The assignment for the last week of the session was to talk about the things we have learned. Instead of telling you, I am going to post a proof summary of the information I have found in the United States for my great-grandfather, John Elere Bionaz, that will help locate him in Italy.
John Elere Bionaz is believed to be the one on the right.
When was John E Bionaz born?
Right now I
am not expecting to determine exactly when John E Bionaz, my great-grandfather,
was born. That would take actually doing research in Northern Italy. However, before
going to Italy I need to know as much as possible in order to have some idea as
to where to look in Italy.
Below is a
table that shows the birth date information that I have found.
Name
|
Event
|
Date of Event
|
Birthday
|
Birth year
|
Age
|
Possible Birth Year
|
Jean Brona[1]
|
Ship Passenger List
|
16 Apr 1894
|
24
|
1870
|
||
John Bionaz[2]
|
1900 Census
|
21 Jun 1900
|
Feb
|
1868
|
32
|
|
John There Bionaz[3]
|
Marriage Record
|
24 Nov 1900
|
32
|
1868
|
||
John Hario Bionaz[4]
|
Ship Passenger List
|
3 Jan 1903
|
36
|
1866
|
||
John Ellere Bionaz[5]
|
Petition for Naturalization
|
21 Sep 1908
|
27 Feb
|
1866
|
||
John E Bionay[6]
|
1910 Census
|
26 Apr 1910
|
42
|
1868
|
||
Giovanni Bionaz[7]
|
1912 Passenger list
|
21 Sep 1912
|
46
|
1866
|
||
John Beonza[8]
|
1920 Census
|
5 Jan 1920
|
54
|
1866
|
||
John Beonza[9]
|
Death Record
|
25 Oct 1924
|
27 Feb
|
1866
|
58 Years
7 mo 28 days
|
From these
records there is 2 possible birth dates; both dates include the birth month of
February and the day of 27. So was he born 27 Feb 1866 or 27 Feb 1868.
The 1900 and 1910 census
and his marriage record are all
records that were recorded with his wife, Orpheline Boche, family present. He
was living in with the family in 1900. The 1903 and 1912 Ship Passenger List and his Petition for Naturalization was given without any of the Boche family
around.
The 1920
census and his death record would come from the information given at
the time he entered the Sanatorium for Tuberculous.
My
conclusion is John Elere Bionaz was born 27 Feb 1866, since that is the date he
would have given without much bias. He may have lied and tried to look younger
when he went to board with the Boche family and that information continued into
the marriage Certificate and 1910 Census.
As for what
town in Italy he came from both the 1903 Passenger List and his Petition for Naturalization states Brisogne which is in the region of Aosta.
His parents’ names are
only found on 2 records, his marriage certificate and his death certificate. Both of these records indicate his
father’s name was Pierre Bionaz. The 2 records do not agree on his mother’s
name: the marriage certificate indicates her name was Duchia Bionaz, but the death certificate indicates her name was Maria Garra or Gana;
it is possible that his mother’s name was Maria Duchia or Duchia Maria.
The next place to look is
the microfilm: Liste di leva del circondario di Aosta, 1792-1904. Draft
lists. The date of the volume generally indicates the date of birth of the
draftee. There are 2 films listed for 1866.
1. Lista di
leva della regione d'Aosta 1865-1866 Film #1924333
2. Lista di
leva della regione d'Aosta 1866 Film #1924335
If he is not
on either one of these films than next I would look at the Film for 1868.
Film #1924337.
Foot notes
- Year: 1894; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 625; Line: 23: Ship La Bretagne; left from La Havre; Steerage Passenger. Accessed 30 October 2015
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M394-NVX : accessed 1 November 2015), John Bionoz in household of Peter Bush, Adams Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 26A, family 473, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,387.
- "Pennsylvania, County Marriages,
1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159316-186008-67?cc=1589502
: accessed 1 November 2015), 004460980 > image 791 of 820; county
courthouses, Pennsylvania.
- . Year: 1903; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 0316; Line: 2; Page Number: 119: Ship La Lorraine; left from Havre 27 Dec 1902: third time entering USA, 1893 and 1902. Accessed 30 October 2015
- United States Of America Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Division of Naturalization, "Petition For Naturalization" (court of Common Pleas, Cambria County Pennsylvania, 21 September 1908.) copy privately held by Betty-Lu Baker Burton, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 9 November 2015
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23065-15879-57?cc=1727033 : accessed 1 November 2015), > image 1 of 1; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). line 87
- Year: 1912; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 1938; Line: 1; Page Number: 142: Ship La Savoie; left from Havre. Accessed 30 October 20158. Year: 1920; Census Place: Mahoning, Montour, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1603; Page: 4B; Line 86 ;Enumeration District: 58; Image: 536: Ancestry.com: State Hospital for the Insane9. Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Accessed 30 October 2015
