by antimafia » Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:28 pm
B. wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:25 pm
Curious what Colio's heritage is and if his DOB/DOD can be confirmed.
I suspect some members of the Bonanno decina had membership that predates Galante's initial stay in Montreal. The question would be who they were affiliated with. Figures from the Agrigento coast with mafia ties were in Montreal by the 1910s.
Although I think there's uncertainty about whether Nicola's surname is spelled
Colio or
Collio, the latter is the name of a
comune in Lombardia and also a surname commonly found in France. The surname
Colio is found among many people who descend from Foggia, in Puglia.
Tony Frank, whose real name was Arcangelo Di Vincenzo, emigrated to Montreal in 1906. Di Vincenzo was born in Bronte, in Catania, in 1877. These details will be found in Pierre de Champlain's
Histoire du crime organisé à Montréal de 1900 à 1980. This book and Peter Edwards's
Blood Brothers offer, in my opinion, the best information about Di Vincenzo's status and criminal activity. Edwards made the error of writing that Di Vincenzo was born in Sardinia, and Canadian writer Jerry Prager unfortunately has repeated the error in his own books and blog posts.
Di Vincenzo, who was in Montreal before Nick Gentile, ruled over the Italian criminals in the city -- in fact, such criminals had to pay Di Vincenzo a tithe. Di Vincenzo and three others were hanged on October 24, 1924. One of those hanged, an associate of Di Vincenzo, was a Gambino from New York.
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Curious what Colio's heritage is and if his DOB/DOD can be confirmed.
I suspect some members of the Bonanno decina had membership that predates Galante's initial stay in Montreal. The question would be who they were affiliated with. Figures from the Agrigento coast with mafia ties were in Montreal by the 1910s.
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Although I think there's uncertainty about whether Nicola's surname is spelled [i]Colio[/i] or [i]Collio[/i], the latter is the name of a [i]comune[/i] in Lombardia and also a surname commonly found in France. The surname [i]Colio[/i] is found among many people who descend from Foggia, in Puglia.
Tony Frank, whose real name was Arcangelo Di Vincenzo, emigrated to Montreal in 1906. Di Vincenzo was born in Bronte, in Catania, in 1877. These details will be found in Pierre de Champlain's [i]Histoire du crime organisé à Montréal de 1900 à 1980[/i]. This book and Peter Edwards's [i]Blood Brothers[/i] offer, in my opinion, the best information about Di Vincenzo's status and criminal activity. Edwards made the error of writing that Di Vincenzo was born in Sardinia, and Canadian writer Jerry Prager unfortunately has repeated the error in his own books and blog posts.
Di Vincenzo, who was in Montreal before Nick Gentile, ruled over the Italian criminals in the city -- in fact, such criminals had to pay Di Vincenzo a tithe. Di Vincenzo and three others were hanged on October 24, 1924. One of those hanged, an associate of Di Vincenzo, was a Gambino from New York.