Constantine Itro (1863-1913) is buried in the Schloegel tomb in Lafayette Cemetery #1. He was married to Julia Koch Itro George who is also buried there. Originally a fisherman, he later became a night watchman at the French Market in the French Quarter. His first wife and 5 children were killed in the October 2, 1893 hurricane that destroyed the island of Cheniere Caminada.  [A graphic account of the destruction appeared in the Daily Picayune relayed by the priest of the island, Father Grimaux. The death roll in the article shows Constantine Itro was the sole survivor of his family of seven.

He appears on the 1880 census age 18, living at home.

Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Race	Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Father’s Birthplace	Mother’s Birthplace
Catherine ITRO	Self	M	Female	W	40	IRE.	Keeps House	IRE.	IRE.
Frank ITRO	Husband	M	Male	W	40	GREECE		GREECE	GREECE
Mary L. ITRO	Dau	S	Female	W	24	LA	At Home	GREECE	IRE.
Constantine ITRO	Son	S	Male	W	18	LA	At Home	GREECE	IRE.
Alexander ITRO	Son	S	Male	W	10	LA	At Home	GREECE	IRE.

 

He was also involved in an explosion at the corner of Decatur and Ursuline streets on April 5, 1895.  He had a pretty hard life it seems. Described as a fish stand keeper in the French Market.

Link to original article: Niagara Falls NY Gazette April 5, 1895

Text of article:

FATAL EXPLOSION

Small Stock of Gunpowder Kept in a
New Orleans Store Does a Great
Deal of Damage.

PEOPLE BURIED IN THE DEBRIS.

At the Time of the Accident Market People
Were Beginning to Gather in the Street—
Drivers Hurled From Their Wagons-
Several Bodies Recovered.

New Orleans, April 5–A terrible explosion occurred at 2 o’clock this morning at the grocery and ship chandlery of Charles Salathe,. corner of Decatur and Ursuline streets, opposite the lower end of the French Market, entirely demolishing that and an adjoining saloon, “The Fishermen’s Exchange” and burying a number of people in the debris, which at once took fire. The number of dead is not known at this hour (8 A.M.) The debris has not yet been thoroughly searched. At the time of the explosion the street in front of the building was beginning to fill up with market people; A number of wagons were on Decatur street, and on the sidewalks and in the markets small knots of men were getting out their goods and trading for their daily supplies. Their trade was cut short by a muffled sound that came from across the street, and as they instinctively turned expecting an explosion the walls lifted and came down with a crash on all sides. The force of the explosion was terrible. Drivers were hurled from their vehicles and the wares on the market stands were blown to the four winds.

The explosion is thought to have been caused by gunpowder, 20 or 30 pounds of which was always kept on hand by Salathe for sale to hunters and fishermen who made their headquarters in the neighborhood of the French Market.
The following persons are known to have been in the two buildings at the time:
Charles J. Salathe; wife and baby, and two children, Eddie, aged 10 and Lillie, aged five.
Felix Rigaud, barkeeper, an 18-year-old boy, who is missing.
Emile Boulet, proprietor of, and who slept over the saloon and who escaped.
Josh Grimald and, Mike Biri,  frequenters of the saloon, who are supposed to have been in there at the time.
Constantine Itro, fish stand keeper, French Market.
Of these, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Salathe, clasped in each other’s arms, have been recovered, also the body of their infant.

Emile Boulet and Constantine Itro were blown clean out in the street, but were not much injured.
The bodies of Felix Rigaud, Joseph Gimaldi and Mike Biri, are believed to be in the ruins.
Eddie Salathe, aged 10, and Lillie, aged five, slept in a rear room over the grocery’ store. They were saved, somewhat bruised but not seriously hurt.

It is believed many more persons are buried in the ruins besides the list given above. The injured, so far as known, are:
James Murphy, driver of a market wagon, blown from his seat and struck violently against a post; right leg severely lacerated.
Charles Reis, stallkeeper, severely injured about head.
Dave Labue, peddler, cuts on head.
Charles Alballier, 12 years old, skull crushed.
Lilly and Eddie Salathe, slight injuries about head.
Constantine Itro, fish dealer, head crushed.
J. Vallenti, standkeeper, .fish market; caught under falling wall and sustained severe injuries about head.
Frank Alballier, aged 12, who was sitting on a wagon in front of Fishermen’s Exchange, received a severe cut on the head.

When the firemen reached the scene they found the flames creeping out from all quarters under the debris. Water was pumped on the ruins and a large force of men started to work to clear away the debris over where it was supposed the bodies lay. Archbishop Janssens and a number of his clergy were among the first on the scene.
LATER—The bodies of Michael Biri, Felix Rigaud, barkeeper, and James Edwards have been recovered from the ruins.
Edwards was an oyster luggerman and supposed to have been sitting in front of the saloon when the explosion occurred.