Beyond our Elusive William Daniel

He is on a ship's manifest for the Montebello arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, dated 30 Oct 1897. Its port of departure was Leghorn and Palermo, Italy. On line 982 he was Antonino Drago, aged 19, m (indexed as female but listed correctly as male on the original manifest), a shoemaker who could read. He was a citizen of Italy, his native country was Sicily, and his last residence had been in Alia. New Orleans was his intended destination. Palermo was the port of emabarcation.

In his World War I Draft registration, he was Anthony Drago, 125 W. Madison St., New Iberia, LA, aged 39, born 13 Dec 1878. He was white, and a naturalized citizen. He was a self-employed grocer at Providence and Madison Streets. His nearest relative was Mrs. Tena Drago, residing at the same address as his home. He was of medium height and build. He had brown eyes and dark hair. The date of the registration was 12 Sep 1918.

Census:
1910; Census Place: New Iberia Ward 3, Iberia, Louisiana; Roll: T624_514; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 1120
125 Madison Street
148/150, Drago, Anthony, head, m, w, 30, m, 5, It. Italian, It. Italian,It. Italian, 1890, merchant, grocery store, own acct., own home, free, house
----, Tena, wife, f, w, 22, m, (hard to read number of years married), 2 children, 2 living, TX, TX, TX, none
----, Therese, dau., f, w, 4, s, LA, It Italian, TX, none
----, Samuel, son, m, w, 1, s, LA, It Italian, TX, none

1930; Census Place: New Iberia, Iberia, Louisiana; Roll: 794; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 910.0
125 Madison
361/382, Drago, Antony, head, own, 1000, not a farm, m, w, 50, m, 25, Italy, Italy, Italy, Italian, year of immigration 1897, Na, merchant, retail mdse., not a veteran
----, Tena, wife, f, w, 41, m, 18, TX, Italy, Italy, saleslady, retail mdse.
----, Samuel, son, m, w, 21, s, LA, Italy, TX, barber, tonsorial shop, not a veteran
----, Vincent, son, m, w, 19, s, LA, Italy, TX, none