Details

Individual
Name:
Joseph George Algiere
Sex:
Male
Vitals
Born:
at Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.243
Baptized:
at St. Lucy's, Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.243
Died:
at Redding, Shasta, California, United States.252
Buried:
at Saint Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.253
Parents
Father:
Mother:
Events:
Events
Emigration:
Enduring three recessions since arriving in America, Joe's father, Antonio, was out of work and had few prospects for finding employment. Shortly after Joe's birth in , Antonio , Concetta, Mary and Joe returned to Antonio's home town of Acri, Cosenza, Calabria, Italia. When they arrived, they found the economic situation even worse than in America. If times were tough in America, they were brutal in Italy. Antonio and Concetta had little choice but to set their hopes on America once again.242,244,250
Immigration:
Concetta and her two children stayed behind in Acri while Antonio looked for work in America. Finally, after a two years separation, he sent for them and Concetta, Mary, and Joe sailed aboard the S.S. America from Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italia on 07 February 1911, arriving at New York, New York, New York, United States on .244
Residence:
The family settled in White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States. They lived in a decrepit tenement house where Concetta dealt with cockroaches on a daily basis. Sometime in , there was a fire in the building. While the family was not hurt, they lost most of their possessions (including Concetta's wedding dress).
Residence:
Out of work again during yet another recession (the Panic of –), Antonio heard there was work in a quarry near Bradford, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. The family moved to Bradford where Antonio found work operating a jackhammer at the Sullivan Granite Quarry. They rented a room in a house owned by the Cofone family.
Residence:

The Old Stone House was rather isolated deep in the woods. In the winter, the snow would get so deep that the children needed help getting to school. Before going to work, Antonio would lead the way to school as the children followed walking in his boot prints. The children slept three or four to a bed. On more than one occasion, a glass of water left on the windowsill of a bedroom would be frozen in the morning.
Apples:
Antonio and Concetta kept a cupboard full of apples with a lock on it to keep their ten children from raiding it. The other children soon noticed that somehow Joe always had an apple to eat. Eventually, they discoveded that he was unscrewing one of the hinges allowing him to reach in and take some plunder.
Census:
Joseph appeared in the household of Tony Algiere on the Rhode Island State Census at Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States on .240
Census:
He appeared in the household of Tony Algiere on the Federal Census at Chernunganne Valley, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States on .241
Occupation:
Census:
Joseph Algiere and wife, Millie, appeared on the Federal Census at Wayland Street, Bradford, Washington, Rhode Island, United States on . The Wayland Street property was given to Joe by his father, Antonio.255
Occupation:
Boxing:
Joe was a Rhode Island state boxing champion (lightweight division).256
World War II:
Joe enlisted as a private in the United States Army on at Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He served as a combat engineer under General George Patton reaching the rank of sergeant.257
Joe was wounded twice by shrapnel during his service. Both wounds were minor. The first time he was wounded, Joe went to an aid station. There, he expected to receive anesthesia while a surgeon removed the shrapnel, then be bedridden for a day or two before rejoining his unit. Instead, four men held him down on a table without anesthesia while a medic dug the shrapnel out with a knife! When Joe was wounded a second time, there was no way he was going to an aid station again! The shrapnel from the second wound remained in his arm until the day he died.
Residence:

Census:
Joe and wife Millie appeared on the Federal Census at 13298 Dyer Road, Los Angeles (Sylmar), Los Angeles, California, United States on .584
Residence:
In the mid s, the family moved to Dusty Lane, Enterprise, Shasta, California, United States where Joe eventually purchased a saw mill. Enterprise was an unincorporated community until the s when it was absorbed by the city of Redding. Joe died in Redding in and was buried in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. Millie then moved to Westerly where she died in at the age of ninety-eight.252
Family
Marriage
Spouse: Emilia Anna Pucci (-)
Married: at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.254
Children:
[Private]