Giuseppe Giovanni Zara (1900 - 1930)

Born 8 Feb 1900 in Vanzaghello Magnago, Milano, Lombardy, Italy

Husband of Virginia (Fossa) Scarabosio — married 1928 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Died 10 May 1930 at age 30 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

Giuseppe Zara has Italian Roots.

Giuseppe was born in 1900. ^[1]

Prior to coming to the US, Zio Giuseppe was a member of the local Carabiniere - the Italian national police force. ^[2]

Giuseppe immigrated to the US on 4 Jul 1922 aboard the SS Colombo out of Genoa, Italy. He was destined for San Francisco and the home of his brother Carlo Zara. He listed his father's brother Francesco Zara as his hometown reference. He was a mason by trade and could read and write. ^[3]

He married Virginia Fossa in San Francisco in 1928. ^[4]

Virginia filed for a divorce in May of 1929 but Giuseppe died before the divorce was finalized. ^[5]

At the time of his death Giuseppe was the co-owner of a sausage casing shop in San Francisco's Butchertown. ^[6]

He passed away in 1930 and is buried in the Italian Cemetery in Colma, CA. ^{[7] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ The yet to be indexed Anno 1900 - Vanzaghello frazione del Comune di Magnago- Provincia di Milano Registry degli Atti di Nascita Film # 007852343; Image 1352; record 23; [1]
2. ↑ 1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabinieri
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNLB-56L : 2 March 2021), Giuseppe Zara, 1922.
4. ↑ Marriage License notice in The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California 25 May 1928, Fri • Page 4
5. ↑ Decree Number 28488 published in The Recorder; San Francisco, California 24 May 1929, Fri • Page ; Newspapers.com
6. ↑ Butchertown's Beginnings an historical essay in the Digital Archive @FoundSF [2]
7. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-2LZQ : 23 February 2021), Giuseppe Zara, 10 May 1930; citing 28168, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,050.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 March 2021), memorial page for Giuseppe Zara (8 Feb 1900–10 May 1930),Find A Grave: Memorial #18568455, citing Italian Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA ; Maintained by AZ (contributor 46899001) .

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6L-NVJ : accessed 31 March 2021), Jo Guiseppe Zara, San Francisco (Districts 1-250), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 9A, line 22, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 195; FHL microfilm 2,339,930.