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m. 25 Dec 1879
Adelaide MEYERS (21 Oct 1860 - 4 Apr 1935)
daughter of James Henry MEYERS & Elenora PELOW
Their Children:
married (1) 12 Nov 1901 George W CUMMINGS (10 Jun 1850 - 20 Apr 1926)
son of Spencer CUMMINGS & Mary BRAWT
married (2) 15 Sep 1926 Owen Wayne DAVIS (9 Apr 1880 - Feb 1962)
son of Lorenzo DAVIS & Florilla A PETRIE
married 29 Jan 1902 William BALL (1876 - 1918)
married 1 Jul 1904 Fred STEELE (26 Aug 1886 - 17 Feb 1963)
son of Charles STEELE & Anna JOHNSTON
married George B Pecor (14 May 1883 - 4 Apr 1970)
son of Charles PECOR & Lucinda RODERICK
married 21 Oct 1913 George BERTRAND (7 Dec 1894 - 11 Jul 1965)
son of John BERTRAND & Mary LaCHANCE
married (1) 1 Jan 1926 Evelyn Nesbitt Clement
married (2) 14 Nov 1942 Julia Pelow (20 Aug 1907 - 11 Oct 1949)
daughter of William Henry PELOW & Estella Elizabeth AUBERTINE
married (3) Carolyn ???
Florence Loretta Ball, Lena Derosia, Elnora Steele
William Ball, Fred Steele
Lyman Ball, Blanche Steele
Lt Cmdr Alexander Marcus Derosia, aka "Al" or "Mark"
AM Derosia was a ship's officer aboard the ship USS STEEL SEAFARER
when it was sunk by a bomb on 5 September, 1941, the third US ship sunk by the German Luftwaffe
in the months before the United States entered WWII. The US was a neutral nation at the time.
The unarmed USS Steel Seafarer, on a voyage from New York to Suez, Egypt, came under aerial attack by a German plane in the Red Sea (position: 27.20N/34.15 E). Steaming at four knots, the vessel proceeded with her navigational lights lit in clear weather and rough seas. A large American flag painted on the side of the ship marked her nationality. The Steel Seafarer was struck by one bomb in the #5 double bottom tank, and the master immediately stopped the engines and ordered the ship to be abandoned. The crew launched three boats and the freighter sank in fifteen minutes. All nine officers and twenty-seven crewmen reached Egypt the next day. Five men received treatment ashore for injuries. The sinking of this and two other ships was the subject of President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat later that week.
This is probably a photograph of Levi Derosia, Jr. The photo was taken in St Paul MN, near Levi's home. The photo was in the Derosia family photo album.
Wedding photo of Will and Susie Derosia
(back) Susan Jordon, Mrs. Jordon, Adelaide Derosia
(front) Will Derosia, Alexander Derosia
(1) James Meyers and Elenora Pelow, parents of Adelaide Derosia
(2) Michael and Mary Ann Derosia (he died during the war);
3. Another Derosia son
Tantalizing, hm? Any suggestions, contact me.
George W. and Mary Derosia Cummings, abt 1903
Eleanora Pelow Meyers, abt 1903
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