Stephen Joseph Paretti Sr

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: Abt 1897 - Louisiana, USA 56
    Christening: 
          Death: 10 May 1969 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
         Burial: 12 May 1969 - St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: Anthony Paretti
         Mother: Catherine Molisphenie

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Amelia Mary Silbernagel
       Marriage: 24 Apr 1916 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
       Children:
                1. Dorothy Margaret Paretti
                2. Joseph Francis Paretti
                3. Anthony Frank Paretti
                4. Stephen Joseph Paretti Jr {FGID: 170777191}
                5. Roy Clarence Raymond Paretti

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Notes

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General:

Per 1920 US Census Series T625 Roll 622 Page 252, 208 Clouet St, 9th Ward 11th Precinct, New Orleans, LA:
Head of household is Steven Paretti, 23 year old white male who rents the house. Born in Louisiana as were his parents, he can read and write and is employed as a boiler maker for the government. His wife, Amelia, is 20 and can also read and write. Their daughter, Dorothy, is 3 months old, and was born in Louisiana.
Also living with them is Amelia's mother, Margaret, a widow aged 53. She and her parents were born in Louisiana. Some of Margaret's children live with them too:
Henry, 27 and single, born in Louisiana, employed painting houses.
Barbara, 25 and single, born in Louisiana, employed as a looper in a stocking mill.
Nettie, 22 and single, born in Louisiana does house work at home.
Willie, 17 and single, born in Louisiana, is unable to work.
Clarence, 15 and single, is office boy in a coffin factory.

Per 1920 New Orleans, Louisiana City Directory
Stephen J Paretti boiler maker residence 1301 Clouet

Per 1923 New Orleans, Louisiana City Directory
Stephen Paretti, porter registrar of conveyances residence 3151 Urquhart

Per 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana City Directory
Stephen J. Paretti, insp City Bd Health, residence 3153 Urquhart

Per 1930 US Census Series T626 Roll 806 Page 258:
3451 Urquart St, New Orleans, LA Head of household is Stephen Paretti, who rents the house for $16 per month. He is a 33 year old white male who married at age 20. He was born in Louisiana and his parents were born in Italy. He is employed as a file clerk. His 30 year old wife Amelia (Silbernagel) married him when she was 18. Living with them is a daughter 12 year old Dorothy, 8 year old son Anthony, 6 year old son Stephen, 4 year old son Roy, 6 month old daughter Joyce, and Amelia's 47 year old brother, George Silbernagel who is a laborer in a cotton mill. They live next door to brother Henry and sister Barbara.

Per 1940 US Census: 4/15/1940 Ward 9 1312 Feliciana St, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Stephen S. Paretti is the 44 year old white male head of household, who rents his home for $15 a month, and lived in the same city in 1935. Born in Louisiana, educated through 5th grade, he is unemployed, and earned no wages in 1939, no occupation listed. His wife, 41 year old Amelia Paretti, was born in Louisiana, educated through 4th grade, works as a looper in a hosiery mill, working 40 hours the last week of March, and in 52 weeks of work in 1939 earned $780. They have 6 children living at home, all born in Louisiana; Dorothy M. Paretti [the informant], 22 year old daughter, educated through 7th grade; Anthony J. Paretti, 18 year old son, educated through 1 year of high school, works as a knitter in a hosiery mill, working 40 hours the last week of March, and in 52 weeks of work in 1939 earned $728; Stephen J. Paretti, 16 year old son, educated through 1 year of high school, working as a delivery boy for the market, 54 hours the last week of March, and in 52 weeks of work in 1939 earned $260; Roy C. Paretti, 14 year old son, attends school, finished 7th grade; Joyce C. Paretti, 11 year old daughter, attends school, finished 6th grade; and Audrey C. Paretti, 9 year old daughter, attends school, finished 3rd grade.

Per 1956 City Directory, New Orleans, Louisiana
Stephen J. Paretti, lab Orleans Levee Bd, residence 1539 Desire.

Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune 5/11/1969 Page 26
PARETTI
Stephen Joseph Paretti Sr., on Saturday, May 10, 1969, at 9:30 o'clock a.m.; beloved husband of Amelia Silbernagel; father of Mrs. O. Dominguez, Mrs. Lawrence Meserne, Mrs. Victor Bernard, Anthony, Stephen J. Jr., Roy and the late Joseph Paretti; brother of Mrs. Julius Neumeyer and the late Mrs. Louise Wallhers, Mrs. Rosie Castigiovani, Mrs. Marv Schindler, Dominick, Louis, Emile and Johnny Paretti; son of the late Catherine Molisohenie and Anthony Paretti; also survived by 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; age 73 years; a native of New Orleans, La.
Relatives and friends of the family, also employes of Welding Manufacturing Co. and Jefferson Iron Works, are invited to attend the funeral.
Services from the funeral home of Jacob Schoen and Son Inc., 527 Elysian Fields ave. (parking 2223 Chartres st.), on Monday, May 12, 1969, at 9:00 o'clock a.m., with Requiem Mass at St. Maria Garetti Church.
Interment in St. Vincent de Paul No. 1 cemetery.
Friends may call after 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

Marriage Notes (Amelia Mary Silbernagel)

per ancestry.com Marriages 1831-1925:
Stephen Joseph Paretti, age 21 to Amelia Silbernagel, age 18, on April 24, 1916. Volume 39 page 646.