| Birth | Luigi Nicolo Sebastiano Boetto was born 20 January 1877 in Calvisio, Finalpia, Savona, Italy. |
| Marriage | He married Elisa Margherita Luigia Piccardo 9 November 1899 in Finalpia, Savona, Italy. |
| INFO | SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORIES. 1908-1913. 4 listings: 1908 Boetto, Luigi, lab r.1207 20th av South. 1910 Boetto, Luigi driver r1310 18th Av South. 1911 Boetto Louis r1310 Revere St [probably street renamed] 1913 Boetto Louis r1352 Quesada Av. (SFCityDirect.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1910 (15 Apr 1910) California, San Francisco, 1310 18th Avenue South, Luigi Boetto, head, m,w, 33, marriage 1, marr for 10 years, self and parents born Italy, to US 1905, alien, speaks English, laborer for Asbestos Works, wage earner, not out of work, can read and write, rents a house. Wife Bertha [sic], f, w, 30, first marriage, 10 years, 2 children, 2 living, self and parents born Italy, to US 1904, speaks English, can read, cannot write. (USCen1910Anc T624-96 ED0058, p.2B.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1920 (1 Jan 1920) California, San Mateo County Colma, precinct no.3. San Pedro Avenue. Boetto, Louis, head, renter, male, white, 43, married, to U.S. 1905, naturalization petition, can read and write, self and parents b. Italy, Italian mother tongue, speaks English, barber, own shop, employer. Wife Elsie, f, w, 40, married, to US 1905, Alien, can read and write, self and parents b. Italy, Italian mother tongue, no occup. Daughter Libera, f, w, 19, single, to US 1905, not in school, can read and write, self and parents, b. Italy, native language Italian, speaks English, saleslady in dept store, worker. Daughter Annie, f, w, 13, single, in school, can read and write, b. California, parents b. Italy, can speak English. Daughter Victorine, 1 6/12, s, b. California, parents b. Italy. (USCens1920, T625-145 p.12A ED56.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1930 (1 Apr 1930). CA San Mateo Co. Menlo Park City. Boetto, Luigi, owner, $6000 value, has a radio, age 53, first marr at age 23. can read and write; b. Italy, parents b. Italy, spoke Italian, to U.S. 1900, alien; can speak English; barber in barber shop, an employer. Wife Elsie, age 50, 1st marr at age 20; cannot read and write; b.Italy, parents b. Italy; spoke Italian; to U.S. 1900, naturalized; can speak English. Dtr Victorine, age 11, In school, b. California. (USCens1930 T626 #217 E.D.41-43, 6B.) |
| Exhibit | PHOTO. Studio photograph of Louis Boetto as a mature man standing next to a classic pedestal. (SFFarmarColl.)  |
| INFO | CITY DIRECTORIES. 1939-1942 Redwood City 1939: Luigi Boetto barber 1229 El Camino Real Menlo Park, residence 1328 El camino Real MP, also Boetto, Luigi (Elsie) gro [grocery] 1328 El Camino Real. Note also daughter Victorine Boetto beauty shop 1225 El Camino Real, r1328 El Camino Real, MP. Similar listings for Redwood City 1941-42, Palo Alto 1937,1942, Menlo Park 1940. Note: 1942 listings have barbershop at 1227 El Camino. (USCityDirAnc.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1940 (1 Apr 1940) California, San Mateo County, Menlo Park. 1328 El Camino. Own home, $5000 value, not a farm. Boeto, Louis, head, m, w, 63, married, not in schoool, completed high school 4th year, b. Italy, naturalization petition, lived same place 1 Apr 1935, worked 55 hours previous week, barber in private practice, own account, zero weeks worked in 1939, 0 income [sic], has other income source. Wife Elisa, f, w, 60, married, not in school, completed 3rd grade, b. Italy, naturalized citizen, lived same place 1 Apr 1935. Daughter Victorina, f, w, 21, single, not in school, completed high school 4th year, b. California, lived same house 1 Apr 1935, works for pay, worked 60 hours last week, operator of beauty shop, own acount, worked 52 weeks in 1939, 0 income, has other income source. (USCen1940 T627-331 ED 41-50 p.9B.) |
| Death | Luigi Nicolo Sebastiano Boetto died 13 April 1944 in Menlo Park, California, at age 67. |
Luigi Nicolo Sebastiano Boetto