by B. » Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:56 pm
johnny_scootch wrote:It's hard to believe that Mineo was such a big shot that his arrival in USA immediately warranted the formation of a new family just for him. Maranzano was a big shot in Sicily and when he comes over he's just a regular soldier.
IF the theory laid out in the informer article is right.....the lineage would be
Gambino/Colombo (1870-1880's), Genovese/Lucchese (1890's), Bonanno (1898-1906), Colombo (1911), Lucchese (1920's).
Does that look right? I got those dates maybe from the article itself or somewhere on here I forget exactly where.
Hard to say on Mineo since we don't know about his connections. With a lot of these guys it seems they are in the right place at the right time and have some of the skills/personality needed for the job, plus some connections to the right people. Joe Bonanno was just a kid who had been made for a couple years when he took over his family and there are a lot of examples of this type of thing.
Looks right to me on the timeline, based on the research the other guys have done. It's basically splitting hairs, but I lean more toward the Genovese being the one that was created in the 1920s since it seems like the old Morello guys who joined Masseria were kicked out of their previous family, while the Reina guys had remained together from the beginning.
Wiseguy -- as more research has been done, people have dug deeper and found better info. Nothing is set in stone but from reading the info these guys have found I'd say they are closer to the truth than what was said previously.
[quote="johnny_scootch"]It's hard to believe that Mineo was such a big shot that his arrival in USA immediately warranted the formation of a new family just for him. Maranzano was a big shot in Sicily and when he comes over he's just a regular soldier.
IF the theory laid out in the informer article is right.....the lineage would be
Gambino/Colombo (1870-1880's), Genovese/Lucchese (1890's), Bonanno (1898-1906), Colombo (1911), Lucchese (1920's).
Does that look right? I got those dates maybe from the article itself or somewhere on here I forget exactly where.[/quote]
Hard to say on Mineo since we don't know about his connections. With a lot of these guys it seems they are in the right place at the right time and have some of the skills/personality needed for the job, plus some connections to the right people. Joe Bonanno was just a kid who had been made for a couple years when he took over his family and there are a lot of examples of this type of thing.
Looks right to me on the timeline, based on the research the other guys have done. It's basically splitting hairs, but I lean more toward the Genovese being the one that was created in the 1920s since it seems like the old Morello guys who joined Masseria were kicked out of their previous family, while the Reina guys had remained together from the beginning.
Wiseguy -- as more research has been done, people have dug deeper and found better info. Nothing is set in stone but from reading the info these guys have found I'd say they are closer to the truth than what was said previously.