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PolackTony wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:56 pm
Antiliar wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:05 am. This most closely matches Corigliano Calabro, Cosenza.
I agree that it most likely is Corigliano Calabro. FWIW, Di Bernardo is a surname in Corigliano too.

EDIT: Actually, looking over some documents, Camigliano, Caserta may also be an option. The birthplace of both Bernard and his wife Marianna Di Iorio was spelled "Canngrello" on his naturalization document, so not much help.

On his naturalization document, Bernardo gave his birth year as 1870 and there is a birth document for a Bernardo di Bernardo in Camigliano in 1870.
I considered that too. It's very possible that Camigliano is the correct choice. I didn't look up Bernardo di Bernardo's birth record, so you might be right.
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Was John Mingoia, b 1923, a Jersey guy? This might be him- https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/jers ... =172179831

Also, Joseph Paul LoPiccolo, b 04/28/1918 matches with someone with that name/date as being born and having died in Chicago whose parents were from Monreale and Palermo. Not saying that someone can't move from their hometown, join the mafia in another city and then move back home to die but it did raise my eyebrows, especially since there were LoPiccolos in NY you'd expect a JPL to have been born closer to home.
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Chris Christie wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:44 am Also, Joseph Paul LoPiccolo, b 04/28/1918 matches with someone with that name/date as being born and having died in Chicago whose parents were from Monreale and Palermo. Not saying that someone can't move from their hometown, join the mafia in another city and then move back home to die but it did raise my eyebrows, especially since there were LoPiccolos in NY you'd expect a JPL to have been born closer to home.
Given his ancestry from Monreale and Metro Palermo, it could make sense that he wound up falling in with the Gambinos, maybe via familial connections.

Villain identified him as a Chicagoan previously:
Villain wrote: Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:59 am @Polack you ever heard of one Joe LoPiccolo who was a former Chicagoan and by the mid 1930’s served for the Mangano crime family in New York and in time also became close associate of the Tampa crime family? Im asking this since LoPiccolo was allegedly one of the main guys regarding narcotics shipments for Chicago and the midwest
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Chris Christie wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:44 am Was John Mingoia, b 1923, a Jersey guy? This might be him- https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/jers ... =172179831

Also, Joseph Paul LoPiccolo, b 04/28/1918 matches with someone with that name/date as being born and having died in Chicago whose parents were from Monreale and Palermo. Not saying that someone can't move from their hometown, join the mafia in another city and then move back home to die but it did raise my eyebrows, especially since there were LoPiccolos in NY you'd expect a JPL to have been born closer to home.
No, John Mingoia was originally a lower Manhattan guy who later moved to Staten Island. Died in 1990.

Gambino member Joseph LoPiccolo was born in Chicago.
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Name
John Mingoia
[John J Mingoia]
Birth
1 Oct 1923 New Jersey P, New Jersey
Death
18 Oct 1990

(Lived in Lower Manhattan in the 40's..)
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This is as far as I got w JOSEPH SILESI, 84
(Joe Rivers)
DOB: 09/12/1896
POB: New York City, NY
F: Antonino
M: Grazia

They lived at 130 Elizabeth St in 1920 and there were other Silesis on that street, including one from Marineo.
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Sal Franco's dad

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great stuff
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Chris Christie wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:27 am Name
John Mingoia
[John J Mingoia]
Birth
1 Oct 1923 New Jersey P, New Jersey
Death
18 Oct 1990

(Lived in Lower Manhattan in the 40's..)
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Yes, this is the Gambino member. I didn´t know he was born in NJ. The obituary you posted earlier is not the Gambino member.
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as a calabrese i am suprised at so little
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Questions about the Lombardozzis:

Firstly, they are from Isernia, Molise right?

I have four-
Lombardozzi Carmine John 2/18/1913
Lombardozzi George 8/14/1941
Lombardozzi John Joseph 1925
Lombardozzi Paul John 2/3/1915

Carmine and Paul are bros from Camillo Lombardozzi and Nunziata Antonelli. Where do the younger George and John fall into the bloodline?
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Philly d wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:48 pm as a calabrese i am suprised at so little
Try getting 'nduja in Florida, you'll be surprised how hard it is. Strigoli pasta too. :(
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Chris Christie wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:24 am
Philly d wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:48 pm as a calabrese i am suprised at so little
Try getting 'nduja in Florida, you'll be surprised how hard it is. Strigoli pasta too. :(
Ha, but why Florida?
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Philly d wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 11:09 pm
Chris Christie wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:24 am
Philly d wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:48 pm as a calabrese i am suprised at so little
Try getting 'nduja in Florida, you'll be surprised how hard it is. Strigoli pasta too. :(
Ha, but why Florida?
Because that's my own experience. I even went to wholesale stores and no cigar.
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Ah sorry to hear that
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