Joseph R. Rado

Joseph R. Rado was born September 29, 1893 in Illinois to Rocco and Theresa Rado. Joseph worked as a fireman on the B. & O. Railroad, according to census records and his WWI draft card. Joseph died on July 25, 1936 in Chicago at the age of 42.  Joseph died of multiple skull fractures as the result of a train accident.  He was found seated in the engine, which had rolled nose first into the
pit of the roundhouse.  He never married.  His brother Dominick had died 3 years earlier at a young age, and my great-grandfather Robert, his brother, would die one year after Joseph at a young age.

Chicago Tribune article about Joseph's death, July 25th, 1936.


The B & O Railroad Bldg. in Chicago


Roundhouse where the accident would've happened.


Joseph's death certificate.



Joseph's Obituary from the Chicago Tribune:
Joseph's WWI Draft Card:

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