"By 1910, Italians such as the Aprato and Giacoletto families, pictured here in front of their boarding house,
constituted one-third of the residents of the North Broadway district. The heart of the settlement
could be found on Castelar Street (now North Hill Street), near St. Peter's Italian Church.
It extended to Alpine, Ord, San Fernando (present-day North Spring Street),
College and Casanova streets."
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oldstuff, can you work your magic and find some additional information on the Aprato and Giacoletto families?
I'd appreciate it.
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Here is a little of what info there is on mostly the Aprato family:
1910 Census
Luis Aprato, born in Italy in 1889, in 1910 census lived at 743 New High Street, (by himself). He worked in a foundry.
1920 Census
Jo Aprato (Guiseppi) born in Italy on February 11, 1888. In the 1920 Census he is living at 1152 Yale Street, Los Angeles. Came to the US in 1910. Married to Domeca Aprato. His native language was Spanish. He was a cord maker in an iron works (probably the same person as above. He and his wife had a son, Jo Jr. born in 1915.
Louis Aprato, born in Italy in on November 27, 1889. He came to the US in 1896. He is married to Maria Aprato. They have two sons Jo, 7 and Pete 6. In 1920 they live at 1088 Yale Street and he owns the house there. He works as a moulder in a machine shop. Records show that Luigi Aparato married Maria Maddelena Giacolletto in Los Angeles on November 11, 1911. (she became a naturalized citizen in 1940.
1930 Census
Louis Aprato, born in Italy in 1890. His records in the 1930 Census says he came to the US in 1905. He was a naturalized citizen. He is married to Mary Aprato, born in Italy in 1892. This is the same couple as above and they now have one more son, Louis, born in California in 1922. The 1930 Census shows that they live at 3336 Granada Street, Los Angeles. At that time, he is listed as being a carpenter and working in a carpenter shop.
Joe Aprato, born in Italy in 1889, lives in 1930 with his wife Domminicka, and son Joe, now 15, at 1745 37th Street in a rented house. Joe is now the owner of a grocery store. He is also a naturalized citizen
Draft Registrations
Both Joe and Louis registered for the draft for WWI. Joe noted that he had previously served two years in the Italian Army, where he had been a corporal. At the time that he registered for the draft, he was working at the Fulton Engine Works on Main and Alhambra Streets.
Louis, at the time that he registered for the draft was working as a chauffeur at the Keystone Iron Works in Los Angeles. He was married with two children at the time. He has no previous military service.
The family came from Bosconero, Italy as is listed by Joe's WW II draft registration. This is in the northwestern part of Italy, about 16 miles north of Turin.
I have not been able to determine if Joe and Louis were brothers or cousins.
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