Ignazio Naro
(1839-)
Angela Ragusa
(1862-1952)
William Jacob Beecher Sr.
(1876-1951)
Emma A. Youst
(1883-1952)
Peter Naro
(1892-1967)
May Beecher
(1906-1988)
William Peter Naro
(1927-1996)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine Louise Barrett

William Peter Naro 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 28 Mar 1927, Oakland, Alameda, CA 2 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Catherine Louise Barrett on 20 Oct 1949 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1
  • Died: 24 Jan 1996, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA at age 68 2

   Another name for William was Billie Naro.7

   FamilySearch ID: L81S-TR3.

  Burial Notes:

His ashes were scattered on Montery Bay.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 7 Pete Naro, private musician, 35, was living with wife May, 23; and son Billie, 3. Pete was married at age 30, when May was 17. Pete was born in Louisiana, and his parents in Italy. May was born in California, her parents in Pennsylvania. Billie was born in California. Pete was a veteran of World War I. They were renting at 1730 Turk St. in San Francisco.

2. Census in 1940 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 8 The 1940 census recorded renting at 510 Fulton Street: May Naro, divorced, waitress restaurant, 32, living with her son William, 13. They were born in Calfiornia and lived in the same place in 1935. Living next door in the same apartment is sister-in-law Viola Beecher [nee Duckworth] with her daughter Arllene, 2. Viola's husband, May's brother Arthur was in prison this year.

3. Occupation: merchant marine on 31 Mar 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 6

4. He was described as white, 5' 11", 143 lbs., brown eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion. wears glasses on 31 Mar 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 6

5. Residence: 1227 38th Avenue, San Francisco, CA on 31 Mar 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 6

6. Census in 1950 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 9 The 1950 census recorded at 1071 Alabama Street: Louis R. Lopes, stationary engineer in hotel, 39, living with wife May, waitress, 42; stepson William Naro, laborer in fish factory, 23; and stepdaughter-in-law Cathy Naro, 19. Louis was born in California, May in Pennsylvania, William in California, and Cathy in Oklahoma.

7. Residence: on 28 Jan 1967 in Pittsburg, Contra Costa, CA, USA. 10


William married Catherine Louise Barrett, daughter of Thomas Patrick Barrett and Iris Iwillo Wolery, on 20 Oct 1949 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.1 The marriage ended in divorce about 1956. (Catherine Louise Barrett was born on 10 Mar 1931 in Ardmore, Carter, OK, USA,3 11 12 died on 17 May 2005 in Bellows Falls, Windham, VT, USA 3 11 12 and was buried in Saxtons River, Windham, VT, USA 11.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 (Original data: California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records—Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California.), William P. Naro and Catherne I. Barrett, 20 Oct 1949, San Francisco.

2 California Vital Records, Death record for William Peter Naro, social security number 565-26-7856.

3 Beecher, Dianne, Interview with Dianne Beecher, wife of William E. Beecher, son of Arthur L. Beecher. (June 11, 2008).

4 FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2R9-CK5 William Peter Naro b. 28 Mar 1927 mother Beecher.

5 Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 17 Jun 1984, page 14. Obituary of Birger Peterson.

6 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), William Peter Naro, b. 28 Mar 1927, Oakland, CA, mother May Lopes.

7 1930 United States Census, Ancestry.com Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 205; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 293; Image: 698.0.

8 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K98G-Z86 , May Naro, Assembly District 22, San Francisco, San Francisco City, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-219, sheet 12A.

9 "1950 United States Census," Louis R. Lopes, San Francisco, CA.

10 "The Napa Valley Register (Napa, CA)," 28 Jan 1967, page 2. Obituary of Peter Naro.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60688788.

12 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGFC-362 Catherine Louise Leary, 17 May 2005.



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