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Dawson. This was about 35 miles southwest of Raton. |
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| The road to
Dawson was paved for
only about 300 meters. Then it turned to dirt. I could not tell if it ever had been paved all the way. |
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| At the end of
the five miles, we
reached the locked gate to the Dawson town site. The site is private property and only accessible during the Dawson reunions. The cemetery is to the right of and outside the gate. |
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| The entrance
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time that I
had and found many of the possible relatives buried there. All of these
people were from San Pietro Avellana. I'll have to find the people I
missed the next time I go there. |
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| Carmine
Frazzini July 20, 1881-Feb. 19, 1912 , husband of Maria Antonia Carlini. Several of the grave sites had this type of metal fencing around them. This photo was taken during the 2008 Dawson Reunion. |
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| Carmine
Frazzini July 20, 1881-Feb. 19, 1912, husband of Maria Antonia Carlini. The headstone is deteriorating very badly. There is more about Carmine Frazzini's ancestors on the Dawson web page. |
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 1912 Carmine Frazzini's Gravesite  Photo sent to me by Marilou Moschetti, wife of Thomas Moschetti, grandson of Carmine.The family identified the young boy as Angelo (born 1903 - so would have been 9 years old) and the young girl as Ledora Frazzini (born 1910 - so would have been 2 years old). |
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| Angelo
Frazzini 1903-1927 Son of Carmine Frazzini and Maria Antonia Carlini. Angelo married Pearl Dupont. Pearl is the daughter of Scott and Pearl Dupont. She was born about 1910 so she was 17 when Angelo died. She and her parents (Scott and Pearl) appear on the 1910 and 1920 census from Dawson and the 1930 census from Los Angeles. For more about Angelo Frazzini, look at his web page. |
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 1927 Angelo Frazzini's Gravesite Photo sent to me by Marilou Moschetti, wife of Thomas Moschetti, nephew of Angelo. |
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| Elisabetta
Ricci March 20, 1885-Aug. 6, 1913 (dates from Dawson Cemetery Index - I can't verify either date) (Ricci Di Pietro means her family name was Ricci and her father's name was Pietro Ricci. First wife of Angelo Palumbo) |
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| Angelo Palumbo Aug. 30, 1881-Feb. 8, 1923 Miners Cross + Tombstone He was killed in the 1923 mine explosion. Probably the brother of Domenico Palumbo. -- I could not find him in the records from the St John the Baptist Church in Dawson. |
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 Angelo Palumbo and his second wife, Olga diFioreChildren, Armando and Elisa Photo sent to me in Jan 2016 by great-granddaughter, Cristina Perinelli. |
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From: Cristina <crisperi65 gmail.com>Subject: Dawson cemetery Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 10:11:27 +0100 Good morning. My name is Cristina Perinelli...I'm from Rome. Sorry for my English, but I only wanted to say to you something about my grandmother . Her name is Rosa Palumbo and her parents' names were Angelo and Olga. She is now 94 , she has one sister , her name is Elisa and she is older than her. She doesn't remember a lot about Dawson....she told me that she was two or three when her mother came back in Italy after the death of her father in the mine. Olga left Dawson with her four children Armando, Elisa , Rosa and Angelo. I hope sometime I could go to Dawson to visit the cemetery. Thank you to have showed the cross of the tomb of my great grandfather . I send to you a picture of Angelo Olga and their children. I asked some questions and Cristina replied: Mark ...today I talked with my grandmother Rosa. She told my that she doesn't know when her father married Elisabetta Ricci. They haven't children. Her brother Armando has died, he was born in Dawson in 1917 ; her sister Elisa (Elisabetta) was born in Dawson 22/4/1919 and she is alive and lives in Piemonte ; She (Rosa) was born in Dawson 11/03/1921 and her brother Angelo was born in Dawson a few days later the mine explosion (I think his name was Angelo because his father was just died) 19/02/1923. Olga was born in Roccaraso. She came back in S.P.A with her children and with the money she received for them. They were baptized in S.P.A because my great grandfather wanted soon come back in SPA. Olga remarried some years later with Attilio Colaianni and had another three children: Emilio Giuseppina and Ugo. A presto. Cristina |
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Palumbo 1884-1946 Husband of Maria Capone In the 1910 census, my great-granduncle is listed as sharing a house with Domenico. By the 1920 census, Domenico is married and has 4 children. In the 1930 census, he has 8 children. -- From the SPA microfilms: Film 1448676 #68 Nati 3 Oct 1884 Domencantonio Palumbo f: Giuseppe 46y m: Giuseppa Mariani From: "Monty Stratton" <mstratton4413 charter.net>Subject: San Pietro Avellano Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:07:40 -0700 I am writing this for my wife because she is "allergic" to the computer! My wife's name is Laura Palumbo Stratton. She was born in Dawson in 1916 to Domenico and Maria Palumbo. Her parents both came from San Pietro Avellano and were married there in New Mexico. There were eight children in the family, three boys and five girls. There are now only three of the girls left , my wife, Laura , and two of her sisters, Emily and Sara. We have been to San Pietro Avellano several times; our first time was in 1969 when Laura was able to locate many of her relatives. Although Laura does not speak Italian, she is able to understand it fairly well. We have Italian friends in Rome who usually accompanied us to San Pietro and served as interepters. Our daughter in Boise, ID , found your web site when she was researching her relatives and passed the reference site number to me. |
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| Maria Capone July 8, 1887-March 20, 1936 Wife of Domenico Palumbo, daughter of Michele Capone, sister of Urbino Capone. |
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Antonio diLudovico
From Death Certificate:
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:18:18 +0100 (CET)
From: <giuliano.colajanni fastwebnet.it>Subject: R: Re: R: Re: dawson news Caro Marco The SPA's mayor Antonio Di Ludovico confirms that his granfather was born in 1876, father Valentino and mother Maria Musilli and wife Maria Carlini. On 1927 the info of death of Tony Lodovico arrived in SPA with birth data wrong. Ciao Giuliano For more details, click here. |
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| Joseph
"Jiggy" Palumbo 1913-1936 Son of Domenico Palumbo Died from a lightning strike while playing baseball. See the story on the Dawson page. |
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| Lorenzo, Emma Dec. 18, 1916-July 16, 1922 "Emma figlia di Domenico e Maria D Lorenzo" Emma daughter of Domenico and Maria D Lorenzo (Domenico and Maria (Colaianni) diLorenzo) (This is Emma diLorenzo) I could not find a mention of her death in The Dawson News. |
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| Rosa
Iannachione June 11, 1885-July 4, 1924 Wife of Florindo Fraini. Announcement in the 10 Jul 1924 Dawson News:  From the: The NMDI (New Mexico Death Index) Project Last First MI Date(MM DD YY) County Age (YYM) |
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| Phyllis Fraini (12 Feb 1941-12 Feb 1941) No tombstone found Daughter of Joseph (K.O.) Fraini and Myra Jo Welsh. Granddaughter of Florindo Fraini and Rosa Iannacchione. |
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Jerry Joe Gonzales 1941-1942
This photo was sent to me by Elaine Gonzales, wife of Nick who is
grandson of Florindo Fraini and Rosa Iannacchione. She said the family "put his ashes at the foot of his sons grave."Henry M Gonzales 1914-2006 (father) Wife of Violet Fraini. |
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| Pasquale A.
Capone Feb. 21, 1890-Oct. 18, 1918 Brother of Maria Capone, wife of Domenico Palumbo. According to a report by the Phelps-Dodge Co., Pasquale was listed as a "Fatality at Dawson Mine 17 Oct 1918". From: "Monty Stratton" <mstratton4413 charter.net>Subject: Re: Pasquale Capone Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:24:28 -0700 Hi, Mark, Laura says "Yes", that Pasquale Capone would have been an uncle, her mother's brother. |
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Odorino Gatti
1 Nov 1887 - 8 Feb 1923
Died in the mine explosion of 1923. Odorino Gatti is my 2nd cousin 2 times removed. Our common ancestors are Giuseppe Giulio Frazzino and Felicia Colajanni. His wife is Elvira diLorenzo. Elvira diLorenzo and I are 3rd cousins 3 times removed. Our common ancestors are Giuseppe Frazzino and Constanza Mariani. From the records of St. John the Baptist Church: 8 Feb 1923 Odorino Gatti, 36 years old father: Gaetano Gatti mother: Cristina diLorenzo wife: Elvira diLorenzo -- Odorino's brother Gennaro was also killed in the mine explosion. I could not find his tombstone. From the records of St. John the Baptist Church: 8 Feb 1923 Gennaro Gatti, 26 years old father: Gaetano Gatti mother: Cristina diLorenzo wife: Loretta diMartino |
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diLorenzo 3 Mar 1881 - 8 Feb 1923 Miners Cross + Tombstone Died in mine explosion of 1923 (there are 41 death entries for 8 Feb 1923 in the St. John the Baptist Church records) --- From the records of St. John the Baptist Church: 8 Feb 1923 Vincenzo diLorenzo, 40 years old father: Luis (Luigi) diLorenzo mother: Angela Colango (Colorosa) wife: Maria diUlla (diIullo) In
the
microfilmed records from SPA, there are three Vincenzo Amico diLorenzo.
The first two died as children and this is the third. Here are the
other two:
Vincenzo Amico diLorenzo born 17 Apr 1877, SPA f: Luigi diLorenzo m: Angela Colarosa died 16 Dec 1877 Vincenzo Amico diLorenzo born 22 Mar 1879, SPA f: Luigi diLorenzo m: Angela Colarosa died 30 Jan 1880
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are no microfilmed records for 1881 so I can't confirm the birth date.
I am pretty
sure that it is the third Vincenzo that is buried here. His wife must
be Maria diIullo, a common
name in SPA. He is the brother of Maria Cristina diLorenzo who married
Gaetano Gatti. Gaetano is my 1st cousin 3 times removed. Vincenzo is
not related to me.
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| Alice
diLorenzo Howard 1930 - 1994 Daughter of Domenico diLorenzo and Maria Colaianni |
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| Panorama from
a hill next to the
cemetery. Click on the image for a much larger (600Kb) image. |
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| Within the
cemetery is a area
surrounded by a white fence. Inside this fence are the miners killed in the 1913 and 1923 mine explosions. |
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| At the
entrance to the Dawson
town site and near the cemetery is a historic marker. The front tells a little about Dawson. |
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| The back
tells a little about the
Dawson Cemetery. |
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| Another
marker shows that
the Dawson Cemetery is listed in the "National Register of Historic
Places" |
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| Along side
the dirt road to
Dawson is the railroad. These tracks looked well maintained but not
recently used (there was a lot of rust on the top of the rails). The
dirt road to Dawson crosses the tracks two times. To read more about this rail line, here is an article by Gary O. Ostlund. Used with Permission. |
