Looking for Benny Camaroto who was found dead in Spokane

Dear Ms. Cammarata,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain records of Benny Camarato/Benedetto Cammarata.  For access to this and earlier non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

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Have you tried searching the 1910 census? It might give you some information.

Hi, Adele,

I've checked the 1909, 1910 and 1911 Spokane City Directories, without success.  The death record doesn't provide much in the way of hints or clues, either.  A fairly extensive search of the 1910 federal census for Spokane County also failed to turn up a listing for the gentleman.

Based on this lack of information, I would think it possible that the gentleman was in Spokane for a fairly short period of time.

I'm sorry that all I've been able to come up with is negative information, but at least you can cross some of those resources off your list!