Frank Trocosso (abt. 1876 - 1954)

Born about 1876 in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Husband of Leona L. (Crawford) Trocosso — married about 1900 in Kansas City, Missouri

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1954 at about age 78 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

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Looking for info on where Frank Trocosso was born in Italy Note: Birth date is unknown. Every record, census, marriage, death certificate, etc.. is different ranging from 1851 to 1883.

Biography

Frank Trocosso immigrated from Italy about 1883 and married Leona Crawford with whom he had at least five children.^[1][2]

(The Kansas City Times, 5 June 1954, page 16) TROCOSSO Frank Trocosso, 96, a retired employee of the city street department, died yesterday at the General hospital. He made his home with a son, John W. Trocosso, 2036 Brighton, formally of 4224 Wornall road. Mr. Trocosso was born in Italy and arrived in this country when 19. He had been employed by the city thirty-five years when he retired about 1930. His wife, Mrs. Leona Trocosso, died in 1939. Surviving besides John Trocosso are three other sons, Angelo Trocosso, Los Angeles; Le Roy Trocosso, 3304 East Sixty-second, and George Trocosso, 3007 East Thirty-second, and a daughter, Mrs. Geneva Hoover, Wichita

Name: Frank Trocosso. Frank Toccasso.

Immigration from Italy to US. several dates: 1880, 1883, 1895

Marriage Husband Frank Trocosso Wife Leona Crawford Marriage 12 Nov 1900. Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States.

Died 4 Jun 1954. Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States.

Buried Kansas City - Green Lawn Cemetery, Jackson County, Missouri, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 22 Aug 2018), database with images, "Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," > Jackson > Record images for Jackson > 1900-1901 > image 231 of 631 for Frank Troccoss and Leona Crawford, 12 Nov 1900, Jackson County, Missouri; Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm], Jackson 1900-1901.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HP-85L : accessed 23 August 2018), Frank Trocosso, Kansas City Ward 13, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing ED 221, sheet 5A, line 11, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 929; FHL microfilm 1,820,929.
   
   1920 census Jackson Co., MO. ED 221, p 5. Kansas City. 5512 ____. Frank Trocosso, WM 52, emigrated 1883, naturalized citizen, b. Italy, parents b. Italy, laborer, street cleaning. Living with him: wife Leona and children Johnnie, Angelo, Geneva, Georgie and LeRoy.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2018), memorial page for Frank Trocosso (1883–4 Jun 1954), Find A Grave: Memorial #89906388, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Dale Brotherton (contributor 48068008).

ID: I32538

Name: Frank Trocosso

Sex: M

Birth: ABT. 1860 in Clarvia, Italy

Death: 4 JUN 1954 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri

Note:

bur. 7 Jun 1954, Green Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO.

Birth date from 1910 census. Ages vary from record to record. His death certificate has Jan 1851. Birth location from his death certificate.

Marriage info from Jackson Co., MO Marriages, # 21061. Listed as Frank Troccoso and Leona Crawford. Both were residents of Jackson Co., MO. Married before a justice of the peace.

1910 census Jackson Co., MO. ED 49, p 10. Kansas City. 3012 Cleaveland. Frank Trocosso, WM 50, 3rd marriage, m'd 10 yrs, b. Italy, parents b. Italy, street laborer. Living with him: wife Leona and children Sarah E., John W., Angelo, Duleva A. and George. Also present: grandmother-in-law Catharin Crawford.

1930 census Jackson Co., MO. ED 48-119, p 44. Kansas City. 6008 Kenwood. Frank Trocosso, WM 75, first married at age 35, house valued at $2000, b. Italy, parents b. Italy, city street cleaner. Living with him: wife Leona and children George and Leroy. Also present: daughter Sarah Puckett and her children William, Kenneth and Mary C. Puckett. Also present: cousin Lester Oth.

Death/burial info from his death certificate. (Missouri Div. of Health # 19194) He had been a resident of 2036 Brighton Ave., Kansas City, MO. Widowed. Retired employee, City Street Dept. His wife mentioned, but his son John did not know the names of Frank's parents. Cause of death given as fracture of hip due to arteriosclerosis and resulting from falling on floor in home accident.

• Source: 1900 United States Federal Census,

• Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 3012 Cleaveland, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA, ED 149, sheet 10B, lines 65-72, visitation 245-256 at

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• Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 5512 Cypress, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA, ED 221, sheet 5A & 30-stamped, lines 11-17, visitation 78-78 at [2]

• Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 6008 Kenwood, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA, ED 48-119, sheet 44A & 167-stamped, lines 4-12, visitation 808-815 at

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