Joseph Alonzo - Spanish American War???

[Salford Lass]

Hi

Does anyone know if there are any records for the Spanish American War on line???

I have found this guy in a Cemetery in Salford, Manchester Uk, and would like to find out why he was buried here.

Is he a member of your Family ?

Any help apprecitaed

Debbie
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,465218.0.html

[Ohio Susan]

http://www.spanamwar.com/war.html

http://www.spanamwar.com/cemetery.htm

will keep searching - any other info from cemetery?
Date of burial?

[Salford Lass]

Hi

Found his death, 1935 Salford age 55, will look at those sites.

Debbie

[Salford Lass]

Am off to the Local Library to see if there is any more info on his Obituary - lol

[Ohio Susan]

Found this

http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=2588825&jScript=true

NARA T289. Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942

Alonzo, Joe
Applied for pension Aug 4 1926 enlisted June 30 1898 discharged May 31 1899
Co D US VOL INF
War with Spain no death mentioned
No State mentioned

[Ohio Susan]

He may be the Joe Alonzo born Louisiana Dec 1880


Maybe History Detectives would be interested

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/

[Salford Lass]

Thanks Sue

Thats great, so if he applied for a pension in 1926, he must have been discharged with an Injury of some sort.

Still doesn't explain why he was over here in 1935, have checked the marriage records and there isn't one in that time period, mmmmmm, so doesn't look like he was over here after finding a local girl, which makes me wonder if there were family members here.

Can you tell me if thats an American War Grave ??

Thanks for all your help
Debbie

[Ohio Susan]

Hi Debbie

From this I would say it was US gov. issued grave stone.

http://www.militaryhistoryinstone.org/types.php

Maybe someone could check the World War I draft registration cards.

Susan

[Salford Lass]

Looks like it doesn't it, I have tried searching on Ancestry, but can't find anything, not sure if I'm doing it right though, am ok at doing the uk ones, but not sure with the US ones lol

Thanks for all your help though

Debbie