Bonanno 1960s chart

[JoelTurner]

Alfano Crew

ANTHONY CRISCI
(Tony Carish, Tony Crishto, Anthony Krish)
DOB: Mar 5 1911
POB: Beaverdale, PA
F: Salvatore Crisci
M: Antonia Carluzzo
W: Pauline Pavlishich
Occupation: Owner - Deli-Box Delicatessen (153 Bleeker St, NYC, NY)
Address: 7 Nantucket Pl, Scarsdale, NY // 416 Thompson St, Port Jefferson, NY
Prior addresses: 171 Norfolk St, NYC, NY
FBI #: 995937
NYCPD #: B-38412
Death: Oct 1981
Family from Racalmuto, Agrigento, Sicily

He lived (rent-free) in Nick Alfano’s old house.

NICOLÓ BUTTAFUOCO
(Nicholas, Nicola, Nick)
DOB: Jan 16 1899
POB: Cattolica Eraclea, Agrigento, Sicily
F: Giuseppe Buttafuoco
M: Cristina Calcara
W: Concetta “Jane” Maggio
Occupation: Shoe designer - Factory
Immigrated: Feb 18 1921 to Uncle Francisco Buttafuoco
Address: 17 Canterbury Ave, N Arlington, NJ
Prior addresses: 366 7th St, Jersey City, NJ; 645 Jersey Ave, Jersey City, NJ; 367 8th St, Jersey City, NJ
Death: Dec 1984


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Bill Bonanno - AZ crew

SANTO MANFRE
(Samuel, Sam Manfre, Santo Manfred)
DOB: Jan 19 1905
POB: Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani, Sicily
F: Santo Manfre
M: Cocettia
W: Olympia Rapone, Johanna DiGregorio
Occupation: Owner - Roma D’Italia restaurant (611 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA)
Immigrated: Oct 27 1920 to BIL Alberto Constantino
Address: 1018 E Santa Clara Ave, Santa Ana, CA
Prior addresses: 3252 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA; 1203 W 4th St, Los Angeles, CA; 1231 E Hampton St, Tucson, AZ; 68 Bay 13th St, Brooklyn, NY
Death: Jul 7 1968

Moved to AZ between 1945 and 1947.

His wife Johanna was born to Lorenzo DiGregorio and Frances Fontana; so she wasn’t Gaspare DiGregorio’s sister but could have been a relative.

[JoelTurner]

There is another branch of Morsellinos who are connected to the Accardis I found recently.

When Rosario arrived to the US, he also came from Tunis and listed an uncle Salvatore Accardi as his relative there. Chances are that was Sam's father.

There's also a Vito Morsellino who married 60s captain Benny Restivo's sister.

Vincenzo Morsellino was Sam Accardi’s 2nd cousin once removed.

The other Morsellino bros that you found were more distant cousins of Accardi’s.

Benny Restivo’s BIL Vito Morsellino doesn’t look like he was related to any of them.

I posted a more detailed look at their ancestry on the Bonanno-Newark thread; I haven’t been able to connect Mike Adamo yet.

[JoelTurner]

Marangello Crew

VINCENZO CAPASSO
(James, Vincent, Jim, Fort Lee Jimmy)
DOB: Jun 20 1908
POB: Bronx, NY
F: Agostino Capasso (Cimitile, Naples, Campania)
M: Rosalina Federico (Corvara, Pescara, Abruzzo)
W: Margaret Neuscheler
Occupation: Supervisor - Coat/Suit manufacturer
Address: 258 Tremont Ave, Fort Lee, NJ
Prior addresses: 529 43rd St, Union City, NJ; 733 St Ann’s Ave, Bronx, NY; 770 Home St, Bronx, NY;
B#: 594655
Death: May 3 1999 - New Port Richey, Pasco, Fl

Born and raised in the Bronx; moved to NJ by 1950. In the ‘70s, Donnie Brasco was introduced to Capasso by Tony Mirra. At the time, Capasso was a capo and Nicky Marangello’s partner.

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BIAGIO RESTIVO - Capo
(Biagio Russo, Benjamin, Benny)
DOB: Apr 2 1911
POB: Partanna, Trapani, Sicily
F: Luigi Restivo
M: Vita Piazza
W: Carmela Lieto
Occupation: Baker - Restivo Brothers Bakery (1633 Center St, Queens, NY)
Address: 61-40 70th St, Queens, NY
Prior addresses: 469 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY; 1043 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY; 133 St. Nicholas Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Death: 18 Dec 1970

VINCENZO RESTIVO
(Vincent)
DOB: Oct 8 1905
POB: Partanna, Trapani, Sicily
F: Luigi Restivo
M: Vita Piazza
W: Liboria Abruzzo
Occupation: Salesman - Retail Oil // Baker - Restivo Brothers Bakery (1633 Center St, Queens, NY)
Address: 2339 Matthews Ave, Bronx, NY
Prior addresses: 2234 Holland Ave, Bronx, NY; 1043 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY; 133 St. Nicholas Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Death: Apr 4 1963

[JoelTurner]

Salvatore DiBella
Born on 23 April 1899 in Montelepre, Sicily. He first arrives in the US in either 1920 or 1921. (He's not living with Battista and John in the 1920 census but is mentioned in the 1921 article as brother "Samuel" who wasn't arrested because he wasn't on the premises during the raid by Federal agents.) In September 1922 he was arrested for the murders of Gutman Diamond (a 17 year old bystander) and Albert Camera (an 18 year old participant) during a bootleggers' gunfight. Salvatore was put on trial for the murder of Diamond but not for Camera in 1923. Following a mistrial, Salvatore was convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder, sparing him the electric chair. Following the end of his sentence in February 1925 he was deported. But then in October 1925 he illegally reentered the US with Battista's help. His destination on the ship's manifest is listed as Detroit. I don't have any solid information past that other than his stay in the US seems to have not been long (or I'm totally missing something).

Salvatore DiBella stayed in the US at least till 1950.

In 1934, he married a Yolanda Lencioni, she was from Healdsburg, CA. This was where the DiBella bros had their company Diane Packing.



If his address, 502 Belmont Ave, was in Belleville, NJ; it would be a few blocks up from his brother Vincenzo DiBella who lived at 4 Chester Ave, Bloomfield, NJ.

In a Sep 1937 obituary of her brother, Yolanda is mentioned as living in Michigan. Salvatore was living there per his WW2 draft card (the DOB is wrong but his brother's address - 177 Boerum St, Brooklyn - is a match)



He's also mentioned as a Detroit importer in a Jan 1950 article about their local opera company.

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I don't know when he left the US but he was there by Jun 1970, per his brother Giuseppe's obituary. Interestingly, the latter lived in Windsor in Canada which is a city that borders Detroit.

[Woofinator]

Wow. I really did miss something!

[Don_Peppino]

Here are some clippings of Dr. Mario Tagliagambe, a distinguished surgeon, highly respected citizen and an alleged member of the Bonanno Family. The last picture has an article about a robbery that took place at his home. I guess it's safe to say, he wasn't a street guy but fascinating nevertheless.

[thekiduknow]

Here are some clippings of Dr. Mario Tagliagambe, a distinguished surgeon, highly respected citizen and an alleged member of the Bonanno Family. The last picture has an article about a robbery that took place at his home. I guess it's safe to say, he wasn't a street guy but fascinating nevertheless.

Thanks for posting. It's been a minute since I've been actively researching this era of the Bonannos, but I remember getting really interested in that "Italian American Professional and Businessman's Association" club. Joseph Spadaro was an active member as well, and there were a few other guys who had connections to Bonanno members involved as well.

I couldn't make a direct connection, but I spoke to a relative of the Bonanno member Anthony DiGiovanna who said she remembers hearing there was a relation between their side and the New York Supreme Court Justice Anthony J. DiGiovanna.

[B.]

Vito Bello was born to Giuseppe Bello and Crofinia Adamo.

He immigrated in 1920 heading to an uncle Antonio Bello at “140 stopp st. Brooklyn” (Stagg St?)

He immigrated on Feb 15 1920 and was arrested for a string of robberies on Nov 5 1920. He was living at 138 Stagg St, Brooklyn.

Arrested for burglary on Jul 14 1925, his address was given as 219 Stagg St, Brooklyn. Mentioned as a part of the Flushing Ave Rabbits Gang.

Arrested Mar 8 1926 for holdups, his address was 1423 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn.

He married Antonina Santoro (daughter of Antonio Santoro and Giazia Valente) on Dec 23 1926. At the time they were living at 215 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn, NY.

Arrested on Dec 22 1927 in Long Branch, NJ for liquor with his address given as Newark.

In 1940 and 1950, he lived at 13012 Foch Blvd, Queens, NY

He died in Apr 1966 in Lakewood, NJ.

Something too about Bello worth mentioning -- it makes sense if he was known as "Tony", as Vito would become "Vitone" (Vee-tone-eh), which could then become Toni/Tony given Italian nicknames come from the end of the name rather than the beginning. We see it not just with names like Antonio/Antonino but also Santos who go by "Toni".

[thekiduknow]

- Nino Rizzuto (b. 1902) had 3 or 4 brothers and two of them were Jack (b. 1900, oldest son) and Frank (b. ~1916, youngest), but their arrival manifest shows two more sons named Innocenzo (b. ~1906) and Desiderato (b. ~1908). 1920 census shows only one son in that age range, Louis (b. ~1906). The 1930 census again shows only one son between Nino and Frank, Richard (b. ~1902, same year as Antonino but Nino is listed as born ~1900 so they are off all around).

- 1920 census suggests Innocenzo went by Louis in the US as their ages match perfectly, yet Richard's age doesn't fit either brother on the manifest and would lend itself to Innocenzo/Louis given he was older... unlikely he would use both "Louis" and "Richard" though. Richard would make more sense for Desiderato ("R" sound), yet the immigration manifest is the only place that lists two sons between Nino and Frank. The names, ages, and number of sons are a mess between records.

I don't have anything to add with untangling the names, but Sebastiano Nani Sebastiano Nani met Nicola Impostato in KC through Richard Rizzuto, both noted for being involved in narcotics.



Based on newspaper articles, Richard bounced back and forth from KC and Brooklyn throughout the 40s, looks like he died in 1949 in Manhattan.

[B.]

Richard was also involved in bootlegging with Gioacchino Rizzuto in KC along with other mafia figures. It didn't dawn on me when I originally saw it but that must be the same brother from the 1930 census.

[JoelTurner]

In Aug 1925, Vito Bello was arrested for forgery with Benny Gallo



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A few years later in 1929, there was a Salvatore Adragna (born ~1884) living next door at 219 Stagg St, Brooklyn, NY who killed someone over fireworks.

[B.]

Excellent, so he goes way back with the Bonannos if he knew Gallo.

Was Adragna Alcamese like the Williamsburg/Pittsburgh/San Jose members?

[JoelTurner]

Was Adragna Alcamese like the Williamsburg/Pittsburgh/San Jose members?

Nope, but still interesting in a Bonanno context. He was born on Jun 30 1884 in Castellammare del Golfo.

His wife Giovanna D’Angelo was also from there. I think she could have been related to Fauney D’Angelo; both their fathers shared the same name, Giacomo.

My guess is that the two were cousins. The latter’s father was born in Nov 1881 to Epifano D’Angelo & Rosaria Asaro; I couldn’t find much info on Giovanna’s father

[OmarSantista]

What a find great stuff Joel, thank you

[JoelTurner]

Morale Crew

VITO LICAVOLI
(Willie Rex)
DOB: May 21 1904
POB: Terrasini, Palermo, Sicily
F: Vincenzo Licavoli
M: Paola “Pauline” Carollo
Occupation: Owner - Rex Tavern (174 Humboldt St, Brooklyn, NY)
Address: 196 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Prior addresses: 143 Humboldt St, Brooklyn, NY
Death: Sep 1974

Both Licavoli & Carollo were surnames shared by important Terrasini mobsters, however they were mostly in the Midwest, especially Detroit. TBH, I can’t think of any notable figures from there in the NYC area.

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