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by **JoelTurner** » Sat May 17, 2025 5:28 pm

cavita wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 5:34 am Good connections. Too many to ignore that the Alfano family may have been early connected members. I'm not aware, does New Jersey have a large population of Sambuca people in the LCN?

Nope not that I know of. If there were any, I would guess that they would have been with the DeCavs rather than Newark

by **cavita** » Fri May 16, 2025 5:34 am

Good connections. Too many to ignore that the Alfano family may have been early connected members. I'm not aware, does New Jersey have a large population of Sambuca people in the LCN?

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by **JoelTurner** » Thu May 15, 2025 11:05 pm

cavita wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 8:57 am And here's a little more Rockford/NJ connection- Domenico Alfano had a brother Angelo Alfano born 1881 who was a tavern operator in Newark, NJ and he died in October 1957. His bar was located at 463 5th Street in Newark. Also, there was a Margaret Giovingo who married Jasper Alfano in Sambuca in 1913. They immigrated to NJ from Sambuca in 1913 and lived there a year before coming to Rockford in 1914. Certainly another strong NJ/Rockford tie especially if their families were mafia members in the old country. Jasper was also a brother to Domenico and Angelo Alfano.

Wow that’s a really great find!

John D’Amico & family lived roughly 2 1/2 blocks away at 520 N 7th St, Newark, NJ. Makes a lot more sense that they could have connected.

I didn’t find an exact date for Angelo’s immigration but his 1920 census record says he arrived in 1894. That would make him one of the earliest figures in Newark. He got shot by an in-law in June 1911.

Side note: His bar was at an important location. In the ‘60s, Tony Boiardo’s headquarters Club Fremont was at this address (463 N 5th St, Newark, NJ). There was a major shootout here in 1960 too.

by **PolackTony** » Thu May 15, 2025 2:04 pm

Great updates. We can see that some of these Rockford-NJ ties may well have had a deeper history preceding Riela and Troia even.

by **cavita** » Thu May 15, 2025 8:57 am

And here's a little more Rockford/NJ connection- Domenico Alfano had a brother Angelo Alfano born 1881 who was a tavern operator in Newark, NJ and he died in October 1957. His bar was located at 463 5th Street in Newark. Also, there was a Margaret Giovingo who married Jasper Alfano in Sambuca in 1913. They immigrated to NJ from Sambuca in 1913 and lived there a year before coming to Rockford in 1914. Certainly another strong NJ/Rockford tie especially if their families were mafia members in the old country. Jasper was also a brother to Domenico and Angelo Alfano.

by **cavita** » Wed May 14, 2025 6:18 pm

Francesca Alfano D'Amico ended up remarrying a man by the last name DiVito and when her father Domenico Alfano died in 1971 she was living in Bloomfield, NJ. Domenico Alfano came to Rockford from Sambuca in 1915 when he married Vita Bordonaro and byt 1916 was in the grocery and tavern business which I'm certain he passed along to his sons Barney, Frank and Luke.

by **PolackTony** » Wed May 14, 2025 2:22 pm

NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 1:43 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 10:33 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 9:41 am
cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 8:50 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 7:25 am I can't believe this wasn't asked (I'll feel like an ass if I missed it)- was Dominico Alfano a relative of Pietro Alfano from Pizza Connection case decades later?
No....Domenico was from Sambuca and Pietro from Cinisi
Got it - quite a coincidence with the name.
Not really. It’s a relatively common surname in both Palermo and Agrigento provinces.
Hey we are talking about Rockford, IL - name can't be that common. I know Pietro Alfano was from Sicily and was sent to the U.S. by Badalamenti - I just assumed he had some relations in Rockford as it was a random spot to set up operations without some inside connection.

Pietro Alfano did move to Northern IL because he had relatives there. But these people were/are from Cinisi, unrelated to the Alfanos from Sambuca that we were discussing here. The surname happens to be relatively common in both towns, both of which have always had strong ties to IL.

by **NorthBuffalo** » Wed May 14, 2025 1:43 pm

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 10:33 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 9:41 am
cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 8:50 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 7:25 am I can't believe this wasn't asked (I'll feel like an ass if I missed it)- was Dominico Alfano a relative of Pietro Alfano from Pizza Connection case decades later?
No....Domenico was from Sambuca and Pietro from Cinisi
Got it - quite a coincidence with the name.
Not really. It’s a relatively common surname in both Palermo and Agrigento provinces.

Hey we are talking about Rockford, IL - name can't be that common. I know Pietro Alfano was from Sicily and was sent to the U.S. by Badalamenti - I just assumed he had some relations in Rockford as it was a random spot to set up operations without some inside connection.

by **PolackTony** » Wed May 14, 2025 10:33 am

NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 9:41 am
cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 8:50 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 7:25 am I can't believe this wasn't asked (I'll feel like an ass if I missed it)- was Dominico Alfano a relative of Pietro Alfano from Pizza Connection case decades later?
No....Domenico was from Sambuca and Pietro from Cinisi
Got it - quite a coincidence with the name.

Not really. It’s a relatively common surname in both Palermo and Agrigento provinces.

by **NorthBuffalo** » Wed May 14, 2025 9:41 am

cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 8:50 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 7:25 am I can't believe this wasn't asked (I'll feel like an ass if I missed it)- was Dominico Alfano a relative of Pietro Alfano from Pizza Connection case decades later?
No....Domenico was from Sambuca and Pietro from Cinisi

Got it - quite a coincidence with the name.

by **cavita** » Wed May 14, 2025 8:50 am

NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 7:25 am I can't believe this wasn't asked (I'll feel like an ass if I missed it)- was Dominico Alfano a relative of Pietro Alfano from Pizza Connection case decades later?

No....Domenico was from Sambuca and Pietro from Cinisi

by **NorthBuffalo** » Wed May 14, 2025 7:25 am

I can't believe this wasn't asked (I'll feel like an ass if I missed it)- was Dominico Alfano a relative of Pietro Alfano from Pizza Connection case decades later?

by B. » Tue May 13, 2025 7:45 pm

Agreed. Another great connection.

by **PolackTony** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:50 pm

Another great find from Joel. We know very little about the organization in Rockford in the 1920s, but I’d agree that Domenico Alfano is a good suspect for an early Rockford member.

Cavita — the Newark D’Amicos were from Villabate. As we’ve discussed a bit before, John D’Amico’s wife, Anna Chiaro (Chiarchiaro), the mother of his son Domenico noted here, was from Chicago, family from Palazzo Adriano. Her uncle, Nicola Chiarchiaro aka Nick Chiaro, married a paternal aunt of Nick DeJohn. My guess is that the D’Amico-Alfano marriage here reflected mafia network ties, rather than simply Sicilian compaesano ties.

by **cavita** » Tue May 13, 2025 5:35 am

JoelTurner wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 6:44 pm NJ-Colombo member John D’Amico’s son Dominick (named for G-father Domenico - Killed in 1937 during the Newark Family’s dissolution) married a Francesca Alfano from Rockford.

Her parents were Domenico Alfano (1889-1971) from Sambuca di Sicilia & Vita Bordonaro (1898-1983) from Roccamena. In addition to being involved in an arson in Jan 1922; he and his wife were arrested in July 1926 for liquor with a mobbed up crowd:

-Philip Vella was a Rockford member and was arrested with Vincenzo Troia in 1930

-Pietro SanFilippo is listed on the Rockford chart as a member who retired to San Diego

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Additionally, two of Francesca’s brothers, Barney & Frank Alfano, were mentioned in the ‪1993 South Beloit/Roscoe, Illinois LCN‬ post:

cavita wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 5:21 pm connected people that lived in the Beloit, Wisconsin and South Beloit/Roscoe/Rockton, Illinois areas and these are a few I could think of:

Barney and Frank Alfano owned a tavern in South Beloit many years 1950s/1960s and were from Sambuca
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Domenico Alfano looks like he could have been an early member between his activities and his daughter marrying into an important mafia family across the country.

Dominick D’Amico’s connections to the Midwest, Illinois specifically, would have come from his mother. As discussed earlier in this thread, she was from Chicago and her uncle married Nick DeJohn’s aunt.

Yes, Domenico Alfano is an early connected guy that's been in the back of my mind to research fully but haven't had the time. I have to wonder how his daughter and D'Amico met. Where in Italy was D'Amico from? I do know there were some D'Amico/Domico people in Rockford at one time. This is just another good strong tie between NJ and the Rockford boys!

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