by PolackTony » Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:25 pm
HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:24 am
johnny_scootch wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:30 pm
Bing Bang 74 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:17 am
Forgive me, but I keep coming across online references to a Bufalino member named Salvatore "Vicious" Trivalino. I haven't been able to find any actual concrete evidence of his existence, and more irritating still is that he is cited on these sites as an attendant at the Apalachin meeting. Is it possible someone would share some info on him if they have it, please?
Zero mentions of ‘Trivalino’ if you use the forum search function. Most likely just a made up name which is why you can’t find concrete evidence of his existence.
Yep, made up name. Unless the name is misspelled or butchered.
So far as I know, the surname “Trivalino” as such doesn’t exist in Italy, but we know Italian surnames often got changed, sometimes radically, after arrival in the US, as well as misspelled by the press or LE. Closest that I can think of would be Travaligno or Trifolino.
One of the usual suspects on GBB once claimed that “Salvatore Trivalino” was a Bufalino member based in Auburn, NY. I have no idea if there is any basis for this, but I do note that the surname Trifolino was recorded in Auburn.
I’ve also seen this alleged “Salvatore Trivalino” included in supposed lists of the arrestees at Appalachin, but don’t know if this was from actual reporting in 1957, or if this name got erroneously inserted by someone over time.
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Forgive me, but I keep coming across online references to a Bufalino member named Salvatore "Vicious" Trivalino. I haven't been able to find any actual concrete evidence of his existence, and more irritating still is that he is cited on these sites as an attendant at the Apalachin meeting. Is it possible someone would share some info on him if they have it, please?
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Zero mentions of ‘Trivalino’ if you use the forum search function. Most likely just a made up name which is why you can’t find concrete evidence of his existence.
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Yep, made up name. Unless the name is misspelled or butchered.
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So far as I know, the surname “Trivalino” as such doesn’t exist in Italy, but we know Italian surnames often got changed, sometimes radically, after arrival in the US, as well as misspelled by the press or LE. Closest that I can think of would be Travaligno or Trifolino.
One of the usual suspects on GBB once claimed that “Salvatore Trivalino” was a Bufalino member based in Auburn, NY. I have no idea if there is any basis for this, but I do note that the surname Trifolino was recorded in Auburn.
I’ve also seen this alleged “Salvatore Trivalino” included in supposed lists of the arrestees at Appalachin, but don’t know if this was from actual reporting in 1957, or if this name got erroneously inserted by someone over time.