Yes that's the right Bellanca, he was from Cattolica Eraclea. Funny, never noticed his mother was a Renda. I wonder if she was a relative to Calogero Renda
No relation to the chart, but in relation to Bellanca, for those who wonder who is the Michele Sisco (in fact it is Michel) in the criminal associates, it is Antoine D'Agostino, infamous French drug trafficker of Neapolitan origin based in Montreal since 1945 because wanted for collaboration with the Germans (in other words, he was in the Gestapo).
He was close to the Cotroni brothers and therefore to some members of the Gambino Crime Family and was the mentor of Paul Mondoloni & Jean-Baptiste Croce.
Guess not everyone is interested in it, but it was just to point it out to those like me who love to dig into the BNDD book ^^
motorfab wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:19 am
Yes that's the right Bellanca, he was from Cattolica Eraclea. Funny, never noticed his mother was a Renda. I wonder if she was a relative to Calogero Renda
No relation to the chart, but in relation to Bellanca, for those who wonder who is the Michele Sisco (in fact it is Michel) in the criminal associates, it is Antoine D'Agostino, infamous French drug trafficker of Neapolitan origin based in Montreal since 1945 because wanted for collaboration with the Germans (in other words, he was in the Gestapo).
He was close to the Cotroni brothers and therefore to some members of the Gambino Crime Family and was the mentor of Paul Mondoloni & Jean-Baptiste Croce.
Guess not everyone is interested in it, but it was just to point it out to those like me who love to dig into the BNDD book ^^
It's very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
B. and I and I think Antiliar all believe the Mafia was long in Canada before Carmine Galante, in fact it can be documented but looking into it is tough. So any links that can be established help us all deeper understand the network.
One thing that's stuck in my head is that Molano Lombardozzi became capo of a Sciaccatan dominant crew. It's not unprecedented and may speak to the esteem he was held in.
Chris Christie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:17 pm
One thing that's stuck in my head is that Molano Lombardozzi became capo of a Sciaccatan dominant crew. It's not unprecedented and may speak to the esteem he was held in.
It's interesting and definitely something to think about. Maybe they just liked the peperoncini Molisani.
"Hey, hey, hey — this is America, baby! Survival of the fittest.”
* = Suspected member or a member who was made later in the 1970s
Salvatore D´Acquisto (Jan 3, 1897)
Louis D´Agostino (Nov 3, 1908?)
Alex D´Alessio (Jan, 7, 1914)
John D´Alessio (Jan 1, 1912)
Michael D´Alessio (March 16, 1913)
John Daniello (Oct 19, 1921)
Frank Robert D´Apolito (Dec 1, 1923)
Girolamo Fred "Jerry" D´Aquila (Jan 24, 1917)
Thomas Anthony DeBrizzi (CONN) (March 25, 1923)
Vincent "Boozy" DeCicco (Feb 12, 1914)
Ettore "Eddie" DeCurtis (June 21, 1913)
Guido DeCurtis (1914)
Louis Michael DeFilippo (Oct 10, 1921)
Anello DeGregorio (March 11, 1899) (On 1980 chart, I marked him as a suspected member. Found out recently that he was made)
John J. Degregorio (June 24, 1910)
Anthony DeLutro (April 9, 1927)
Cataldo "Charlie" DeLutro (Nov 27, 1916)
Albert DeMatteo (1892) (father of John) (possibly dead by 1963)
John Albert DeMatteo (Oct 7, 1916)
Ignatius DiBella (Feb 12, 1922)
Paul DiBella (March 1, 1920)
Nicholas DiBene (March 24, 1905)
Joseph DiBono (Aug 15, 1900) (father of Louis)
Louis Salvatore DiBono (May 3, 1927)
Alexander DiBrizzi (April 10, 1892)
Vincenzo "Jimmy" DiLeonardo (1880-1971)
James Eppolito Sr (Dec 23, 1916)
*Louis Eppolito (July 23, 1887)
Ralph Victor Eppolito (1916-1968)
Carmine Fatico (Jan 19, 1910)
Donato "Danny" Fatico (July 10, 1920)
James Failla (Jan 22, 1919)
Joseph Feola (Jan 1, 1915)
Andrew Ferraiola (1907?)
Peter Joseph Ferrara (Feb 6, 1911)
*Joseph "Joe Speranza" Florino (Feb 18, 1895)
Cosmo Franco (Says Oct 19, 1906 in FBN book but Oct 19, 1907 is the correct dob)
Pietro Fria (Jan 2, 1894)
Thomas Frouge (CONN) (March 16, 1914)
Anthony Frank "Nino" Gaggi (Aug 7, 1925)
Michael Vincent "Blackie" Galgano (1914?) (Dead by 1973)
Joseph Gennaro (Says May 8, 1910 but May 13, 1907 may be more accurate dob)
Emanuele "Teddy" Giardina (Jan 24, 1920) (Thanks Chris for finding out Teddy´s real first name)
Joseph Giardina Jr (Sep 17, 1933)
Joseph Giardina Sr (Feb 17, 1896)
Louis Michael Giardina (May 24, 1924)
Salvatore Vincent Giardina (Sep 9, 1921)
Joseph "Joe Brown" Giordano (Jan 13, 1911)
*Anthony Gagliardi (April 2, 1919?)
Frank Gagliardo (April 28, 1905)
Joseph Nicholas Gallo (Jan 8, 1912)
Giuseppe "Joe" Gambino (Jan 20, 1930) (Not Carlo´s brother)
Mario Gargano (1898?) (lived in Brooklyn)
Nicholas Gialella (April 6, 1904)
Nicola Gentile (1894) (In Italy)
Stefano Grammauta (Dec 5, 1915)
Anthony Granza (March 25, 1915)
Frank Grillo (?) (brother of Liborio) (possibly dead by 1963)
Leonardo Grillo (Jan 29, 1905)
Liborio "Bertie" Grillo (Nov 9, 1910) (On 1980 chart, I wrote Nov 19 but Nov 9 is the accurate dob)
Salvatore Guarnieri (Oct 29, 1915)
Frank "Butch" Guglielmini (March 8, 1925) (brother of John)
*John Anthony Guglielmini (June 22, 1922)
*Joseph William Guglielmini (1910)
Louis Charles Guiga (Dec 22, 1927)
Michael Guiliano (NJ) (Aug 2, 1917-1974)
Salvatore Guglielmini (Dec 8, 1907)
Do you have more info on an James and Charles Cusimano? it's a common name, were they related to the others?
Domenico Cusimano- if I have the right guy- was born 1888/7/15 and died 1958/8/9- married Catherine Bellomo and among their children were an Anthony Rocco and Joseph Cusimano, Palermitan.
There were Cusimanos in the 1910's, makes me wonder if there's any relation. Same with DiMatteo. Filed under things to look up in the future.
Chris Christie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:17 pm
One thing that's stuck in my head is that Molano Lombardozzi became capo of a Sciaccatan dominant crew. It's not unprecedented and may speak to the esteem he was held in.
It's interesting and definitely something to think about. Maybe they just liked the peperoncini Molisani.
Hell, I'm prepared to administer an Irishman the oath just for some good Italian produce and I ain't even made.
Anyways, lineages are important and do play an integral part in the mafia but that's only part of what makes the mafia the mafia. As I fall down this rabbit hole I need to keep reminding myself of that to avoid tunnel vision. When I learned that Lombardozzi took over a Sciaccatani crew I didn't jump to disbelief, it just raised my eyebrows because from what I learned about the Sciaccatans and even the deep-rooted Sicilians within the Gambinos, is that they kept things amongst themselves, both the Garofalo and Traina crews, according to DiLeonardo, were all Sicilian and he stated it in a way that made me take note, which is why I was surprised when I learned of Lombardozzi's position in a Sciaccatan-dominant crew. But zooming out of this niche, Calabrese Anastasia was Under in 1930 and boss from 51-57 so it happens. There are factors outside of genealogy, it is organized crime afterall, not the Sons of Italy.
But it is useful because it raises more questions. For example, I expected there to be more Calabrese but no, instead there's a pretty high Napolitan contingent even going back to the 1960's and the Calabrese are what appeared to be a minority. So what was Anastasia's faction? If he had one it would have had to have been the mainlanders as a collective whole and if he didn't, I would think that he would have had to have had the backing of some Sicilian factions in the Gambinos to become boss after Mangano disappeared- suspected of or not. Who benefitted? Biondo was demoted which takes him out of the line of suspects. Salvatore Chirico (if he's Sal Chiri, was from Sferracavallo) and Frank Scalise (also of Sferracavallo descent, who briefly was boss in 1930 but vacated it due to political concerns) moved up. That faction dates back at least to the 1900's when it was headed by Saverio Virzi under Lupo.
I went into this expecting to find a large number of Calabrese members and to my amazement, they are the minority. I'll have the exact percentages once its done but in 1980 the family's makeup was about 55-60% Sicilians, 25-30% Napolitan, 10% Calabrese with the remaining being Molise and Taranto and a few from oddball places.
Can I get more info on deceased capidecina Frank Castellano and Joe Franco even if it's a D/YOB or where they lived? And anyone know if Joe Zangara was related to an Anthony Zangara? Though I had him ID'd but the amount of Zangara/Zingaros prompts a second look.
Antiliar wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:38 pm
I think Andrew's father was Felippo (Phillip) Ferriaola born in 1882, but don't have a POB for him.
The Andrew P that CC posted was married to a woman named Charlotte. There was an Andrew P Ferraiola from BK, born 1906, who married a Charlotte Schmidt. This Andrew’s parents were Phillip Michael Ferraiola (born about 1880) and Anna. The birth record that CC posted states that Andrew’s mother was named Anna but that her maiden name was “Coccia”. This Andrew’s mother seems to have been an Anna Kirchner, born in Germany. Could be the wrong person, or “Coccia” may have been the way that her Italian husband pronounced “Kirchner” (lol). Phillip Michael Ferraiola was naturalized in 1917, where he stated that his wife was named Anna and born in Germany and listed his son Andrew (with a birth date of September 24, 1905) among his children. The document states that he was born in “Alleto”, which off the top of my head I can’t link to any town that I can recall.
The Andrew P Ferriole that CC posted in the first document I believe is the same guy. Whether this is the Andrew Ferraiola from the Gambinos, I have no idea.
"Hey, hey, hey — this is America, baby! Survival of the fittest.”
Antiliar wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:38 pm
I think Andrew's father was Felippo (Phillip) Ferriaola born in 1882, but don't have a POB for him.
The Andrew P that CC posted was married to a woman named Charlotte. There was an Andrew P Ferraiola from BK, born 1906, who married a Charlotte Schmidt. This Andrew’s parents were Phillip Michael Ferraiola (born about 1880) and Anna. The birth record that CC posted states that Andrew’s mother was named Anna but that her maiden name was “Coccia”. This Andrew’s mother seems to have been an Anna Kirchner, born in Germany. Could be the wrong person, or “Coccia” may have been the way that her Italian husband pronounced “Kirchner” (lol). Phillip Michael Ferraiola was naturalized in 1917, where he stated that his wife was named Anna and born in Germany and listed his son Andrew (with a birth date of September 24, 1905) among his children. The document states that he was born in “Alleto”, which off the top of my head I can’t link to any town that I can recall.
The Andrew P Ferriole that CC posted in the first document I believe is the same guy. Whether this is the Andrew Ferraiola from the Gambinos, I have no idea.
That's the same one I found. Couldn't figure out Alieto either. Maybe Oliveto Citra in Salerno. I wonder if they knew he was half German.
