Visiting San Jose, 1963

[Angelo Santino]

Anzalone, Domenic
DOB: 2/11/1903
POB: Ventimiglia, Palermo
F: Unk
M: FNU Urso
Wife: Antoinette "Ana" Panarella
Former wife: Francesca Campisi.
Occupation: California Cheese Company, 1451 Sunnycourt, San Jose
Origin: Ventimiglia, Palermo
Address: 2983 Cambridge Drive, San Jose

There has to be a relation:

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[Angelo Santino]

Costanza, Salvatore
DOB: 1912
POB: Pittsburgh, California.
F: Rocco Costanza(Isola delle Femmine, Palermo)
M: Giuseppa Lucido(Isola delle Femmine, Palermo)
Wife: Kathryn “Kay” Seita

Born 5/12/1912

[Angelo Santino]

In terms of background information, this is what I currently have:
Cusenza, Giuseppe(Deceased)
@Joseph
DOB: 10/23/1893
POB: San Vito lo Capo, Trapani
F: Leonardo "Leo " Paul Cusenza(San Vito lo Capo, Trapani)
M: Leonarda "Lena" Bonfiglio(Monte San Giuliano, Trapani)
Wife: Giovanna “Jenny” Vultaggio(San Vito lo Capo, Trapani)
Origin: San Vito lo Capo, Trapani

Cusenza, Leonardo
@Leo
DOB: 5/4/1913
POB: San Vito lo Capo, Trapani
F: Giuseppe Cusenza( San Vito lo Capo, Trapani
M: Giovanna “Jenny” Vultaggio(San Vito lo Capo, Trapani)
Wife: Rose Giammona((Angelo Giammona’s sister)
Origin: San Vito lo Capo, Trapani

As per the 1950 census:
Joe Cuzenza - farmer, resided at ?, Ceres, CA

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Leo Cuzenza - farmer, resided at 175 E Whitmore Ave, Modesto, CA 95358

[Angelo Santino]

Frank Sorce, 47
10/11/1916
New York City, NY
Address (1940) 1617 Oxley St, S Pasadena, CA
F: Giuseppe Sorce Mussomeli
M: Carmela LNU Mussomeli
W: Jean Ulyak
Occupation (1940) Salesman - Mechanical Machines

[Angelo Santino]

All that's left-

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[Angelo Santino]

Frank Sorce, 47
10/11/1916
New York City, NY
Address (1940) 1617 Oxley St, S Pasadena, CA
F: Giuseppe Sorce Mussomeli
M: Carmela LNU Mussomeli
W: Jean Ulyak
Occupation (1940) Salesman - Mechanical Machines

Gambino member, possible relative-
Santo Sorge
1/11/1908
Mussomeli
222 E 57th St, New York, NY 10022 Sutton Place Manhattan
F - Salvatore
M - Rosena Gange
W - Bertha Kretschmer

[JoelTurner]

Frank Sorce, 47
10/11/1916
New York City, NY
Address (1940) 1617 Oxley St, S Pasadena, CA
F: Giuseppe Sorce Mussomeli
M: Carmela LNU Mussomeli
W: Jean Ulyak
Occupation (1940) Salesman - Mechanical Machines

Gambino member, possible relative-
Santo Sorge
1/11/1908
Mussomeli
222 E 57th St, New York, NY 10022 Sutton Place Manhattan
F - Salvatore
M - Rosena Gange
W - Bertha Kretschmer

Frank Sorce's name was also misspelled as Sorge (https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... PageId=140)

There was also an old Newark Gambino member, Peter Sorce who was from Mussomeli

[Angelo Santino]

What's the boss lineage?

[B.]

Alfonso Conetto - Alessandria della Rocca, Agrigento
Onofrio Sciortino - Bagheria, Palermo
Joe Cerrito - Villabate, Palermo

Not sure the exact years but all are confirmed bosses.

[PolackTony]

Frank Sorce, 47
10/11/1916
New York City, NY
Address (1940) 1617 Oxley St, S Pasadena, CA
F: Giuseppe Sorce Mussomeli
M: Carmela LNU Mussomeli
W: Jean Ulyak
Occupation (1940) Salesman - Mechanical Machines

Gambino member, possible relative-
Santo Sorge
1/11/1908
Mussomeli
222 E 57th St, New York, NY 10022 Sutton Place Manhattan
F - Salvatore
M - Rosena Gange
W - Bertha Kretschmer

Frank Sorce's name was also misspelled as Sorge (https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... PageId=140)

There was also an old Newark Gambino member, Peter Sorce who was from Mussomeli

Sorce/Sorge/Sorci are all alternate spellings used in Mussomeli.

[thekiduknow]

Alfonso Conetto - Alessandria della Rocca, Agrigento
Onofrio Sciortino - Bagheria, Palermo
Joe Cerrito - Villabate, Palermo

Not sure the exact years but all are confirmed bosses.

An informant, who was likely Tony Lima, told the FBI Conetto was boss when in 1929 when the informant arrived in California. He says that Conetto was boss until he passed away, and then Sciortino took over.

He must have been mistaken because Conetto died in 1963.



Same DOB as this Conetto who died in October of 1963:



So we will need to add Alfonso Conetto as a soldier. Not sure when he would have stepped down and Sciortino became boss.

Sciortino died in September 1959, so Cerrito would have taken over sometime after.

[JoelTurner]

Was Joseph P. Chiana a member?

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Mafia Membership Charts lists him on the 1960-90's chart
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(https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitiz ... 9NCJRS.pdf) [P.74]

He was partnered with Anthony Maggio in Masson Cheese Corp. and was previously an employee of Salvatore Marino's California Cheese Company.
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(https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... lPageId=10)

In 1956, his business card along with Charles Carbone's business card were found on Salvatore Marino when he was stopped with Pittsburgh boss John LaRocca.
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- He was born on April 13, 1923 in Tunis, Tunisa to parents from Campobello di Mazara, Trapani, Italy.

- He came to the US with his mother and sister in 1935 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 3A24VL-2QR)

- He lived in Stanislaus County, CA with his parents Joseph Sr. and Maria. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-co ... 1129:62308)

- HIs father had been a machine gunner for Sam Accardi, but according to his obituary, moved to California in ~1938. This means his father was a member/associate of the old Newark family.
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[JoelTurner]

This was Joseph Cerrito’s draft card:



He was living at 133 Harper Ave, Irvington, NJ

Another Jersey - San Jose connection

[PolackTony]

Anzalone, Domenic
DOB: 2/11/1903
POB: Ventimiglia, Palermo
F: Unk
M: FNU Urso
Wife: Antoinette "Ana" Panarella
Former wife: Francesca Campisi.
Occupation: California Cheese Company, 1451 Sunnycourt, San Jose
Origin: Ventimiglia, Palermo
Address: 2983 Cambridge Drive, San Jose

There has to be a relation:
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Could very well be a relation, but they don’t seem to have been brothers at least. Dominick Anzalone named his first born son Joseph, so his father was obviously very likely named Giuseppe; his 1983 death record in Santa Cruz, CA, gives his mother’s surname as Urso, also (no online records for Ventimiglia in 1903 to confirm). Possibly cousins, though there are many Anzalones in Ventimiglia.

Anzalone entered NYC in 1922 and filed his intention for naturalization in 1924, at which time he was living on 1St Ave on the LES. At least from 1940 through 1959, Anzalonewas living in North Belle Vernon, Westmoreland County, PA, where he owned a company called Novelty Amusement (presumably manufacturing or distribution of “gaming” equipment/coin-operated machines, red flag mob industry obviously) under the name Dominick Angelo Anzalone. That this was the same guy as previously in NYC and later in San Jose is indicated by the fact that he gives the same birthdate (1903/02/11) and the San Jose Anzalone lived in PA prior to moving to CA. In PA, however, Anzalone claimed that he was born in Louisiana, which was false. His second wife Antoinette “Anna” Panarella was born 1910 in Johnstown, PA, to parents from Ciminna.

As Ventimiglia and Ciminna were major source comuni in Chicago, we might expect to see some connections. There were a bunch of Anzalones from Ventimiglia in Chicago, including a Giuseppe Anzalone targeted in a 1916 “Black Hand” bombing attempt. I believe he was born in Ventimiglia in 1890; his wife was Desiderata Dispenza of Ciminna, who could’ve been a relative of slain boss Rosario Dispenza (maybe that explained the bombing attempt).

[Antiliar]

Salvatore Vassallo was probably related to Gambino capodecina Vincenzo LoCicero. He and most of his crew came from Sferracavallo.