by B. » Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:20 pm
B. wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:48 pm
A photo of alleged Bonanno member/relative Joseph Spadaro appears in some newspaper clippings for some kind of award ceremony in the 1960s, and there are photos of Spadaro with a man ID'd as "Dr. Martin Bonventre". At first I believed this was the same Martin Bonventre and while there are some similarities and they're about the same age, they look quite a bit different when comparing their photos (though it's been a while since I looked). However, I can't find any records for another Martin Bonventre who would fit the right age range except for the one who is alleged to be a Bonanno member. If it is a different guy, then Dr. Martin Bonventre must have been another grandson of Martino Bonventre given the naming tradition and connection to Spadaro.
Dr. Martin Bonventre is Pietro Bonventre's son, positively. Martin was a medical officer in the military and continued as a doctor after his service. His uncle, Vincent Anello, was also a doctor. Another uncle, Vittorio "Victor" Anello" ran the Anello and Bonventre funeral home with Pietro Bonventre. Vittorio is on Limey's mafia membership list but I'm not sure he's been confirmed as a member.
Another part of the Bonventre clan through marriage is Big Mike Allegato, who I'd like to know more about. He was from Santa Ninfa like other early members and seems to have been a major bootlegger through the 1930s and 40s, owning properties in both Nassau and Suffolk counties on LI. A property in Seaford was used as both a major still and a "mafia graveyard" (not sure if any victims were ever found/ID'd). Also supposedly owned an orange grove in Florida. He'd die in FL in the 1960s. The Bonventre connection is through his sister Rose Allegato Bonventre, who was involved in her brother Mike's bootlegging operations along with her son, Gaspare Bonventre. It appears Rose and Gaspare were the wife/son of the Bonanno leader Vito Bonventre, murdered in 1930, so this shows that his relatives remained involved in family business long after he died.
Vito's son Gaspare (b.1919) is not the same one that appears on the FBI dead list nor traveled between Sicily/USA, so he is another relatively unknown Gaspare Bonventre we can add to the list. Doesn't seem to have been a member, but definitely associated for a time with his uncle Allegato and had strong heritage in the Bonannos. Haven't found a death record for him so could be still alive.
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A photo of alleged Bonanno member/relative Joseph Spadaro appears in some newspaper clippings for some kind of award ceremony in the 1960s, and there are photos of Spadaro with a man ID'd as "Dr. Martin Bonventre". At first I believed this was the same Martin Bonventre and while there are some similarities and they're about the same age, they look quite a bit different when comparing their photos (though it's been a while since I looked). However, I can't find any records for another Martin Bonventre who would fit the right age range except for the one who is alleged to be a Bonanno member. If it is a different guy, then Dr. Martin Bonventre must have been another grandson of Martino Bonventre given the naming tradition and connection to Spadaro.
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Dr. Martin Bonventre is Pietro Bonventre's son, positively. Martin was a medical officer in the military and continued as a doctor after his service. His uncle, Vincent Anello, was also a doctor. Another uncle, Vittorio "Victor" Anello" ran the Anello and Bonventre funeral home with Pietro Bonventre. Vittorio is on Limey's mafia membership list but I'm not sure he's been confirmed as a member.
Another part of the Bonventre clan through marriage is Big Mike Allegato, who I'd like to know more about. He was from Santa Ninfa like other early members and seems to have been a major bootlegger through the 1930s and 40s, owning properties in both Nassau and Suffolk counties on LI. A property in Seaford was used as both a major still and a "mafia graveyard" (not sure if any victims were ever found/ID'd). Also supposedly owned an orange grove in Florida. He'd die in FL in the 1960s. The Bonventre connection is through his sister Rose Allegato Bonventre, who was involved in her brother Mike's bootlegging operations along with her son, Gaspare Bonventre. It appears Rose and Gaspare were the wife/son of the Bonanno leader Vito Bonventre, murdered in 1930, so this shows that his relatives remained involved in family business long after he died.
Vito's son Gaspare (b.1919) is not the same one that appears on the FBI dead list nor traveled between Sicily/USA, so he is another relatively unknown Gaspare Bonventre we can add to the list. Doesn't seem to have been a member, but definitely associated for a time with his uncle Allegato and had strong heritage in the Bonannos. Haven't found a death record for him so could be still alive.