James Charles Famera
(1891-1918)
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Private James Charles Famera, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Bohemian
Our Lady of Lourdes' Church, Cleveland, OH
Our Lady of Lourdes' Church, Cleveland, OH
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.
Birth: 10/25/1891, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 10/25/1891, Cleveland, Ohio
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
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/4/1917, Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/4/1917, Private
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.]
Death: September 19, 1918 at age 26 at Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; cause of death Pneumonia. [There was a military base hospital in Toul, France where injured soldiers and those with respiratory diseases were treated in 1918. See: circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov]
Death: September 19, 1918 at age 26 at Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; cause of death Pneumonia. [There was a military base hospital in Toul, France where injured soldiers and those with respiratory diseases were treated in 1918. See: circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov]
Burial: 9/20/1918 buried locally in Toul, France; 3/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/30/1921; 5/3/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 5/28/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 5/29/1921 to the care of V. J. Vacha [presumably undertaker], 5400 Harmin Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 5/31/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH [no grave location noted on cemetery website], alongside his parents and other family members. Funeral the same day at Our Lady of Lourdes' Church, 3395 E. 53rd St., Cleveland, OH
Burial: 9/20/1918 buried locally in Toul, France; 3/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/30/1921; 5/3/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 5/28/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 5/29/1921 to the care of V. J. Vacha [presumably undertaker], 5400 Harmin Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 5/31/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH [no grave location noted on cemetery website], alongside his parents and other family members. Funeral the same day at Our Lady of Lourdes' Church, 3395 E. 53rd St., Cleveland, OH
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.
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