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And see:https://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtopic.php?p=250927#p250927

Cross posting From Buffalo/Ontario thread about the Sciandra/Montana/Bufalino relationship. See: https://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtopic.php?p=250921#p250921

https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:425766#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-2173%2C0%2C6751%2C3665

An excellent documentation of information by celeste morello with links to the myths of men of honor from Montedoro

A MyHeritage user submitted a photo of Sam Capitano that accompanies the user’s record — is this Capitano?

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Link to my Evernote item: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s229/sh/441f0f35-510a-4ab7-8e5a-0533499c9b55/2b456fec6f55d2018acf78b1a35c3904

Link to MyHeritage record: https://www.myheritage.com/FP/search-plans.php?colId=1&itemId=332411891-1-500016

[quote=ShockTroop post_id=244536 time=1669251954 user_id=6619]
Sam Capitano may be the nephew or grandson with Joe Capitano. Joe Capitano was good friends with Russel. Joe was married to Anna Lemia. Anna's grandmother's name was Sciandra. Her cousins were also named Buffalino. Yes those Buffalinos. Volpe is also related. The Montedoro sulfer mine relocation to the coal mines of Pittston was only a thousand people and they were all interconnected and distant or close cousins of each other.
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Good info. Makes sense, as one would assume that the Montedoresi brought over to work the coal mines in Pittston were hired via patrone labor recruitment networks that presumably derived from equivalent labor gang hiring networks in the sulfur industry in Montedoro.

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Sam Capitano may be the nephew or grandson with Joe Capitano. Joe Capitano was good friends with Russel. Joe was married to Anna Lemia. Anna's grandmother's name was Sciandra. Her cousins were also named Buffalino. Yes those Buffalinos. Volpe is also related. The Montedoro sulfer mine relocation to the coal mines of Pittston was only a thousand people and they were all interconnected and distant or close cousins of each other.

amazing work Nash.

Thanks PT

Don’t mean to answer for Nash, but Salvatore/Samuel Anthony Capitano was born in 1919 in Pittston to Giuseppe Capitano of Montedoro and Rosa Capizzi of Serradifalco.

Great work Nash. I notice there is a Capitanos in this Pittston genealogy. Not to derail this thread in Pittston, but Sam Capitano indicated his great grandfather born in Pittston and was close to Russel Buffalino.

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Great work Nash. I notice there is a Capitanos in this Pittston genealogy. Not to derail this thread in Pittston, but Sam Capitano indicated his great grandfather born in Pittston and was close to Russel Buffalino.

See

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See also

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I believe Sam and his twin brother Peter are at the minimum active Buffalo associates. (Ron Fino identifier them as such in his 2013 book.) Both have held leadership positions in LiUNA Local 210. In addition Sam now holds a NYS position. Their father Peter A. Capitano Sr. was accused of being an organized crime associate in a civil rico.

Peter’s obituary indicates his Father was Sam (Salvatore, Samuel) Capitano and his mother was Josephine (née Cumbo). See:

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In my free searches it appears Salvatore was born on April 15, 1919. See:

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That is as far as I can get without paying. Are you able to determine Salvatore’s parents and if they were from Montedoro? There are other Capitanos in Buffalo whose families originate from there.

After spotting an error in the initial chart I posted, I've remade it and expanded it to include all the Pittston LCN Montedoro-born members plus others I could link back to the Volpe, Sciandra and Bufalino clans.

Notes:
Bold ring= made member
Bold dashed line= suspected member
Grey box= US born

Member Giovanni "John" Parrino not included as I believe he is not the brother of Angelo Parrino. Giovanni's Father was Caspar (Gaspar?).
Russell Bufalino and John Montana share great-grand parents.

Didn't realize Petto the Ox used the Parrino name. The Parrinos of Pittston were from Palazzo Adriano and the Bonanno Palazzesi were related to some Parrinos. There are still Parrinos who are part of the Palazzo Family.

Where was Petto from in Sicily? Edit: I have him from Carini like associate Vito LaDuca but not sure if that's confirmed.

[quote=Antiliar post_id=233747 time=1658165861 user_id=77]
I somehow missed seeing your genealogical relationship charts, but fantastic work. I appreciate how much time and effort you put into these.

Have a couple follow up questions:
In your research you concluded that Joe Barbara was never a boss, but a caporegime under Russell Bufalino, or am I mistaken here?
Angelo Parrino married Mary LaTorre, the daughter of Stefano LaTorre. He was the son of Francesco Parrino and Maria Pianeta (Planetta?). Do you think he was related to Luciano "Petto the Ox" Parrino, who was killed near Pittston in 1905?
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Thanks guys. I've been doing some research into expanding the original chart, connecting a few more of the Montedoro-born members of the Pittston LCN.

On the second chart I labelled Barbara as a 'probable' capodecina as that is what I think was probably, but not definitely his title. I write that as I've never seen a doc with him titled a capodecina, but that position makes the most sense to me. There are many docs that title him as boss but just as many that contradict this. I wish I knew for sure, either way.

Haven't made the Parrino connection, but will have a look.

It looks good nash !