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by cavita » Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:53 pm

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:20 pm
cavita wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:32 pm Question for the Sicilian experts- in March 1960 the news reported that six men entered the United States illegally:

-Salvatore Bonifacio Sr., 57, from Casteldaccia, Sicily entered through New York November 1955 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Salvatore Bonifacio, Jr., 25, from Casteldaccia, Sicily entered through New York January 1958 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Giuseppe Manzella, 25, from Palermo Province, entered through Philadelphia August 1959 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Alfonso Spagnuolo, 28, from Palermo Province, entered through New York April 1959 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Giovanni Cannata, 25, from Palermo Province, entered through New York April 1958 and settled in Franklin Park, Illinois
-Andrea Cannata, 32, from Palermo Province, entered through New York, November 1957 and settled in Franklin Park, Illinois

All were deported except for Salvatore Bonifacio, Jr., who had married a Rockford woman the month before so he was ultimately allowed to stay. Bonifacio, Jr., entered into a business partnership with Rockford LCN member Phil Priola and the Bonifacios were from Casteldaccia, the same village as Rockford LCN underboss Gaspare Calo.

Has anyone heard of the other men and know if they eventually settled back into the United States or were "connected?"
Nice find, especially given the probable connection to Calo.

The Cannatas were very likely also from Casteldaccia, as there were a bunch of Cannatas from there in Chicago. Looks like Andrea Cannata, at least, re-entered the US, as he was naturalized in 1972. At that time he was living near Augusta and Kedvale in the mobbed-up Italian section of Humboldt Park. There were a lot of migrants from Casteldaccia who arrived in Chicago during the “second wave” of Italian immigration.
Good stuff, thanks! Speaking of Casteldaccia, do you have anything on any LCN members named Guttilla? I've been trying to research a Giuseppe Guttilla who was a confirmed early made member in Rockford. He was born in 1887 in Casteldaccia and entered the United States in 1905. In June 1913 he married Giuseppa Corso in Ladd, Illinois. She was from Montevago, Sicily and was the brother of Joe "The Crow" Corso, a notorious gangster in the LaSalle County area. By the mid 1920s Guttilla was living in Rockford. It seems during the 1930 federal liquor conspiracy investigation that he fled the Rockford area along with many other Rockford men. It seems he fled back to Sicily as in March 1931 he left the port of Naples and arrived in New York in March 1931 and then came back to Rockford. In 1940 he was arrested by the police and FBI for illegally entering the U.S. in 1905 but that went nowhere as he died in Rockford in 1963. His daughter happened to marry Milwaukee LCN member Augie Maniaci.
I can't find any arrests for Guttilla nor a pedigree for him- any idea?

Re: For The Sicilian Experts-

by PolackTony » Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:20 pm

cavita wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:32 pm Question for the Sicilian experts- in March 1960 the news reported that six men entered the United States illegally:

-Salvatore Bonifacio Sr., 57, from Casteldaccia, Sicily entered through New York November 1955 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Salvatore Bonifacio, Jr., 25, from Casteldaccia, Sicily entered through New York January 1958 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Giuseppe Manzella, 25, from Palermo Province, entered through Philadelphia August 1959 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Alfonso Spagnuolo, 28, from Palermo Province, entered through New York April 1959 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Giovanni Cannata, 25, from Palermo Province, entered through New York April 1958 and settled in Franklin Park, Illinois
-Andrea Cannata, 32, from Palermo Province, entered through New York, November 1957 and settled in Franklin Park, Illinois

All were deported except for Salvatore Bonifacio, Jr., who had married a Rockford woman the month before so he was ultimately allowed to stay. Bonifacio, Jr., entered into a business partnership with Rockford LCN member Phil Priola and the Bonifacios were from Casteldaccia, the same village as Rockford LCN underboss Gaspare Calo.

Has anyone heard of the other men and know if they eventually settled back into the United States or were "connected?"
Nice find, especially given the probable connection to Calo.

The Cannatas were very likely also from Casteldaccia, as there were a bunch of Cannatas from there in Chicago. Looks like Andrea Cannata, at least, re-entered the US, as he was naturalized in 1972. At that time he was living near Augusta and Kedvale in the mobbed-up Italian section of Humboldt Park. There were a lot of migrants from Casteldaccia who arrived in Chicago during the “second wave” of Italian immigration.

For The Sicilian Experts-

by cavita » Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:32 pm

Question for the Sicilian experts- in March 1960 the news reported that six men entered the United States illegally:

-Salvatore Bonifacio Sr., 57, from Casteldaccia, Sicily entered through New York November 1955 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Salvatore Bonifacio, Jr., 25, from Casteldaccia, Sicily entered through New York January 1958 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Giuseppe Manzella, 25, from Palermo Province, entered through Philadelphia August 1959 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Alfonso Spagnuolo, 28, from Palermo Province, entered through New York April 1959 and settled in Rockford, Illinois
-Giovanni Cannata, 25, from Palermo Province, entered through New York April 1958 and settled in Franklin Park, Illinois
-Andrea Cannata, 32, from Palermo Province, entered through New York, November 1957 and settled in Franklin Park, Illinois

All were deported except for Salvatore Bonifacio, Jr., who had married a Rockford woman the month before so he was ultimately allowed to stay. Bonifacio, Jr., entered into a business partnership with Rockford LCN member Phil Priola and the Bonifacios were from Casteldaccia, the same village as Rockford LCN underboss Gaspare Calo.

Has anyone heard of the other men and know if they eventually settled back into the United States or were "connected?"

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