John Grotti (1915 - 1947)

Born 23 May 1915 in Cherry, Bureau, Illinois, United States

Died 25 Mar 1947 at age 31 in Wamac, Clinton, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1915.

He worked as a coal miner. He passed away in 1947, perishing in the coal mine disaster of Mine No. 5, near Centralia, Illinois. He is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois.

Notes

Article on Centralia Mine Disaster: https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2017/03/centralia-illinois-mine-5-disaster-of.html?m=1#:~:text=%20THE%20VICTIMS%20OF%20THE%20CENTRALIA%20MINE%20DISASTER%3A,years%2C%20married%2C%20He%20leaves%20a%20widow.%20More%20

Centralia Mine Disaster, 1947

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCX-8R5 : 8 January 2021), John Grotti in household of Joe Grotti, Centralia Township, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-17, sheet 21A, line 28, family 68, 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 852.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQBB-9RY : 8 March 2018), John Grotti, 25 Mar 1947; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,770.
• [1] Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/85212518/john-grotti : accessed 12 June 2021), memorial page for John Grotti (23 May 1915–25 Mar 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85212518, citing Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Larry & Susan M. (contributor 47684522) .