Pasquale da Rin

Pasquale da Rin

• Father: Bartholomeo da Rin
• Mother: Unknown (?)

• Pasquale da Rin was born on 4 May 1875 in Vigo-Laggio, Cadore, Italy.
• He was known as Peter Darin in the United States.
• In Italy, Pasquale was a bricklayer and stone mason, traveling on a motorcycle, carrying his tools, over much of Italy, Germany and Switzerland. He served one year in the Italian army and one year in the Germany army, a requirement after a year's residency in each country.
• Tommaso lived and worked in Joliet, Illinois, while his wife and children remained in Italy. He persuaded his brother Pasquale to come the the United States.
• He married Ida Benedetti on 6 April 1904 in Italy.
• Pasquale Da Rin Puppel left for the United States on 9 September 1905 from Havre, France, in steerage class aboard the SS La Touraine, arriving in New York on the 17th. According to the passenger manifest, his destination was Joliet, Illinois, where he would join his brother. Because Ida was eight months pregnant, she was not permitted to leave with him. The baby was born in Havre, and Ida and the baby soon joined him in Joliet.
• Ida and infant "G. Battista" followed Pasquale, arriving in the Port of New York on 5 December 1905, traveling in steerage class aboard the SS La Gascogne, having departed Havre on 25 November.
• Pasquale da Rin and Ida Benedetti appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other members of the household included Guido Darin, Enrico Darin and Tommaso da Rin. Also in the household among the seven boarders were Frank Darin (age 33?), likely a cousin, and Thomas Puppel (age 25), possibly a cousin.
• He was self-employed as a brick mason, according to the 1910 census.
• Pasquale da Rin registered for the draft on 9 September 1918 in Lake County, Indiana, while living with his wife Ida at 3806 Hemlock Street in Indiana Harbor, and employed there as a bracklayer by Inland Steel Company.
• Pasquale da Rin and Ida Benedetti appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, at 3806 Hemlock Street. Other members of the household included Guido Darin, Enrico Darin, Giovannina Darin and Lindo Eugene Darin. And there were two lodgers in the household.
• He was employed by a steel mill as a brick layer, according to the 1920 census.
• Pasquale da Rin became a widower at the 7 January 1957 death of his wife Ida Benedetti.
• Pasquale da Rin died in December 1959 at age 84.

• Last Edited: 13 May 2010