by PolackTony » Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:43 pm
B. wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:07 pm
Domenico Pecoraro and other Bagheresi were close to Piddu Morello in early NYC but also close to Lupo, though I've always been curious where the Bagheresi formally fit into NYC. They were close associates of the Corleonesi either way and Dragna was apparently made into Morello's Family in 1914 so he may have known some of them. You also have important guys from Prizzi (very close to Corleone) in the Milwaukee Family which was otherwise dominated by paesans from Bagheria area.
There was a younger Giovanni Bompensiero born ~1899 who arrived to an uncle named Lorenzo SanFilippo in San Diego in 1921 but he came from Santa Flavia and doesn't appear to be the uncle. Looks like Frank's uncle was another one born ~1868 who arrived in 1928 to his own son named Francesco living in Milwaukee at the time.
I think it was probably the guy born ~1899 (Porticello is a frazione of Santa Flavia, so people from Porticello will often use the name of the comune on their documents), as he is the only Giovanni/John Bompensiero that I see in the SD records. He arrived to SD in 1921 and thus he was already living there when Bomp would’ve arrived in the mid-20s (Giovanni worked as a fisherman in SD, as Frank did as a young man). His eldest son was named Peter, and I have Frank’s father’s (Giuseppe Bompensiero, born ~1875 in Porticello) father as Pietro Bompensiero. Giovanni Bompensiero died in SD in 1975.
Another likely link is SanFilippo, as Frank’s wife was Thelma SanFilippo, born in Milwaukee to parents from Porticello.
Correction: I checked out the Nipitu book, and it looks like after killing a guy in 1923, Frank’s uncle Giovanni in Milwaukee told Frank to call Jack Dragna for protection. Frank told Dragna that he had cousins in SD, Giovanni and Matteo, who were fishermen and that he would go there and live with them.
So it looks like the older guy was the uncle and the younger one in SD was a first cousin. The info that I had found from a family tree on Frank’s genealogy was also erroneous; his grandfather was actually named Francesco (hence both Giuseppe and Giovanni naming their first sons Francesco, of course). Pietro, the father of Giovanni and Matteo Bompensiero in SD, was another of Frank’s uncles. Interestingly, the book also states that Bompensiero was not their original surname, but that the brothers had adopted it from a visiting wealthy man named Bernardo Bompensiero (probably Buonpensiero originally) from Brindisi, Puglia who moved to Porticello and married their mother after their father Francesco died.
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Domenico Pecoraro and other Bagheresi were close to Piddu Morello in early NYC but also close to Lupo, though I've always been curious where the Bagheresi formally fit into NYC. They were close associates of the Corleonesi either way and Dragna was apparently made into Morello's Family in 1914 so he may have known some of them. You also have important guys from Prizzi (very close to Corleone) in the Milwaukee Family which was otherwise dominated by paesans from Bagheria area.
There was a younger Giovanni Bompensiero born ~1899 who arrived to an uncle named Lorenzo SanFilippo in San Diego in 1921 but he came from Santa Flavia and doesn't appear to be the uncle. Looks like Frank's uncle was another one born ~1868 who arrived in 1928 to his own son named Francesco living in Milwaukee at the time.
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I think it was probably the guy born ~1899 (Porticello is a frazione of Santa Flavia, so people from Porticello will often use the name of the comune on their documents), as he is the only Giovanni/John Bompensiero that I see in the SD records. He arrived to SD in 1921 and thus he was already living there when Bomp would’ve arrived in the mid-20s (Giovanni worked as a fisherman in SD, as Frank did as a young man). His eldest son was named Peter, and I have Frank’s father’s (Giuseppe Bompensiero, born ~1875 in Porticello) father as Pietro Bompensiero. Giovanni Bompensiero died in SD in 1975.
Another likely link is SanFilippo, as Frank’s wife was Thelma SanFilippo, born in Milwaukee to parents from Porticello.
[b]Correction:[/b] I checked out the Nipitu book, and it looks like after killing a guy in 1923, Frank’s uncle Giovanni in Milwaukee told Frank to call Jack Dragna for protection. Frank told Dragna that he had cousins in SD, Giovanni and Matteo, who were fishermen and that he would go there and live with them.
So it looks like the older guy was the uncle and the younger one in SD was a first cousin. The info that I had found from a family tree on Frank’s genealogy was also erroneous; his grandfather was actually named Francesco (hence both Giuseppe and Giovanni naming their first sons Francesco, of course). Pietro, the father of Giovanni and Matteo Bompensiero in SD, was another of Frank’s uncles. Interestingly, the book also states that Bompensiero was not their original surname, but that the brothers had adopted it from a visiting wealthy man named Bernardo Bompensiero (probably Buonpensiero originally) from Brindisi, Puglia who moved to Porticello and married their mother after their father Francesco died.