William Peter Naro ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for William was Billie Naro.⁷

   FamilySearch ID: L81S-TR3.

  Burial Notes:

His ashes were scattered on Montery Bay.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁷ Pete Naro, private musician, 35, was living with wife May, 23; and son Billie, 3. Pete was married at age 30, when May was 17. Pete was born in Louisiana, and his parents in Italy. May was born in California, her parents in Pennsylvania. Billie was born in California. Pete was a veteran of World War I. They were renting at 1730 Turk St. in San Francisco.

2. Census in 1940 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded renting at 510 Fulton Street: May Naro, divorced, waitress restaurant, 32, living with her son William, 13. They were born in Calfiornia and lived in the same place in 1935. Living next door in the same apartment is sister-in-law Viola Beecher [nee Duckworth] with her daughter Arllene, 2. Viola's husband, May's brother Arthur was in prison this year.

3. Occupation: merchant marine on 31 Mar 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁶

4. He was described as white, 5' 11", 143 lbs., brown eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion. Wears glasses on 31 Mar 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁶

5. Residence: 1227 38th Avenue, San Francisco, CA on 31 Mar 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁶

6. Census in 1950 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded at 1071 Alabama Street: Louis R. Lopes, stationary engineer in hotel, 39, living with wife May, waitress, 42; stepson William Naro, laborer in fish factory, 23; and stepdaughter-in-law Cathy Naro, 19. Louis was born in California, May in Pennsylvania, William in California, and Cathy in Oklahoma.

7. Residence: on 28 Jan 1967 in Pittsburg, Contra Costa, CA. ¹⁰

William married Catherine Louise Barrett, daughter of Thomas Patrick Barrett and Iris Iwillo Wolery, on 20 Oct 1949 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce about 1956. (Catherine Louise Barrett was born on 10 Mar 1931 in Ardmore, Carter, OK,^{3 11 12} died on 17 May 2005 in Bellows Falls, Windham, VT ^{3 11 12} and was buried in Saxtons River, Windham, VT ¹¹.)