Father: Sam Amadeo
Mother: Victoria Leo.

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Jimmie Amadeo
Age: 4 10/12
Estimated birth year: 1926
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Address: 106 West Fulton
Marital status: single
Fathers' birthplace: Italy
Mothers' birthplace: Italy
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Charles (age 19), Sammy (13), Dominic (11), Frank (8), Lucile (5), and Tony (10/12)
Census place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 676; Page: ; Enumeration District: 55
Date: 4 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: James Amadeo
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: 1928
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Parents: Sam and Dorothy Amadeo, ages 56 and 54
Home in 1940: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Address: 106 Fulton Drive
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: 6
Living on farm: no
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Father's occupation: railway
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Sam (age 23), Don (20), Frank (18), Lucile (14), and Anthony (10)
Census place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: T627_1195; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 100-97
Date: 13 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: James M Amadeo
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: 1928
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: brother
Living with: Samuel M and Martha A Amadeo, ages 33 and 28, b. Iowa and Illinois
Home in 1950: Campbell Township, Santa Clara County, California
Address: 364 North Central
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: none
Census place: Campbell Township, Santa Clara County, California
Date: 6 Apr 1950

Obituary from the "Register" of Des Moines, Iowa dated 22 Feb 1983:
James M. Amadeo
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church for James M. Amadeo, 55, of 821 Third St., West Des Moines, who died of a heart ailment Sunday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Burial will be at Glendale Cemetery.
Mr. Amadeo was a lifelong resident of Des Moines and was owner of James Styles of Distinction. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Dowling Club and Belizzi McRae American Legion.
Active in several boxing organizations, he was a member of the USA Amateur Boxing Federation's safety committee and was a boxing consultant.
Survivors include his wife; Cherie, three sons, Gerald and Jamie, both at home, and John of Des Moines; two daughters, Karen Amadeo and Michelle Salazar, both of Des Moines; three brothers, Sam of Campbell, Calif., and Don and Frank, both of Des Moines; a sister, Lucille Tucci of Des Moines, and two grandchildren.
Friends may call after 10 a.m.today and a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today at Southtown Funeral Home.

He married Joan Cherie Bailey Kluss in 1952.