Thomas Perkins Nicholson
(1844-1898)
Emma Louise Beecher
(1845-1923)
Joseph Rocereto
(1879-1973)
Katherine A. Nicholson
(1872-1958)
William Joseph Rocereto
(1908-1985)

 

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William Joseph Rocereto 1 2

  • Born: 10 Jun 1908, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 2
  • Died: Jan 1985, , Westmoreland Co. PA at age 76

   FamilySearch ID: LDQ1-RDR.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 2 The 1910 census recorded renting at 257 Kelley Street: Joseph Rocereto, tailor in tailoring shop, 30, living with wife Kate A., 37; Violet, 7; Edna, 4; William, 1 year 10 months. The census column indicates they had been married 8 years and she had birthed only 3 children by 1910. Joseph's birthplace was "Fran. Italian" and his parents born in Italy; he immigrated in 1890. Kate and her parents and her children were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1920 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 3 The 1920 census recorded Joseph Rocereto, 37, living with wife Katherine A., 37; Violet N., 15; Edna N., 13; William J., 10; Edward, 8; and Eugene, 4 years 2 months. Also in the home is mother-in-law Emma Nicholson, 64; and her daughter Hattie, 38.

3. Census in 1940 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 4 The 1940 census recorded renting at 5128 Baum Boulevard: Joseph Rocereto, tailor, merchant tailor, 60, living with wife Katherine, 58; William, 31; Edward, sales clerk in bakery co., 28; and Eugene, sales clerk in grocery, 24. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Joseph in France.


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S. Naturalization Originals, 1795-1930 (National Archives; Washington, D.C; Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Series: M1537; Roll: 296; Record Type: (Roll 296) Petition Nos. 43776-44000), Petition 43834. Joseph Rocereto, 26 Jul 1922.

2 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 13, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1303; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0449; FHL microfilm: 1375316.

3 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 13, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1522; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 525; Image: 205.

4 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQNB-BPT Joseph Rocereto, Ward 8, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-192, sheet 1A, family 11.



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