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ANTHONY(ANTON / ANTONIO)JOSEPH CARUSO

SON OF HELEN MAPLES AND CHARLES JOSEPH CARUSO (1)

1881 - 1959





ANTHONY JOSEPH CARUSO APROX AGE IN HIS 50-60'S


ANTHONY WAS BORN IN 1881. DOCUMENTS SHOW HIS NAME SPELLED IN OTHER WAYS SUCH AS; ANTONIO AND ANTON. HIS SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATION SHOWS HIS MOTHER'S NAME TO BE HELENA MAPLES, THOUGH MAPLES DOES NOT SOUND ITALIAN THE 1900 CENSUS RECORDS DOCUMENT ANTHONY'S MOTHER TO BE FROM ITALY. HELENA DIED IN A FREAK ACCIDENT. THE STORY GOES THAT WHEN CHARLES(1), HIS WIFE(HELENA) AND ANTHONY WERE MOVING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO TEXAS THERE WAS A LOADED GUN IN A TRUNK. THE MEN CARRYING THE TRUNK DROPPED IT AND THE GUN WENT OFF KILLING HELENA. CHARLES CONTINUED TO RAISE ANTHONY ALONE UNTIL HE REMARRIED. ANTHONY HAD A HALF SISTER LAURA MARIE.

AS ANTHONY GOT OLDER HE WORKED TO HELP HIS FATHER SUPPORT THE HOUSEHOLD WORKING WITH HIM OR DOING ODD JOBS ON HIS OWN.

ANTHONY AT THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN BEGAN HIS TRADE AS A BAKER. HE EVENTUALLY HAD THE LARGEST BAKERY IN THE HOUSTON AREA WITH HIS SONS WORKING IN THE BAKERY WITH HIM, CHARLES, GEORGE AND JOSEPH WOULD DELIVER BREAD BY HORSE AND WAGON. BAKING BECAME A FAMILY TRADE. A SKILL PASSED ON TO CHARLES, JOSEPH, THREE OF JOSEPH'S SONS; JOHN,ROBERT AND WAYNE, ALSO TWO OF JOSEPH'S GRANDSONS; JOHN JR. AND ROBERT JR.

FAMILY INFORMATION STATES THAT ANTHONY HAD BEEN MARRIED 11 TIMES, ALTHOUGH HE DID MARRY TWO OF THE WOMEN TWICE(HELEN RICHNOW BEING ONE OF THEM).

BEFORE MARRYING HELEN AND HAVING A FAMILY WITH HER HE HAD ALREADY BEEN MARRIED BRIEFLY. A MARRIAGE WHICH PRODUCED A SON CHARLES. CHARLES MOTHER ALSO DIED,LEAVING ANTHONY TO DEAL WITH A CHILD ALONE. WHEN HE MET HELEN AND PLANNED TO MARRY HER. HELEN REFUSED TO RAISE ANOTHER WOMANS CHILD. CHARLES WAS SENT TO LIVE WITH LAURA MARIE AND HER FIRST HUSBAND (DELPAPA).

ANTHONY ENJOYED MUSIC HE PLAYED THE FIDDLE AND THE GUITAR AND SOME SAY HE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A CON MAN. HE MET AND MARRIED WOMEN OF SUBSTANTIAL MEANS AND WOULD STAY LONG ENOUGH TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. IN BETWEEN MARRIAGES HE WOULD TRAVEL PULLING A TRAILER WITH HIS BELONGINGS WHICH INCLUDED A KETTLE HE COULD FRY DONUTS IN. WHEN HE RAN OUT OF MONEY HE WOULD SET UP A BAKERY WHERE EVER HE WAS AND SELL DONUTS.

IN 1936 ANTHONY APPLIED FOR HIS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 453-10-0407. HE WAS LIVING IN CORSICANA, TEXAS. AT THE TIME HIS ADDRESS WAS 735 W. 8TH AVE.AND HE WORKED FOR COLLIN STREET BAKERY. INC. WHICH IS STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY. THEY ARE WIDELY KNOWN FOR THEIR FRUITCAKES.

ANTHONY WORKED FOR HIS SON JOSEPH IN A BAKERY HE OWNED IN TORRENCE CALIFORNIA. MY FATHER REMEMBERED HOW HIS MOTHER "HONEY" REALLY DIDN'T LIKE ANTHONY AND CHASED HIM OUT OF THE BAKERY. IT SEEMED IN THOSE DAYS THE DONUT FRYERS DID NOT HAVE TEMPERATURE GAUGES SO IN ORDER TO TELL IF THE GREASE WAS HOT ENOUGH THE BAKER WOULD HAVE TO SPRINKLE WATER IN THE KETTLE TO SEE IF IT WAS READY. ANTHONY HAD HIS OWN METHOD.. HE WOULD SPIT INTO THE KETTLE. "HONEY" SAW THIS AND WAS SO ANGRY SHE CALLED HIM A FEW CHOICE NAMES AND CHASED HIM OUT OF THE BAKERY.

ANTHONY LIVED IN LOS ANGELES WHEN HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AFTER HAVING PREVIOUSLY SEVERAL STROKES. HE WAS MARRIED TO AUDREY AT THE TIME. HE STILL HAD THE DEED TO THE BURIAL PLOT AT INGLEWOOD CEMETERY IN INGLEWOOD CALIFORNIA WHICH WAS PURCHASED WITH HIS FORMER WIFE MAYME CARUSO. HE WAS BURIED NEXT TO MAYME, THE GRAVE IS NOT MARKED.


ANTHONY CARUSO SHOWN WITH HIS LAST WIFE AUDREY IN 1958

SPOUSES OF ANTHONY;

1) MARY (MANNIO)MASSA (CHARLES ll MOTHER)

2) HELEN RICHNOW 7/29/1886-12/23/1952

3) MAYME PARRISH 7/15/1890-11/17/1953

4) AUDREY (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN)




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