Visiting the West Side 1963

[Angelo Santino]

This is going to be likely the most difficult family, so might as well start it now.

Here's what one FBI document laid out, (I swapped Catena and Eboli because I remember the FBI report admitting they got it wrong). I'm still writing up the members but for now, here's the admin. I'm sure there will be discrepancies and/or corrections, I'm all ears.

Boss
Vito Genovese Don Vito

Acting Boss / Underboss
Gerardo Catena

Acting Underboss / Capodecina?
Thomas Eboli (Successor to Tony Bender)

Consigliere
Michele Miranda

Messenger (informal position, likely soldier)
Michael Genovese

Former Bosses-
Frank Castiglia Frank Costello
Salvatore Lucania Charles Luciano," "Charlie Lucky"
Giuseppe Masseria Joe the Boss
Salvatore Loiacano
Fortunato LoMonte
Giuseppe Morello

Capodecina
1 Vincent Alo
--Gerard Laietta
2 James Angelina
--Matthew Fortunato
3 Ruggierio Boiardo
4 Antonio Carillo
5 Eugene Catena
6 Salvatore Celembrino
7 Michael Coppola
--Philip Lombardo
8 Angelo De Carlo
9 Peter De Feo
10 Generosa Del Ducca
11 Mickey Di Mino
12 Thomas Eboli
-- Pasquale R Eboli
13 Cosmo Frasca
14 Thomas Greco
15 Rocco Pellegrino
--Rosario Mogavero
16 Frank Alfonso Tieri
17 Frank Celano

Members:
Angelina
Robert Belangi
Joseph Bernava
Loreto Centore
Francesco Cucolo
Giusepe Antonio Doto
Aniello Ercole
Frank Galluccio
Angelo Lantosca
Gaetano Martino
Aldo Mazzarati
Thomas Milo, Sr
Rocco Perotta
James Picarelli
Louis Prado
Rudolph Prisco
Nicholas Rattenni
Giovanni Battista Salvo
Gaetano Somma

Boiardo
Anthony Boiardo
Toby Paul Boyd
Peter Cavana
Anthony D'Ambrosio
Louis DeBenedetto
Eugene Farina
Michael Genovese
Andy Gerardo
John Luciania (Lucania?)
Willie Moretti
Victor Pisauro
Anthony Russo
John Russo
Charles Tourine
Ralph Vicaro

Catena
Ralph Belvedere
Nicholas Bufania
Eugene Catena
Frank Catena
Angelo LaPadura
Peter LaPlaca
John Lardiere
anthony Nino
Joseph Pecora
Thomas Pecora
Daniel Polidori
Anthony Provenzano
"Balsey" TNU
Tar Baby TNU
Dr. Daniel Noto

Coppola
Charles Albergo / Albero
Michael Coppola
Alfred Cupola
Anthony DeMartino
Benjamin DeMartino
Theodore DeMartino
Pasquale Erra
Anthony Ferro
Joseph Gagliano
Joseph Lanza
Frank Livorsi
Felix Monaco
Louis Pacella
Joseph Paterra
Alexander Rosoto / Rosato
Angelo Charles Salerno
Anthony Salerno
Anthony Salerno
Ferdinand Salerno
Thomas Salerno
Daniel Scargatta
Giovanni Schillaci
Joseph Schipani
Joseph Stracci
Joseph Tortorici

DeCarlo
Joseph Polverino
Anthony Santoli
Carl Silesia

DeFeo
John Ardito
Lorenzo Brescia
Frank Celano
Al Criscuolo
Peter DeFeo
Joseph DeMarco
Joseph Lanza
Alfonso Marzano
Barney Mirando
Dave Petillo
Mathew Principe

Eboli
Dominick Alongi
Mike Barese
Joseph Bruno
Edward Capabianco
Stephen Casertano
John DeBellis
Joe DeNegris
Lawrence Dentico
Dominick DeQuarto
Cosmo DiPietro
Salvatore DIPietro
Alfred Faicco
Anthony Florio
Vincent Gigante
Mario Gigante
Michael Graziano
Michael Maione
Louis Manna
George Martinelli
Vincenzo Mauro
Peter Mione / Leone
Pasquale Moccio
Gerard Mosciello
Sebastian Ofria
Pasqale Pagano
Joseph Luco Pagano
Armando Perillo
Girolamo Santuccio
Fiore Siano
Innocenzio Stoppelli
Joseph Valachi

Pellegrino
Carmine Pellegrino
Peter Pellegrino

Springfield
Nicholas Camerota
James Collaro
Salvatore Cufari
Mario Fiore
Angelo Fiore
Chester Iacone
Salvatore Iacone
Carlo Mastrototaro
Joseph Mineo
Cosmo Panarelli
Thomas SanFratello
Francis Santo
Albert Scibelli
Anthony Scibelli
Frank Scibelli

Unknown affiliation:
Joseph Agone
Anthony Albanese
Ottilio Frank Caruso
Michelino Clemente
George Filipone
Joseph Lapi
George Nobile
Michael Spinella
Philip Albanese
Alfonso Allardi
Jimmy Alto
Fred Amarosa
James Battaglia
John Biele
Carmine Bove
Salvatore Briguglio
Charles Campisi
Thomas Campisi
Charley Cappociro
Paul Cavella
Julius Celantano
Dominick Ciaffone
Jake Columbo
Edward Consalvo
Charles Coppolino
Nino Corella
Ralph Ferrara
Rudy Frisco
Charles Gagliadotto
Joseph Gerado
Salvatore Granello
Edward Lanzeri
Iggy Leone
Little Rocky (Nickname)
Thomas Lombardi
Salvatore Luisi
John Manfredonia
Anthony Martino
Vincent Martino
Louis Milo
Sabato Milo
Joseph Mogavero
Rosario Mogavero
Raymond Muscarella
Thomas Musto
Danny Nardo
Anthony Nasti
Arthur Palumbo
Sandino Pandolfo
Joe Pensola (nickname)
Angelo Pero
Ciro Perrone
Joseph Perrone
Michael Perrone
Joseph Randazzo
William Rega
Anthony Ricci
George Rizzo
Arthur Roccomonte
Anthony Ruggiano
Frank Russo
Louis Russo
Ralph Russo
Frank Serpico
George Smurra
James Stassi
Joseph Stassi
Anthony Strollo
Ciro Terranova
Patty Black (Nickname) TNU
Carmine Toto
John Verra
Carmine Zeccardi
Alessandro Zumba
Frances Zumba

[PolackTony]

Thanks for getting this started. You're like a friggin' machine with these, lol.

Actually following up on genealogies for all of these guys will be a major endeavor, of course. Just going through each guy, name by name, my guess is that the membership was even more Napolitan' than I thought. Mainly Campanian surnames here, though some could also be from Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, or Lazio. A few Northern names as well, which I expected, but doesn't seem out of range of the few that we saw for the Gambinos. Interestingly, among the relatively few obviously Sicilian surnames here, a number seem to have been most likely from the Eastern provinces.

[Angelo Santino]

Thanks for getting this started. You're like a friggin' machine with these, lol.

Actually following up on genealogies for all of these guys will be a major endeavor, of course. Just going through each guy, name by name, my guess is that the membership was even more Napolitan' than I thought. Mainly Campanian surnames here, though some could also be from Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, or Lazio. A few Northern names as well, which I expected, but doesn't seem out of range of the few that we saw for the Gambinos. Interestingly, among the relatively few obviously Sicilian surnames here, a number seem to have been most likely from the Eastern provinces.

I was thinking along the same lines. There are some Calabrian names that really caught my eye but yeah, they appear to be in the minority. I thought the Gambinos would have had more Calabresi but nope. The Colombos will turn out having the majority of them, just watch, lol.

Yeah. I'm hoping some Genovese experts can weigh in and set me correct on the 1963 hierarchy, as well as tell me if there are any members that should be added or taken off. Aside from that, I'll use Mafiamembershipcharts as a starting point after I pillage the FBN book.

[CornerBoy]

amazing-thanks

[Angelo Santino]

I think Charles Masseria was Calogero who was killed 5/20/1913 in Cleveland. Gentile mentioned a brother of Masseria in CL in 1930 and I think that may be Salvatore who later died 3/19/1936.

11/12/1912 - I received the following letter from Agent Nye, dated Pittsburgh, PA Nov 11, 1912: "I saw an informant last night and he told me that a man named PEPPINO LEONARDO, who has a saloon at 9th and Orange St, Cleveland, O, was a leader of the BLACK HAND gang there and had been handling cft coins, that one CHAS. MASSERIA, a tailor at 2631 22nd St, was also handling the coins.

[PolackTony]

Thanks for getting this started. You're like a friggin' machine with these, lol.

Actually following up on genealogies for all of these guys will be a major endeavor, of course. Just going through each guy, name by name, my guess is that the membership was even more Napolitan' than I thought. Mainly Campanian surnames here, though some could also be from Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, or Lazio. A few Northern names as well, which I expected, but doesn't seem out of range of the few that we saw for the Gambinos. Interestingly, among the relatively few obviously Sicilian surnames here, a number seem to have been most likely from the Eastern provinces.

I was thinking along the same lines. There are some Calabrian names that really caught my eye but yeah, they appear to be in the minority. I thought the Gambinos would have had more Calabresi but nope. The Colombos will turn out having the majority of them, just watch, lol.

Yeah. I'm hoping some Genovese experts can weigh in and set me correct on the 1963 hierarchy, as well as tell me if there are any members that should be added or taken off. Aside from that, I'll use Mafiamembershipcharts as a starting point after I pillage the FBN book.

I’m planning to maybe try to tackle genealogies one crew at a time, given the large membership. Still have guys from Chicago and now KC to follow-up on but I’ll have a lot more time to devote soon. Maybe we will wind up seeing something we didn’t expect, like with the Gambinos being a bit less Sicilian and Philly being more Sicilian than I assumed.

[Angelo Santino]

Thanks for getting this started. You're like a friggin' machine with these, lol.

Actually following up on genealogies for all of these guys will be a major endeavor, of course. Just going through each guy, name by name, my guess is that the membership was even more Napolitan' than I thought. Mainly Campanian surnames here, though some could also be from Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, or Lazio. A few Northern names as well, which I expected, but doesn't seem out of range of the few that we saw for the Gambinos. Interestingly, among the relatively few obviously Sicilian surnames here, a number seem to have been most likely from the Eastern provinces.

I was thinking along the same lines. There are some Calabrian names that really caught my eye but yeah, they appear to be in the minority. I thought the Gambinos would have had more Calabresi but nope. The Colombos will turn out having the majority of them, just watch, lol.

Yeah. I'm hoping some Genovese experts can weigh in and set me correct on the 1963 hierarchy, as well as tell me if there are any members that should be added or taken off. Aside from that, I'll use Mafiamembershipcharts as a starting point after I pillage the FBN book.

I’m planning to maybe try to tackle genealogies one crew at a time, given the large membership. Still have guys from Chicago and now KC to follow-up on but I’ll have a lot more time to devote soon. Maybe we will wind up seeing something we didn’t expect, like with the Gambinos being a bit less Sicilian and Philly being more Sicilian than I assumed.

I already have the excel started. Just adding the info from the FBN book now. If you want I can send it tonight but I'll have more added tomorrow.

As far as crews go, I don't think we have all the info, the Valachi chart only had 6 crews listed if I recall.

As for the other charts, I've exhausted all efforts on Tampa, Detroit, Kansas City, Philadelphia and the Gambinos. Waiting for Scott D on Tampa and Scott B on Detroit (no rush of course) as well as the 1950 census for the Gambinos to update addresses. But for the names on these excels I don't have info on, if no one can get farther on them than I could, I'll have to just omit the info. Not the worst thing in the world but it does increase the margin of error when it comes to the stats.

[PolackTony]

I think Charles Masseria was Calogero who was killed 5/20/1913 in Cleveland. Gentile mentioned a brother of Masseria in CL in 1930 and I think that may be Salvatore who later died 3/19/1936.

11/12/1912 - I received the following letter from Agent Nye, dated Pittsburgh, PA Nov 11, 1912: "I saw an informant last night and he told me that a man named PEPPINO LEONARDO, who has a saloon at 9th and Orange St, Cleveland, O, was a leader of the BLACK HAND gang there and had been handling cft coins, that one CHAS. MASSERIA, a tailor at 2631 22nd St, was also handling the coins.

Hard to say, as I have 5 Masseria brothers in Cleveland. Calogero, Carlo “Charlie” (1882-1954), Salvatore, Mercurio “Michael” (1889-1952), and Vincenzo “James” (1898-1977). So far as I recall, Gentile doesn’t specify the name of the Masseria brother who opposed Milano in 1930 and was told to stand down by Joe the Boss.

FWIW, in 1920 Carlo “Charlie” stated that he was a tailor.

[Etna]

Thanks for getting this started. You're like a friggin' machine with these, lol.

Actually following up on genealogies for all of these guys will be a major endeavor, of course. Just going through each guy, name by name, my guess is that the membership was even more Napolitan' than I thought. Mainly Campanian surnames here, though some could also be from Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, or Lazio. A few Northern names as well, which I expected, but doesn't seem out of range of the few that we saw for the Gambinos. Interestingly, among the relatively few obviously Sicilian surnames here, a number seem to have been most likely from the Eastern provinces.

Could the Neapolitan influence be a result of the Mafia-Camorr war and incorporating the Napolitans into LCN?

[Angelo Santino]

There's a Michael Clemente and Alex DiBrizzi listed as Genovese members. I need to compare those names to the Gambino chart. I believe Alex DiBrizzi was part of the latter.

Also, Carmine Battaglia of Newark was the suspected Phila. capo who turned out to be Gen so have to add him.

[Clark]

Great list! Alex DiBrizzi is definitely a Gambino.

I also believe that the DeCurtis' were too? It makes sense they may have been on this list though as I believe that Eddie was very close to the Greenwich Village Genovese in the 1950s.

[Angelo Santino]

This is a rather interesting figure, born in Chicago, joined the Gens, one daughter married Johnny Dio's brother and another married Sam Meli, son of Detroit's Angelo Meli.



I think the father is from Nivosia, Enna. Rosaria Beritelli (Bertelli?) is harder for me to find, someone with that name was going to Chicago who listed their hometown as Marano Marchesano not I'm not sure it's her. Dorina's right name is Gazzola and her family is from Piacenza.

[newera_212]

Oh man... awesome stuff. Can't thank you enough. Super interesting. I've been trying to read more about this era of LCN in general, but especially more about the two big "G" families around the time of the La Stella meeting in Queens - so this is right up my alley. I don't know much about this post-Appalachin disarray era of LCN and the Genovese seem to be, as usual, the most interesting and hard to pin down during this time.

I had no idea that Trigger Mike Coppola was still around and in an official position as late as the 1960s, and also didn't know that Buster Ardito was an active official member that long ago...jesus christ. Wasn't that guy active in the early 2000s as well, as a part of a panel or acting admin? He was holding court at a few restaurants every day in the Bronx and New Rochelle. What was he going to do, gum a guy to death?

I have a couple random, spotty questions...

1st - I'd like to know more about Ardito from back in the 60s though - later in life he was a "Bronx guy" but I think he was born and raised in Corona, IIRC? I know the Luccheses had a legit presence in Corona back in those days, and were pretty big in Queens (especially compared to their Queens presence today) - but what about the Genovese? Did the West Side have a Corona / Queens crew back then??

2nd - Was this Livorsi guy FROM Chicago like that for real, or was he born in Chicago and moved to NYC early in life? A Chicago to NYC move seems a little strange IMO. Livorsi is an interesting figure for sure. God damn. It seems like he had a lot of important friends in a lot of important places, and that he was super plugged in to East Harlem as a whole back then. Let me take a wild guess and speculate that he was a heroin guy? Why the fuck else was he that plugged in to East Harlem back then?

[Southshore88]

Great list and a huge endeavor no doubt. Took a look at the member list - I didn’t recognize any members from the Springfield MA crew…and would they have had a Springfield captain in 1963?

Another name that I thought was made before 1963 was Andrew/Andy Gerardo from Richie the Boots crew?

I know you’re just getting started and look forward to seeing how this progresses.

[PolackTony]

This is a rather interesting figure, born in Chicago, joined the Gens, one daughter married Johnny Dio's brother and another married Sam Meli, son of Detroit's Angelo Meli.



I think the father is from Nivosia, Enna. Rosaria Beritelli (Bertelli?) is harder for me to find, someone with that name was going to Chicago who listed their hometown as Marano Marchesano not I'm not sure it's her. Dorina's right name is Gazzola and her family is from Piacenza.

Interesting. There were a bunch of Nicosiani in Chicago and several were with the Outfit.

I note that Livorsi grew up on 107 St in East Harlem. There was a Mariano Cordovano who a 1960s FBI document who was from 107 and 2nd Ave, and I suspect was related to Chicago member Jimmy Cordovano from the Chinatown crew. The Cordovanos were Nocosiani as well.