Eugenio Rossanese

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Eugenio Rossanese
Born 1889
Italy
Died 1914 (aged 24–25)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality Italian
Occupation Timber Packer


Our research indicates the following is the most probable history for this miner.

Early Life

Birth

1889 Caselle, Altivole, Treviso, Italy

Immigration to Canada

Unknown but a number of Rossanese men from Altivole immigrated to Canada.

Occupation in 1914

Timber Packer

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Buried in Hillcrest in the Mass Grave

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule E
No one had applied for compensation by Feb 1915.

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Rossannese, Rossencz

Interesting Facts

The front of a gravestone in the Hillcrest cemetery is inscribed: Explosion Hillcrest, June 1914 with the following names: G. Guido (Ylio Guido), E. Rossanese (Eugenio Rossanese), and U. Mazzucchetto (Ulderico Marchetto) from Caselle, Treviso, Italy. On the back of that stone are the names E. Basso and R. Botter. Did E. Basso and R. Botter have the stone inscribed and paid for?