by B. » Tue Jun 04, 2024 9:49 pm
Didn't realize Salvatore was Alex Camarata's brother. Maybe Joel has mentioned it and I missed it but back before anyone had dug in it was assumed he was Nello Cammarata's brother which was disproven a while back but this is even more interesting.
The Misuraca clan is like the perfect microcosm of the mafia phenomenon -- originally tied to St. Louis, but ended up in Flint, Newark, Florida, and California with ties if not affiliation with the local Families in each location. Went all the way to the admin of the Colombos and were involved in some violence but overall extremely low-key and not big arch-criminals. To paraphrase Gentile, everything they did in life was mafia.
I assume Pietro Misuraca Sr. was a member as Peter Jr. said he was arranged to marry a woman in Detroit but she instead married a Detroit boss a short time later who died early on and seems to have been Sam Catalanotte. I'm not sure who she was but between arranging marriages in prominent mafia circles and virtually all of his sons/relatives being members or associate it's a good bet Pietro was a Sicilian mafia member who transferred in America.
Their hometown Giardinello doesn't come up much but it's obvious why they were in St. Louis and especially Michigan as it is by Terrasini, Cinisi, Partinico/Borgetto, Montelepre, and the gateway to the Trapani coast. In Flint they were with a Trapanese faction from towns like Monte San Giuliano and San Vito lo Capo. On one hand it doesn't exactly fit the Colombos, moreso the Bonannos, but it isn't far from Carini which was hugely important in the Colombos (never seen anything linking Misuraca to the Brooklyn Carinesi though) and you also have Profaci's close relationship to Detroit.
Didn't realize Salvatore was Alex Camarata's brother. Maybe Joel has mentioned it and I missed it but back before anyone had dug in it was assumed he was Nello Cammarata's brother which was disproven a while back but this is even more interesting.
The Misuraca clan is like the perfect microcosm of the mafia phenomenon -- originally tied to St. Louis, but ended up in Flint, Newark, Florida, and California with ties if not affiliation with the local Families in each location. Went all the way to the admin of the Colombos and were involved in some violence but overall extremely low-key and not big arch-criminals. To paraphrase Gentile, everything they did in life was mafia.
I assume Pietro Misuraca Sr. was a member as Peter Jr. said he was arranged to marry a woman in Detroit but she instead married a Detroit boss a short time later who died early on and seems to have been Sam Catalanotte. I'm not sure who she was but between arranging marriages in prominent mafia circles and virtually all of his sons/relatives being members or associate it's a good bet Pietro was a Sicilian mafia member who transferred in America.
Their hometown Giardinello doesn't come up much but it's obvious why they were in St. Louis and especially Michigan as it is by Terrasini, Cinisi, Partinico/Borgetto, Montelepre, and the gateway to the Trapani coast. In Flint they were with a Trapanese faction from towns like Monte San Giuliano and San Vito lo Capo. On one hand it doesn't exactly fit the Colombos, moreso the Bonannos, but it isn't far from Carini which was hugely important in the Colombos (never seen anything linking Misuraca to the Brooklyn Carinesi though) and you also have Profaci's close relationship to Detroit.