Chris Christie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:30 am
Joseph and Nick Corozzo were born in Brooklyn in 1941 and 1940. The 1940 census did manage to catch an infant Nicholas "Corrozzo" on East 22nd born to a Salvatore (born NYC) and Rose (born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma of Italian descent). Salvatore's father Nunziato Corozzo is from Barcellona, Sicily.
It's a match but I can't confirm I found the right infant Corozzo and given he's a higher profile guy, perhaps someone may know more. I found a Joseph born 1 Oct 1941 in Brooklyn but his name is Joseph R. Corozzo Jr., which would scrap the above Salvatore as the potential father.
I think one of the Biondos came from Barcellona which is in Messina.
Was just looking through some old posts and this might answer the mystery from a report Felice saw:
felice wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2016 9:38 am
I was reading an italian document from some years ago, there are several mentions on a tape to a made guy within the Gambino's they call "Il Messinese" who seems to be very powerful and gets last word on several matters. Messinese is an adjective to mean he is from Messina. I really didn't know who he could be until I could read another part that made me suspect that "Il Messinese" could be John D'Amico
We know from the Stefanelli tapes that the Corozzos were working with John Gambino as the top powers in the Family circa the period Felice is referring to, so with their family likely coming from Messina it could well be one of them. Be interesting if the Sicilian faction referred to them by their heritage given they're fully American.
Jack D'Amico's family was from Palermo so definitely not him.
Chris Christie wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:30 am
Joseph and Nick Corozzo were born in Brooklyn in 1941 and 1940. The 1940 census did manage to catch an infant Nicholas "Corrozzo" on East 22nd born to a Salvatore (born NYC) and Rose (born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma of Italian descent). Salvatore's father Nunziato Corozzo is from Barcellona, Sicily.
It's a match but I can't confirm I found the right infant Corozzo and given he's a higher profile guy, perhaps someone may know more. I found a Joseph born 1 Oct 1941 in Brooklyn but his name is Joseph R. Corozzo Jr., which would scrap the above Salvatore as the potential father.
I think one of the Biondos came from Barcellona which is in Messina.
Was just looking through some old posts and this might answer the mystery from a report Felice saw:
felice wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2016 9:38 am
I was reading an italian document from some years ago, there are several mentions on a tape to a made guy within the Gambino's they call "Il Messinese" who seems to be very powerful and gets last word on several matters. Messinese is an adjective to mean he is from Messina. I really didn't know who he could be until I could read another part that made me suspect that "Il Messinese" could be John D'Amico
We know from the Stefanelli tapes that the Corozzos were working with John Gambino as the top powers in the Family circa the period Felice is referring to, so with their family likely coming from Messina it could well be one of them. Be interesting if the Sicilian faction referred to them by their heritage given they're fully American.
Jack D'Amico's family was from Palermo so definitely not him.
I missed this great catch when you posted it and I suspect you could be right. The Barcellona family is very strong in Sicily.
*CHARLES JOSEPH ALAIMO (1942)
*JOHN JAMES ALLU (1918)
DIEGO "PAPA DAVE" AMADEO (1893)
JAMES "JIMMY DANO" ANDROLINI (1922)
PIETRO ANGELO (1915?)
5
HARRY ARDUINI (1924)
LOUIS ANTHONY "LOUIE THE GIMP" AVITABILE (1911)
MICHAEL "MIKEY BULL" BARATTA (1904)
PETER "PETEY BULL" BARATTA (1911)
VINCENT "JIMMY BALLS" BELTEMPO (1935)
10
JOHN BERNARDO (1904)
JOHN JOSEPH BIONDO (1905 or 1912)
PAUL BONADIO (1903)
SALVATORE "BULL" BONFRISCO (1911)
MICHAEL ANGELO "MICKEY" BOVE (1913)
15
JOHNNY "CONNECTICUT" BUSSO (1899) (possibly dead)
*JOHN "JOHNNY CASH" CASABLANCA (1942)
*IGNATIUS CRACHIOLA (1919)
MATTHEW "JOE" CUOMO (1905)
ANTHONY R. CUSIMANO (1927)
20
ALEX "THE POPE" D´ALESSIO (1914)
JOHN "JOHNNY D" D´ALESSIO (1912)
JOHN "BALDY" DANIELLO (1921)
*ANELLO DEGREGORIO (1899)
JOHN J. DEGREGORIO (1910)
25
JOHN ALBERT DEMATTEO (1916)
IGNATIUS DIBELLA (1922)
JOSEPH DIBONO (1900)
ALEXANDER DIBRIZZI (1892)
*ANTHONY GAGLIARDO (1919)
30
NICHOLAS GIALELLA (1904)
SALVATORE VINCENT GIARDINA (1921)
LIBORIO "BERTIE" GRILLO (1910)
FRANK INSERNIA (1915)
PASQUALE LAURO (1915)
35
JOHN "CHUT" LINARDI (1908)
JOSEPH LOMBARDI (1940)
JOSEPH PAUL LOPICCOLO (1918)
EMANUEL RALPH "MANNY" LOPORTO (1920)
PHILIP "SKINNY PHIL" LOSCALZO (1915)
40
ANIELLO "NEIL, WAHOO" MANCUSO (1930)
GENNARO "JERRY" MANCUSO (1926)
GERLANDO MANCUSO (1914)
JAMES LEO "JIMMY WARD" MASSI (1908)
*SALVATORE MANGIALINO (1937)
45
JOHN MINGOIA (1923)
FRANK JOSEPH MOCCARDI (1917)
FRANK "FRANKIE BLAIR" MORANO (1914)
ALFONSO LOUIS "FUNZI" MOSCA Sr (1913)
PETER MOSCA (1933)
50
RALPH "RALPHIE BONES" MOSCA (1910)
FRANK ANTHONY "BIG FRANK" PANNIZZO (1919)
GIOCCHINO "DANDY JACK" PARISI (1899)
FRANK ANTHONY "BIG FRANK" PASQUA (1923)
MICHAEL PINETTI (1912)
55
*SALVATORE "SAM THE BAKER" PISELLO (1923)
DAVID "LITTLE DAVIE" RAVA (1935)
NICHOLAS RESITANO (1910) (possibly dead)
JOHN "SONNY" RICCOBONO (1939)
GASPARE ROMANO (?)
60
FRANK "FRANKIE RENO" RUGGIERO (1913)
PATRICK J. RUSSO (1916)
JOHN VINCENT SANTORO Sr (1918)
GIACOMO "JACK" SCALISE (1902)
GIOVANNI "JOHN" SCALISE (1899) (In Italy; possibly dead)
65
ANGELO FRANK SCARPULLA (1916)
JOHN SCIASCIA (1903)
ALBERT SERU (1906)
SALVATORE SPATOLA (?)
ALFONSO SPITALERI (1931)
70
PETER SALVATORE "LITTLE PETE" TAMBONE (1920)
JAMES STASSI (1916) (possibly dead)
*ANTHONY TASSONE (1925)
FERDINAND "FREDDY" TESTA (1916)
ANDREW TORREGROSSA Jr (1925) - Shelved
75
ANDREW TORREGROSSA Sr (1892) - Shelved
JOHN TORREGROSSA (1919) - Shelved
SALVATORE "TODDO MACK" TRAPANI (1913)
ANTHONY ZANGARA (1924)
*ANTHONY "TEE ZEE" ZANGOGLIA (1924)
80
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Salvatore 'Toddo Mack' Trapani was dead
Torregrossas were most likely with Pete Ferrara-Salvatore Aurello
Peter 'Little Pete' Tambone under Joseph LaForte by 1983
Salvatore Spatola with Joseph Gambino
Alfonso Spitaleri I believe w/ Pat Conte
Albert 'Little Al' Seru likely with Joe Piney Armone
Scalise brothers with Rudolph Pipolo
John Albert DeMatteo with Rudolph Pipolo
John Vincent Santoro possible Riccobono crew
Frank 'Frankie Reno' Ruggiero with Zappi crew
John 'Sonny' Riccobono likely w/ his fathers crew
Nicholas Resitano with Jimmy Brown if still alive
Ralph 'Ralphie Bones' Mosca with Anthony 'Tony Baker' Napolitano's crew and was his acting captain.
Frank 'Big Frank' Pasqua very likely Zingaro Crew
Frank Morano with Zappi I think HK already said
Alfonso Mosca likely with Nicola Melillo or Tony Napolitano
Frank Joseph Moccardi with Napolitano but I think he was dead by 1980
Salvatore Mangialino was with Joseph 'Joe Butch' Corrao, but I believe Corrao was reporting direct to Castellano at this time
James 'Jimmy Ward' Massi with Joseph Zingaro
Aniello 'Neil; Wahoo' Mancuso with Joseph Zingaro
Gennaro Mancuso probably also with Zingaro
Philip 'Skinny Phil' LoScalzo with Joseph Gambinio
Joseph Paul LoPiccolo I believe was dead by 1980
Pasquale Lauro possibly with Jimmy Brown
Salvatore Vincent Giardina with Mario Traina
Nicholas Gialella possibly with Zingaro
Aniello DeGregorio with Joseph 'The Cat' LaForte
Salvatore 'Bull' Bonfrisco probably with Zingaro
Louis 'Louie The Gimp' Avitabile probably with Zingaro
Johnny Busso probably with Piney Armone. He was still alive as of 1968, not sure as of 1980. JD does not have him on dead list 1958-1975.
John 'Baldie' Daniello likely with either Melillo or Napolitano
Peter 'Petey The Bull' Baratta with Piney Armone.
Vincent Amato with Joseph LaForte by 1983
bn wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:26 pm
These were the soldiers under Joe Zingaro
1. Frank LoCascio (1932) 'Frankie Loc'
2. John DeGregorio (1910) 'Big John'
3. Felice Teti (1914) 'Little Phil'
4. Frank Mastroiacova (1914) 'Rummy'
5. James Massi (1908) 'Jimmy Ward'
6. Rocco Mazzi (1916) 'Rogie' (Already Listed)
7. Anthony Porcelli (1929) 'Porky' (Already Listed)
8. Aniello Mancuso (1930) 'Wahoo'
9. Frank Fiumara (1912) 'F. F.'
10. Robert Guippone (1930) 'Sonny'
Half of the names came from LCNBios, the other half from Nasabeak (#2, #5, #6, #8)
Peter 'Petey Bull' Baratta (1910) was under Frank 'Wops' Gagliardi (Thanks to Nasabeak).
Sorry if was this answered elsewhere, but did Frankie Loc and Wahoo Mancuso end up with their own separate crews?
I believe after Joe Zingaro went away in 1986 Frankie Loc took over, and by the 1990s Aniello Mancuso became official or acting capo. I think I've seen source somewhere say that Loc took over for Mascia but I don't believe Mascia was a capo.
Angelo, JD found two names that perhaps should be listed on this chart.
- Joseph Russo; active in Queens, co owner of Villa Russo, died in 1986
- Joseph Cosmo Russo; son of Gaetano Russo, was confirmed made after his death in 1991, member of John Riccobono´s/Frank DeCicco´s/George DeCicco´s crew.
No info if these two were made by 1980, but you could put an asterix in front of their names.
HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 7:59 am
Btw, it doesn´t appear all the Moscas were in same crew. Ralph Mosca (for example) was under Frank Rizzo who headed a crew later taken over by (probably) Nicholas Melillo. All East Harlem Gambino guys were under Rizzo or Napolitano. Melillo was originally from East Harlem.
Question, has anyone ever tried to correct the 1963 chart w added names and attempted to divide the soldiers into crews? Is such a thing possible? I ask because there's overlap with 1980 names.
Currently me and another forum member are trying to divide the soldiers into crews. It seems that most members can be crewed up and we have some guys listed as suspected in some crews.
Another likely member at this time was Salvatore Franco Sr. (1906-1990), father of member Salvatore Jr. and son-in-law of Domenico Arcuri.
In the 1960s Freddy Santantonio said Domenico Arcuri's son-in-law was a made member under him and Michael DiLeonardo was also told the Francos went back in the Family before the ones we know.
Arcuri's other son-in-law was Frank Ginex (Ginexi) who despite his strange name had heritage in Santo Stefano Quisquina and had lived in Tampa along with NYC like the Arcuris and Francos. It's more likely that Salvatore Franco Sr. was who Santantonio was referring to though.
B. wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:33 pm
Another likely member at this time was Salvatore Franco Sr. (1906-1990), father of member Salvatore Jr. and son-in-law of Domenico Arcuri.
In the 1960s Freddy Santantonio said Domenico Arcuri's son-in-law was a made member under him and Michael DiLeonardo was also told the Francos went back in the Family before the ones we know.
Arcuri's other son-in-law was Frank Ginex (Ginexi) who despite his strange name had heritage in Santo Stefano Quisquina and had lived in Tampa along with NYC like the Arcuris and Francos. It's more likely that Salvatore Franco Sr. was who Santantonio was referring to though.
Are you sure Santantonio meant Arcuri, just wondering, because in the FBI report it appears that the capo who Santantonio said had a son in law under him was Gaetano Russo (#14 in the report, with 9 made men)
In the report, the captains' names are more toward the left, while the guys named under him were "in the middle" ish of the page. In a MF file an informant named a "Don Russo" as a capo, the informant is 99% santantonio, so the name above the son-in-law info is probably tom russo, aka Gaetano Russo.
B. wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:33 pm
Another likely member at this time was Salvatore Franco Sr. (1906-1990), father of member Salvatore Jr. and son-in-law of Domenico Arcuri.
In the 1960s Freddy Santantonio said Domenico Arcuri's son-in-law was a made member under him and Michael DiLeonardo was also told the Francos went back in the Family before the ones we know.
Arcuri's other son-in-law was Frank Ginex (Ginexi) who despite his strange name had heritage in Santo Stefano Quisquina and had lived in Tampa along with NYC like the Arcuris and Francos. It's more likely that Salvatore Franco Sr. was who Santantonio was referring to though.
Are you sure Santantonio meant Arcuri, just wondering, because in the FBI report it appears that the capo who Santantonio said had a son in law under him was Gaetano Russo (#14 in the report, with 9 made men)
In the report, the captains' names are more toward the left, while the guys named under him were "in the middle" ish of the page. In a MF file an informant named a "Don Russo" as a capo, the informant is 99% santantonio, so the name above the son-in-law info is probably tom russo, aka Gaetano Russo.
I was referring to this but now that you mention it, it does look like a short redacted captain name is in between:
Based on what DiLeonardo said I do believe Salvatore Franco Sr. is a probable member (for other reasons too) but in this case the report does seem to refer to someone else. Thanks for pointing that out.
