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Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by Villain » Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:32 am

lennert wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:40 pm Villian - This is the obituary of Buster Licata, Nick’s brother. Seems there’s a family connection to the Roti family.
Yup, thats where i also received my info from. As Polack said, later they lived on the near south side which simply adds to the Roti connection

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by Villain » Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:43 am

Thanks Polack and B

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by B. » Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:17 pm

Sambuca is also where Mike Merlo is from. Interesting if they moved there around that time. Some of the important Riberesi guys like Phil Bacino and the Lolordos came to Chicago around the period Mike Merlo became boss and Sambuca isn't far from Ribera.

So Rockford has Sambuca ties, too, and they also have ties to Aragona.

I wonder if any of these people from Sambuca can be connected to Merlo.

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by cavita » Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:32 pm

I wondered what Licata's connection to the Pumilia family was in Rockford and it's a little more clear knowing that Licata was from Sambuca as that's where that Pumilia family was from. I'm betting that the Fiorenza mother was also. Nice info and much appreciation to everyone who helped out!

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by PolackTony » Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:54 pm

Villain wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:10 am
cavita wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:57 am
Villain wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:31 am I just found out that i have one Sebastian Licata/Licato connected to the North Side mob and also to Fred Roti. Any relations?
I know next to nothing about this Nick Licata or what became of him. Just a rough birthdate of 1896 or so.
Maybe Polack, B or Anti can add something to it, meaning if there was any relation. Its a "coincidence" that Sebastian was connected to the Northsiders...
I have Nick and Sebastian Licata's father as a Rosario Licata. Per his Federal Naturalization Record, Rosario was born 1867 in Sambuca. He seems to have first arrived in the US via NOLA in 1889, and there married Antonina Fiorenza in 1891 (I believe also from Sambuca). I'm not positive exactly when they relocated to Chicago, but by 1920 at the latest the family lived near 24th and Princeton in Chinatown (hence I'm sure the marriage of a niece to Fred Roti). Rosario Licata died in Chicago in 1943, Antonina in 1958.

In light of Villain's recollection that the Licata brothers may have had some ties to the Northside (despite their Near Southside family address), when Nick Licata died in 1940 his address was given near Lasalle and Goethe on the Near Northside.

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by avvocato » Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:17 pm

What is the significance of Sebastian (Buster) Licata?

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by lennert » Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:40 pm

Villian - This is the obituary of Buster Licata, Nick’s brother. Seems there’s a family connection to the Roti family.

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by lennert » Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:38 pm

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Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by lennert » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:42 pm

No, just his entry in the Illinois death index... But his name does not appear in the Chicago Crime Commission list of gangland slayings, so I guess he was not murdered...

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by cavita » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:27 pm

Awesome work lennert! Same guy to be sure...there were many Fiorenza's in Rockford as well. Do you have a cause of death for Licata?

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by Villain » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:19 pm

lennert wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:14 pm Nick Licata, it appears, was born in Louisiana to Rosario and Antonina Fiorenza. He served time in Los Angeles for forgery, in 1935. The picture on his prison record is an exact match to the picture appearing in the Rockford papers. (Well, not exact, as it was taken a couple of years later, but very sure it is him.) His prison record also notes his birthplace as Louisiana.

Villian - Nick had a brother listed as “Buster” in the 1930 census. Maybe Sebastian?
I think its him. Sebastian "Buster" Licata. Thanks a lot bud!

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by lennert » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:17 pm

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Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by lennert » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:15 pm

By the way, Nick died in December 1940

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by lennert » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:14 pm

Nick Licata, it appears, was born in Louisiana to Rosario and Antonina Fiorenza. He served time in Los Angeles for forgery, in 1935. The picture on his prison record is an exact match to the picture appearing in the Rockford papers. (Well, not exact, as it was taken a couple of years later, but very sure it is him.) His prison record also notes his birthplace as Louisiana.

Villian - Nick had a brother listed as “Buster” in the 1930 census. Maybe Sebastian?

Re: 1920's- Who Was Chicago's Nick Licata?

by Villain » Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:10 am

cavita wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:57 am
Villain wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:31 am I just found out that i have one Sebastian Licata/Licato connected to the North Side mob and also to Fred Roti. Any relations?
I know next to nothing about this Nick Licata or what became of him. Just a rough birthdate of 1896 or so.
Maybe Polack, B or Anti can add something to it, meaning if there was any relation. Its a "coincidence" that Sebastian was connected to the Northsiders...

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