this marriage took place.(6)  Matti, his wife and son next appeared in the census in 1920 in Maynard, Middlesex, Massachusetts.(6)  In 1920 Matti and his son, Eino, were working for a woolen company, Eino was a yard laborer  and Matti was a carder.(6) Within the next three years Eino and Matti settled in Frontier, Wyoming where they were employed with the Kemmerer Coal Company as coal miners.(1)  Matt, aged 45, and his son Eino died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923.(3,4)   The day of Matt and Eino’s funeral the following snippet was printed in the local newspaper:

Another sad incident connected with the explosion is that of Mrs. Matt Erickson, who lost her husband and son, her only living relatives in America.  The bereaved widow was prostrated with grief, and no sadder spectacle ever was witnessed than that depicted when the sheets were lifted from the faces of her husband and son, lying in the morgue.(6)

Father and son were buried next to each other, on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(4,3) 

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. 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., Matt & Eino E. Erickson, headstone.

        4. Matt Erickson, death certificate file no. 1460 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        5. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (: online digital 7 March 2018), Matt Erickson; 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-GM2 : 12 December 2014), Matt Erickson, 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. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Maynard, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_714; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 306, Matti Erickson family including Eino Erickson; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 7 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

24. Essman, George

George ESSMAN(1,2) was born on 5 June 1888 in Wellston, Ohio to John Essman and Mary Miechler.(3-7) He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wellston with his parents and siblings.(6)  George next appears in the 1910 census, living with his parents and siblings, working as a coal miner while his father was working in the coal mine as an inspector.(8) George and his family moved to Wyoming where George submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Kemmerer where he was working for the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner.(7) George was tall, medium build, with blue eyes and black hair.(7)  He appeared in the census in 1920 in Kemmerer with his parents and siblings, both George and his father were working in the coal mine as coal miners.(9)  On 3 September 1921 George married Katie Crosland in Millard, Utah.(10)  George died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 35 in Frontier, Wyoming.(3-5)

From the newspaper the Herald in Louisville, Kentucky and reprinted in the Kemmerer Republican was the following account of George’s siblings who were traveling at the time of his death:

     The Arm of tragedy reached from a mine disaster in Wyoming yesterday to a home in Louisville to cast sorrow over a family and end a happy vacation trip and reunion in bitter grief.

     Saturday Misses Ida and Clara Essman, Kemmerer, Wyo., and their brother Clarence, of Montpelier, Ida., arrived in Louisville to visit their uncle, Mr. William Drislane, at 2428 Ransdell avenue.  They had made the long journey with the happiest anticipations.

     Tuesday evening, they received a telegram that their brother, George Essman, had lost his life in the mine disaster at Kemmerer.  He was the rope splicer at the ill-fated Frontier mine No. 1.  The telegram stated that he was one of the last to enter the mine, and is believed to have been one of the first to perish.

     The Misses Essman and their brother left last night on the Pan-American for Cincinnati in order to make connection for home as quickly as possible.  It will be two days before they arrive.  The three were overcome by grief when the news was received yesterday afternoon just as they returned from a drive.  They had planned to visit also the family of their aunt, Mrs. W.P. Lee, 1703 Edenside, wife of the local manager of the Remington Typewriter company.(10)

Also printed on the same day in the Kemmerer Republican was the following card of thanks:

     We take this means of conveying our heartfelt thanks to the kind neighbors and friends for their many manifestations of sympathy during our bereavement in the loss of our son and brother, George, in the mine tragedy of last week.  Especially do we thank the donors of the beautiful flowers and to the Loyal Order of Moose; in fact, everyone who by word or deed, showed their friendly sympathy.

JOHN ESSMAN AND FAMILY

MRS. GEORGE ESSMAN(10)

George was buried on 18 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Wyoming.(3,4)

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. 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., Geoge, headstone.

            4. George Essman, death certificate file no. 1452 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

            5. George Essman entry, Ancestry.com. Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011., FHL Film Number:          301032: index, "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

            6. 1900, population schedules, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wellston Ward 2, Jackson, Ohio; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0058, George Essman; digital images, Ancestry.com (online : online digital 7 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..

            7. "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 7 March 2018), George Essman; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Registration State: Wyoming; Registration County: Lincoln; Roll: 2022241.

            8. 1910, population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wellston Ward 2, Jackson, Ohio; Roll: T624_1198; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1375211, Ggeorge Essman; 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.

            9. 1920, population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 56, George Essman; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 18 July 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

            10.  George Essman, (3 September 1921), Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.: FHL Film Number: 482022, Bk C p152 Lic #305; Ancestry.com. Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.

            11.  The Kemmerer Republican, 24 August 1023, page 5, accessed online at Wyoming Newspaper Project at newspapers.wyo,gov, Wyoming State Library.

            

26. Fausstino, Val (Valandro)

Faustino VALANDRO(1-3) was born on 30 April 1876 in Spera Provinca, Trento, Austria to Valeriano Valandro and Maria Purin.(2,4-5). As a single man, Faustino immigrated on 24 April 1905 to New York and then traveled on to Kemmerer, Wyoming.(6,7) Faustino married Catterina PURIN in Austria on 23 February 1910.(9)  Faustino submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 12 September 1918 in Kemmerer while working for the Frontier Supply Company as a wood chopper at the Hams Fork Timber Camp.(5)   Faustino  was of medium height and had blue eyes and black hair, in addition he lost his right eye.(5)  Faustino appeared in the census in 1920 in Lincoln County living as a married “batchelor”(sic) and working as a coal miner, while living with the E. Barb family.(7)  Faustino died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 47 in Frontier.(2)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(2,8)  Faustino was married to Catterina Purin who after she was widowed would eventually become Mrs. Catterina Paterno.(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. Faustino Valandro, death certificate file no. 1408 affidavit for correction dated 17 April 1951 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

        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. Faustino Valandro, Lincoln County death certificate file no. 1408 (14 August 1923).

        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 (: online 30 July 2011), Valandro Faustino; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Valandro Faustino, 1917-1918; citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

        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 7 March 2018), Faustino Valandro; citing Year: 1905; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 0564; Line: 17; Page Number: 34.

        7. 1920, , population schedule, District: 63, Vol Fanistin; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 7 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..

        8. Lincoln County Historical Societies (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), Lincoln County Historical Societies, , online digital (: online 7 March 2018), Faustino Valandro.

        9.  Kemmerer Gazette, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 17 May 1956, page 1, article entitled “Mrs. Paterno Rites Held Wednesday Morning Here, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.

39. Jarvie, August, Sr.

August JARVIE(1-2)  aka Rannanjarvi(10) was born on 6 December 1873 in Finland.(3-4)  He immigrated in 1894 and was naturalized in 1903.(5-7,10)   August married Liisa Maki about 1894, probably in Finland, where their first two children were born.(5-7)  Liisa, also known as Elizabeth and Lizzie, immigrated with her two children in August 1899 arriving in Boston, Massachusetts with their final destination being Diamondville, Wyoming where August was living.(10)  According to the passenger records, August had been in the United States for 2 ½ years by 1899.(10)  August appeared in the census in 1900 in Lincoln County, Wyoming.(7)  August, his wife and three children, appeared in the census in 1910 in Frontier, Uinta, Wyoming where he was working as a coal miner.(8)  August filled out draft registration cards on 12 September 1918 in Lincoln County, Wyoming where he reported he was of medium height, slender build and had light blue eyes and light hair.(9) He was working for the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner.(9)  He appeared in the census in 1920 in Frontier with his wife and five children.(6) He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 49 in Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming.(3)  August was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer.(1,3)

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. August Jarvie, death certificate file no. 1425 (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 18 July 2011); citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Registration State: Wyoming; Registration County: Lincoln; Roll: 2022241.

      5. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Frontier, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1747; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1375760, August Jarvie; 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. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 8, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 63, , August Jarvie.

      7. 1900, , population schedules, , Frontier, Uinta, Wyoming; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0060, August Jarva; digital images, Ancestry.com (online : online 9 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..

      8. 1910, , population schedule, , Roll: T624_1747; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1375760, August Jarvie; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online 18 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

      9. 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., Ausust Jarvie.

      10. "Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943," online digital, Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006., Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : online 19 June 2018), Liisa Rannanjarvi/Hilda Maria Rannanjarvie/Johan Rannanjarvi; citing 5,6,7.

41. Kangas, Henry

Henry John KANGAS(1-2) was born on 16 December 1889 in Lapingula, Finland.(3-2)  He submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Frontier, Wyoming.(4)  Henry served in the military Pvt. Coast Art. Corps.(5) He was naturalized and was of medium height and medium build with brown eyes and light hair.(4)  He died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 33 in Frontier.(3-5) Henry was buried on 16 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(3-5) 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. Henry John Kangas, death certificate file no. 1401 (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 30 July 2011), Henry Kangas; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, Roll 2022241.

      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., Henry Kangas.

53. Lupcho, George

George LUPCHO(1-2)   was born on 5 August 1895 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Andrew and Barbara Lupcho.(3-6)  At age five, he appeared in the census in 1900 in East Union, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania living with his parents and siblings.(5)   At age fifteen, he appeared in the census in 1910 in Frontier, Wyoming where he was living with his siblings and parents.(7)   George filled out draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Frontier, Wyoming.(6)  George was tall with a medium build with blue eyes and light hair and he was working as a coal miner for the Kemmerer Coal Company in the Number 3 Frontier Mine.(6)  He appeared in the census in 1920 at Lincoln County, Wyoming living with his widowed father and siblings, and where he was incorrectly recorded as “Georgia” and as a female.(8)   George LUPCHO and Annie NORMAN(9) were married on 16 October 1921 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(9) George died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 28 in Frontier along with his father, Andrew , and his younger brother Joe.(3)  George was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(3)  

George’s family printed the following Card of Thanks in the Kemmerer Republican:

To all of our neighbors and friends, as well as the members of the K. of C. lodge and U.M.W. of A. No. 2360, our heartfelt thanks is extended for the many manifestations of sympathy and kindly deeds performed for us during our bereavement in the loss of our dear father and brothers, Andrew, George and Joseph Lupecho, who met death Tuesday, August 14, in the terrible disaster.  It is comforting to know that the finer feelings of love and devotion to fellow beings in distress still exists.

MRS. MARY ROLETTO

ANNA LUPCHO AND FAMILY(10)

In addition, another note appearing on the same day:

My burden has been hard to bear in the loss of my beloved husband, George Lupcho, but the many deeds of kindness and comforting words from friends and neighbors, has served to assuage grief.  To all who assisted me in my sorrow, I extend heartfelt thanks; especially do I thank the members of local Union No. 2360, U.M.W. of A., and the K. of C. lodge, and to the donors of the floral tributes.

MRS. GEORGE LUPCHO.(10)

George was survived by his wife and a newborn baby.(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. 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. George Lupcho, death certificate file no. 1463 (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: 3A; Enumeration District: 63, Andrew Lupcho family and George  "Georgia Lupedo" Lupcho; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online August 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..

      5. 1900, , population schedules, Year: 1900; Census Place: East Union, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Page: 23; Enumeration District: 0142, famiy of Andrew Lupcho; digital images, Ancestry.com (online : online August 2011); Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..

      6. "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 (: onlin July 2011), Geogre Lupcho; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: Registration State: Wyoming; Registration County: Lincoln; Roll: 2022241.

      7. 1910, , population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Frontier, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1747; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1375760, Andrew Lupcho family including George & Joe; digital images, Ancestry.com (: August 2011 ); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

      8. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 8, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 63, , Andrew Lupcho family including George & Joe.

      9. Marriage Records, Western States Marriage Record Index, BYU/Idaho Special Collections, Rexberg, Idaho, online.  familyhistory@byui.edu, Kemmerer, 16 Oct 1921, Volume 2, page 207.

      10. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 5, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.

56. Maginio, (John) Gioanni Battista

John MAGNINO(1-2) was born on 9 April 1889 in Sparone, Italy to Giovanni Magnino and Madaline Riva-Rovado.(3-4,7) He immigrated about 1907.(5)  John married Justina RIVA(7) on 16 July 1914 in Hancock, Michigan.(7)  He submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 or 1918* in Salt Lake City, Utah.(4)  At the time, John was working in mining for the Apex Company in Bingham, Utah.(4)  He was of medium height, slender  build, with brown eyes and brown hair.(4)  On the draft card, it is asked, “Has person lost arm, leg, hand foot, or both eyes, or is he otherwise disabled (specify)?” and in the following explanation space it is handwritten, “three fingers, eye.”(4)   John appeared in the census in 1920 at Precinct 10 in Salt Lake City with his wife Justina, one son and one daughter.(5)  In 1920 John was 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 34 in Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming.(3)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 at Kemmerer City Cemetery in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(3,6)

*Note:  The specific year is not recorded on John’s WWI draft registration cards.  The draft cards were filled out in 1917 and 1918.

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 Magnino, death certificate file no. 1437 (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 ), Registration State: Utah; Registration County: Salt Lake; Roll: 1983909; Draft Board: 1; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:.

      5. 1920, , population schedule, 1920; Census Place: Precinct 10, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1865; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 65, John Magwino/Magnino; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online 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. Kemmerer City Cemetery (Kemmerer City, Lincoln, Wyoming), Lincoln County Historical Societies, Lincoln County Historical Societies, index cards (: online February 2018), John Magnino, city block 88 lot 4 plot 1.

      7. John Magnino and Justina Riva, (16 July 1914), Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.: ; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan.