Cosimo Di Miceli (1903 - 1944)

Born 20 Jun 1903 in Morgan City, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lotte LaRue (Davis) DiMiceli — married [date unknown] in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 16 May 1944 at age 40 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Cosimo di Miceli is born 20 June 1903^[1] in Morgan City, Louisiana, the son of Giuseppe di Miceli and Anna Streva.^[1]

In the 1910 federal census of the city of Los Angeles, Precinct 87, taken 18 April, Marie Streva, 58 (b. 1852), heads a household at 1358 Channing St. with her sons Tony, 27 (b. 1883), Samuel, 24 (b. 1886), and Ross, 22 (b. 1888). Also in this household are Marie’s daughter, Anna, 30, her husband Joseph Dimiceli, 32 (b. 1878), their children Cosimo, 6 (b. 1904), Leonardo, 4 (b. 1906), and Andrew, 2 (b. 1908). Anna has had three children, all living. Also in the household are Marie’s grandchildren, Lucy Dicarlo, 13 (b. 1897), and Vincent Dicarlo, 7 (b. 1903). Marie is a widow of Italian birth. She has had six children, five of them living. Her children and son in law in the household were all born in Italy. The Di Miceli children, and Vincent Di Carlo, were born in Louisiana. Lucy Di Carlo was born in Italy. Marie and the four children of hers listed in this household all immigrated in 1897. Her son in law came in 1889. Mary’s sons and son in law are naturalized citizens. Tony is the proprietor of a grocery store. Samuel is a laborer in a railway yard. Ross is a laundryman in a laundry. Joseph Di Miceli is a fruit merchant who owns his own market.^[2]

In the 1920 federal census of Los Angeles, taken on 8 January, Joseph D. Miceli, age 41, and his wife, Anna, 40, head a household at 1446 48th St. They both became naturalized citizens in 1904. Joseph immigrated in 1890 and Anna in 1897. Their children at home are Cosimo, 16, Leonard, 14, Andrew, 12, and Rosa, 10. The children were all born in Louisiana. Joseph is a core maker for an iron foundry.^[3]

His father dies in 1936.

Cosimo marries LaRue at an unknown date.

Cosimo is a moulder in a steel foundry where he is mortally injured on 2 May 1944, hit by the door of a casting machine. The injury to his liver leads to pneumonia and death on 16 May.

His residence was 400 E. 102nd St. Los Angeles. Cosimo is buried 20 May 1944 in Calvary Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SV-R9K1-F?cc=2001287&wc=FP9L-7M9%3A285176601%2C285575601 : 27 September 2019), Los Angeles, Los Angeles > Death certificates 1944 no 7000-9000 > image 1880 of 2725; California State Archives, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2T-7KW : accessed 30 August 2017), Joseph Streva, Los Angeles Assembly District 71, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 5A, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 81; FHL microfilm 1,374,094.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH73-SYJ : accessed 21 September 2017), Leonard Miceli in household of Joseph D Miceli, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 394, sheet 7B, line 62, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,820,114.