James Charles Famera
(1891-1918)
(1891-1918)
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Private James Charles Famera, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Bohemian
Gravestone, Private James Charles Famera, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
James Charles Famera
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Address: 3095 Otakar [also spelled Otaker] St., Cleveland, OH, [a Czech neighborhood near Steel Products Co. and other steel mills, where many residents of the neighborhood worked]
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machinist at Steel Products Co. [founded 1900 as Cleveland Cap Screw Co., a manufacturer of automotive parts]; per 1910 Census at age 18 occupation Laborer at Odd Jobs
Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair light brown
Service Number: 2109934
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian
Action: [Next of kin noted in the military record is in error. See Next of Kin below.]
Next of Kin: Charles Famera Sr., father, 3095 Otakar St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Charles "Karel" Famera Sr. (1853-1920), born Austria Bohemia, emigrated ~1880, occupation Laborer at Automobile Works, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Josephine Famera (1859-1896), born Bohemia, had at least 7 children, died at age 37 of pneumonia, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Julia (1882-?); Joseph F. Famera (1883-1962); Charles Famera (1885-1944); Mary Josephine Famera Schulz (1887-1956); Rose Famera Schuster (1889-?1963); Anna Famera McNamee? (1893-?). Sibling list is incomplete and may contain errors.