Louis Anthony Asaro (1917 - 1942)

Born 25 Mar 1917 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Kay (Cuffaro) Pinamonti — married 27 Dec 1941 in Elm Grove, Ohio, West Virginia, United States

Died 18 Aug 1942 at age 25 in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States

Biography

Louis was born in 1917. He was the son of Antonio Asaro and Giuseppa Savarino. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He enlisted in the Army on 31 Jan 1941 ^[4] and was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Due to a prior injury to his foot, he was not sent overseas for World War II, and was discharged. ^[5] He married Frances Kay Cuffaro on 27 Dec 1941, ^[6] returned to work for the Valley Camp Coal Company, and was killed in a mining accident in 1942. ^[7] His son Louis Anthony, Jr. was born a month after he died. ^[5]

Louis is buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDTJ-B5V : 3 February 2021), Louie Assaro in entry for Tony Assaro, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMHY-SJD : accessed 9 February 2022), Lewis Tony Anaro in household of Tony Anaro, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 6A, line 10, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2550; FHL microfilm 2,342,284.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZV-JJP : 8 January 2021), Louis Assarro in household of Anthony Assarro, Triadelphia Magisterial District, Ohio, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-82B, sheet 3A, line 26, family 47, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4437.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YX-3K4 : 5 December 2014), Louis A Assaro, enlisted 31 Jan 1941, Huntington, West Virginia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Maria Giuseppa Asaro & Vincenzo Rocco Macri - Their Story, by Jim & Carolyn Macri, published by the authors, MyPublisher, Inc., May 2012.
6. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBMS-732 : 11 February 2018), Louis Assaro and Frances Cuffaro, 1941; citing Ohio, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 862,727.
7. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9H2-N9T : 10 March 2018), Louis Assaro, 18 Aug 1942; citing Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, County Records, Serial #760, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 857,620.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #120868746 for Louis A. Assaro (25 Mar 1917–18 Aug 1942), citing Mount Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Thats My Cuz (contributor 48113240) .