Smack me with the stupid stick (again)! Listening to this week’s (5/6) Genealogy Guys podcast, I was reminded of a super basic consideration which I had completely filed away. I’ve been searching for records pertaining to Luigi Co Depietro’s brief time in Philadelphia preceding his early death. Entries for “Co Depietro” and the usual variations (CoDepietro, CoDipeitro, Codipietro, and Col vs Co) turned up little to nothing. However, searching for Depietro and De Pietro helped identify his WWI Draft Registration. His named was signed CoDipietro, but an unseen annotator inscribed Di Pietro above the signature (presumably for filing purposes).
Source Citation:
Ancestry.Com Registration Location: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1907755; Draft Board: 33.
My transcription notes:
- Name: Luigi Di Pietro
- Age in Years: 27
- Home Address: 6215 Race St, Phila, PA
- Date of Birth: Aug 20th, 1890
- Status: Alien
- Where were you born: Jelsi, Campobasso, Italy
- Country of Citizenship: Italy
- Occupation: Laborer
- Employer: Nicola Marino
- Where Employed: 6215 Race St
- Dependents: Wife here, Mother in Italy
- Marital Status: Married
- Race: White
- Military Service Experience: None
- Medium Height, Medium Build
- Brown Eyes, Brown Hair
- Precinct: 29-36-34
- City or County: Phila
- State: PA
- Date of Registration: June 5, 1917
