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Alexander (Alec) DiZazzo
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- On 16 September 1951 Alec Di Zazzo married Josephine Catalano at
Holy Rosary Church, Lawrence, Mass.,
according the rite of the Roman Catholic Church, Francis Di Matteo officiating,
in the presence of
Paul Upson and Lucy Upson, witnesses.
The record shows it was the second marriage of
the groom who was a widower residing at 61 Oak St., Methuen and the first of the bride who was residing at 144 Garden St., Lawrence.
- In spring of 1946 Alec DiZazzo married Louise Susi;
she died ten weeks later of spinal meningitis and steph throat. They had met in grammar school.
- After his military service Alec DiZazzo attended night school at
Lawrence High School three nights a week for five years and was awarded a high school diploma.
- On 16 December 1939 Alec E Di Zazzo enlisted in the army and entered active
service 16 January 1941. He was discharged 30 September 1945 from the army as private first class.
He was a light truck driver who served in northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, and Bronze Star. He was wounded 27 April 1945, in Europe.
- The Lawrence City Directory for 1939 lists
Alex DiZazzo, residing at
232 Elm St. and employed at the Ayer Mill.
- In 1939 Alexander Di Zazzo completed eighth grade at the
Oliver School in Lawrence.
- 1930 U.S. Census shows (on line #48) Angelo DiZazzo, age 34,
dwelling at 232 Elm St., Lawrence, having arrived in America in 1914,
still an alien, working as a mechanic in a garage, along with wife Mary (age 30) who had arrived in America in 1907
and had filed citizenship papers but had not yet been naturalized, working as a twister in a woolen mill. The record also shows childrend:
- On 21 July 1920 Alexander Di Zazzo was baptised
at Holy Rosary Church, Lawrence, Mass., by The Rev. Fr. McNulty, OSA; his godparents were Joseph Marcone and Anna Feola.
- On 5 January 1920 Alexander DiZazzo was born to Angelo DiZazzo
and Maria DiZazzo but was not recorded until 25 July 1949.
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Notes
- According to Alec, he worked, in the the late 1930s with his
mother Mary DiZazzo as a bobbin setter
at the Ayer Mill in Lawrence, Mass.
- This record last updated 2 May 2008 by D. Trumbull.
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