Joe’s death record provides little insight into his life other than he was a single young man of 24 who died at Eccles, WV, unless you recognize the date of death or can read the Italian inscribed upon his gravestone. Then you would know his young life was cut short tragically by a horrific explosion of methane gas in the Eccles coal mine where he worked.
Death Record Information:
Name: Joe DiRosa
Sex: Male
Death Date: 28 Apr 1914
Death Place: Eccles, Raleigh, West Virginia
Age at Death: 24y
Marital Status: S
His headstone reads:
IN QUESTA TOMBA C’ IL SEPOLTO
DIROSA GIUSEPPE FUY ALFONSO
NATO IL 5 FEBBRAIO 1880
IN ITALIA PAESE GIOVENTI
CESSA DI VIVERE DISGRAZIATO DALL’ ESPLOSIGNE DEL GAS METANO MINIERA DEL CARBONE
DI ECCLES W.VA. IL 28 APRNE 1914
PACE ALL’ ANIMA SUA
Headstone translation:
In this grave there is buried
Joseph Fuy Alfonso DiRosa
Born on 5 February 1880
In Italy, the country of his youth.
Killed by methane gas explosion in coal mine
in Eccles W.VA. on 28 April 1914
Peace to his soul.
If you know of any relative of his, please email me or send an edit to link them.
Death Record Information:
Name: Joe DiRosa
Sex: Male
Death Date: 28 Apr 1914
Death Place: Eccles, Raleigh, West Virginia
Age at Death: 24y
Marital Status: S
His headstone reads:
IN QUESTA TOMBA C’ IL SEPOLTO
DIROSA GIUSEPPE FUY ALFONSO
NATO IL 5 FEBBRAIO 1880
IN ITALIA PAESE GIOVENTI
CESSA DI VIVERE DISGRAZIATO DALL’ ESPLOSIGNE DEL GAS METANO MINIERA DEL CARBONE
DI ECCLES W.VA. IL 28 APRNE 1914
PACE ALL’ ANIMA SUA
Headstone translation:
In this grave there is buried
Joseph Fuy Alfonso DiRosa
Born on 5 February 1880
In Italy, the country of his youth.
Killed by methane gas explosion in coal mine
in Eccles W.VA. on 28 April 1914
Peace to his soul.
If you know of any relative of his, please email me or send an edit to link them.
Joe’s death record provides little insight into his life other than he was a single young man of 24 who died at Eccles, WV, unless you recognize the date of death or can read the Italian inscribed upon his gravestone. Then you would know his young life was cut short tragically by a horrific explosion of methane gas in the Eccles coal mine where he worked.
Death Record Information:
Name: Joe DiRosa
Sex: Male
Death Date: 28 Apr 1914
Death Place: Eccles, Raleigh, West Virginia
Age at Death: 24y
Marital Status: S
His headstone reads:
IN QUESTA TOMBA C’ IL SEPOLTO
DIROSA GIUSEPPE FUY ALFONSO
NATO IL 5 FEBBRAIO 1880
IN ITALIA PAESE GIOVENTI
CESSA DI VIVERE DISGRAZIATO DALL’ ESPLOSIGNE DEL GAS METANO MINIERA DEL CARBONE
DI ECCLES W.VA. IL 28 APRNE 1914
PACE ALL’ ANIMA SUA
Headstone translation:
In this grave there is buried
Joseph Fuy Alfonso DiRosa
Born on 5 February 1880
In Italy, the country of his youth.
Killed by methane gas explosion in coal mine
in Eccles W.VA. on 28 April 1914
Peace to his soul.
If you know of any relative of his, please email me or send an edit to link them.
Death Record Information:
Name: Joe DiRosa
Sex: Male
Death Date: 28 Apr 1914
Death Place: Eccles, Raleigh, West Virginia
Age at Death: 24y
Marital Status: S
His headstone reads:
IN QUESTA TOMBA C’ IL SEPOLTO
DIROSA GIUSEPPE FUY ALFONSO
NATO IL 5 FEBBRAIO 1880
IN ITALIA PAESE GIOVENTI
CESSA DI VIVERE DISGRAZIATO DALL’ ESPLOSIGNE DEL GAS METANO MINIERA DEL CARBONE
DI ECCLES W.VA. IL 28 APRNE 1914
PACE ALL’ ANIMA SUA
Headstone translation:
In this grave there is buried
Joseph Fuy Alfonso DiRosa
Born on 5 February 1880
In Italy, the country of his youth.
Killed by methane gas explosion in coal mine
in Eccles W.VA. on 28 April 1914
Peace to his soul.
If you know of any relative of his, please email me or send an edit to link them.
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