Original Palermitani members chart 1890-1920's

Palermitani Family chart 1900-20's

Name	Field1	Field2	Field3	Field4	Field5
Agello-Giuseppe		Palermo /	A.Flaccomio [M]		Brooklyn
Aita-Francesco	1878-	Palermo / USA 1894	Quartararo bros.[?]	1890-	NYC
Amato-Vincenzo		Palermo			NYC
Anselmo-Albero	1856-	Palermo /			Brooklyn
Balsamo-Battista	1868-	Palermo / USA 1897		1900-20's	Brooklyn
Bettini-Candelara	1839-1901	Messina / USA 1860		1880-90's	Brooklyn
Bonassi-Salvatore		Palermo			NYC
Bono-Stefano	1868-	Palermo / USA 1898		1900-	NYC
Brancato-Salvatore [Tony]	1871-1908	Palermo / USA 1893		1890-1900's	NYC / Killed in Italy / Informer
Cannizzaro-Giuseppe	1881-	Palermo / USA 1900		1900-	NYC
Carlisi-Charles		Palermo	Giuseppe [ ? ]		NYC
Carlisi-Giuseppe		Palermo	Charles [ ? ]		NYC
Castellano-Giuseppe	1878-1946	Palermo / USA 1907	S.Masotto [M]	1910-40's	Brooklyn
Castelli-Giuseppe	186?-	Palermo			NYC
Catania-Giuseppe	1862-1902	Bagheria /		1890-1900's	Brooklyn / Killed
Chiaramonte-Michele		Palermo		1880-	NYC
Chirico-Salvatore	1888-1968	Palermo / USA 1908		1910-50's	N.J.
Cincotta-Antonio	1868-1915	Palermo / USA 1890	Giuseppe [B]	1890-1910's	Brooklyn / Killed
Cincotta-Giuseppe	1870-	Palermo /	Antonio [B]		Brooklyn
Cinquemani-Giovanni	1885-	Palermo / USA 1907		1900-	NYC
Cordaro-Carmelo	1878-	San Cataldo / USA 1909	Silvestro [B]	1910's	NYC / Deported 191?
Cordaro-Silvestro		San Cataldo /	Carmelo [B]		NYC
Costantino-Carlo	1874-193? 1874-193?	Partinico / USA 1903	N.Schiro [ ? ]	1900's	NYC
Crocevera-Isodoro	1873-1920	Palermo /	G.Fanara [C]	-1910's	Brooklyn / Killed in Buffalo
Cusumano-Calogero	1879-	Castrofilippo / USA 1891	Salvatore [?]	1900-	NYC
Cusumano-Salvatore	1870-	Castrofilippo /	Calogero [?]		NYC
D'Aquila-Salvatore	1877-1928	Palermo / USA 1906		1900-20's	NYC / Killed
DiGregoli-Francesco		Palermo			NYC
DiLeonardo-Vincenzo	1880-1971	Palermo /		-1950's	Brooklyn
DiMartino-Gioacchino	1871-	Palermo /	D.Pecoraro [C]		Brooklyn
Enea-Pasquale	1869-1951	Palermo / USA 1901		1900's	NYC / Deported 190?
Fanara-Giuseppe	1876-1914	Carini / USA 1902	S.Motisi [?]	1900-10's	NYC / Killed
Fanno-Salvatore		Palermo			NYC
Faraci-Carmello	-84	Palermo /	Raymond [B]	1880's	Brooklyn / Killed
Faraci-Raymond		Palermo /	Carmelo [B]		Brooklyn
Finazzo-Giov. Battista	1879-	Palermo /		-1900's	Brooklyn / Deported 1908
Flaccomio-Antonio	-88	Palermo /		1880's	Brooklyn / Killed
Fontana-Giuseppe	1860-1913	Villabate / USA 1905		1900-10's	NYC / Killed
Gaetano-Rasso [Russo]		Palermo		1880-	NYC / Ex New Orleans
Gambino-Andrea	1878-1909	Palermo /		-1900's	Brooklyn / Killed
Ganci-Antonio	1871-	Palermo /			Brooklyn
Giallombardo-Giuseppe	1872-	Belmonte / USA 1902		1900-	NYC
Giordano-Giuseppe					Brooklyn
Guglielmini-Salvatore	1883-1958	Cefalu / USA 1906		1910-50's	Brooklyn
Guida- ?		Palermo /	? [B]		Brooklyn
Guida- ?		Palermo /	? [B]		Brooklyn
Inzarillo-Pietro	1858-	Marineo / USA 1890		1890-1900's	NYC
Lamanna-Angelo	1853-	Palermo / USA1883		1880-	NYC
Lazaro-Santo		Palermo			NYC
LoCicero-Vincenzo	1865-1923	Agrigento /		-1920's	NYC
LoPiccolo-Stefano	1882-	Monreale / USA 1910		1910-	Brooklyn
Lupo-Giovanni	1882-	Palermo / USA 1901	Ignazio [B]	1910-	N.J.
Lupo-Ignazio	1877-1944	Palermo / USA 1898	G.Morello [M]	1900-20's	Brooklyn
Mangano-Vincenzo	1888-1950	Palermo / USA 1905	Filippo [B]	1910-40's	Brooklyn
Mangiapane-Salvatore	1879-	Palermo / USA 1907		1900-
Mannino-Ignazio	1889-1957	Palermo / USA 1906		1910-50's	Brooklyn
Marchione-Salvatore	-1908	Palermo / USA 1906		1900's	Brooklyn/ Killed
Masotto-Salvatore	1863-1934	Palermo / USA 1913	G.Castellano [M]	1910-30's	Brooklyn
Megna-Francesco		Palermo /
Modica-Onofrio	1885-1971	Palermo / USA 1902		1900-50's	Brooklyn
Motisi-Salvatore	-1908	Palermo /		-1900's	Brooklyn / Killed
Passananti-Antonio	1879-1969	Partinico /		1900's	NYC
Pecoraro-Domenico	1851-	Bagheria / USA 1891		1890-	NYC
Penza-Raffaele	1887-	Palermo			NYC
Pininno-Giuseppe	1872-	Palermo / USA 1884			Brooklyn
Pollaccia-Saverio	1887-1932	Cefalu / USA 1904		1910-30's	Brooklyn / Killed
Pompinelia-Vito		Palermo			NYC
Poretto-Giovanni	1856-	Palermo / USA 1895		1890-	Brooklyn
Procida-Giuseppe	1856-	Palermo / USA 1891-		1890-	Brooklyn
Quartararo-Carlo		Palermo /	Vincenzo [B]		Brooklyn
Quartararo-Vincenzo		Palermo /	Carlo [B]		Brooklyn
Rano-Vincenzo	1870-1918	Palermo		1910's	NYC
Rizzo-Antonino	1887-1962	Palermo / USA 1906		1910-50's	Brooklyn
Sabatino-Natale	1879-	Palermo / USA 1900	Quartararo bros.[N]	1900-	NYC
Salica-Giovanni	1883-	Palermo / USA 1902		1910-	Brooklyn
Taranto-Nicola	1848-	Palermo / USA 1888		1890-	Brooklyn
Tedeschi-Gaspare	1864-195?	Villafrati /		-1900's	Brooklyn / Deported 190?
Testa-Nicola	1887-1919	Bagheria /	G.Catania [U]	-1910's	NYC
Traina-Giuseppe	1882-1979	Belmonte / USA 1901		1910-60's	Brooklyn
Trovato-Giuseppe	1863-1917	Palermo / USA 1892		1890-1910's	Brooklyn
Trupia-Gaetano	1884-1941	Agrigento / USA 1907		1910-40's	Brooklyn
Verra-Giovanni	1845-	Palermo / USA 1901		1900-	NYC
Virzi Saverio	1857-1918	Palermo /		-1910's	Brooklyn / Killed
Zarcone-Giovanni	-1909	Bagheria /		-1900's	Brookyn / Killed in Connect.

Original Corleonesi members chart 1890-1920's

Corleonese members chart 1900-20's

ID	Name	Field1	Field2	Field3	Field4	Field5
19	Boscarini-Giuseppe	1850-1919	Corleone / USA 1890		1890-1910's	NYC
9	Cecala-Antonio	1887-1928	Corleone / USA 1889		1910-20's	NYC / Killed
40	Cina-Salvatore	1886-1932	S.S.Quisquina / USA 1895	V.Giglio [M]	1900-10's	NYC / Tampa
3	Clemente-Salvatore	1863-	Corleone / USA 1890		1890-	NYC
13	Coniglio-Michele	1870-	Corleone / USA 1892		1890-	NYC
27	DiCarlo-Giovanni	1887-1971	Corleone / USA 1905	Bros.	1910-60's	NYC
43	DioGuardi-Giovanni	1884-1930	Baucina / USA 1906		1910-20's	NYC / Killed
11	DiPalermo-Sebastiano		Corleone / USA 1886	Sons ?		NYC
36	DiPriemo-Giuseppe	1880-	Lercara / USA 1902	B.Madonia [M]	1900's	NYC / Killed in Italy
10	Frisella-Paolo		Corleone / USA 1883			NYC
22	Gagliano-Angelo	1878-1956	Corleone / USA 1899	Vincenzo [B]	1900-20's	NYC
24	Gagliano-Tommaso	1884-1951	Corleone / USA 1905		1910-50's	NYC
23	Gagliano-Vincenzo	1875-1931	Corleone / USA 1901	Angelo [B]	1900-20's	NYC
39	Giglio-Vincenzo	1880-1914	Bivona / USA 1895	S.Cina [M]	1900-10's	NYC / Tampa
21	Greco-Ippolito	1878-1915	Corleone / USA 1905		1900-10's	NYC / Killed
34	LaDuca-Vito	-1908	Carini / USA 1902		-1900's	NYC / Killed in Italy
38	Lagattuta-Angelo	1875-1924	Mezzajuso / USA			NYC / Killed
17	Lasala-Stefano	1889-1975	Corleone / USA 1896		1910-60's	NYC
12	Lima-Gioacchino	1870-1922	Corleone / USA 1892	G.Morello [M]	1900-20's	NYC
41	Loiacano-Salvatore	1873-1920	Marineo / USA 1900		1900-10's	NYC / Killed
31	LoMonte-Fortunato	1883-1914	Villafrati / USA 1894	Gaetano [B]	1900-10's	NYC / Killed
33	LoMonte-Gaetano	1887-1915	Villafrati / USA	Fortunato [B]	1910's	NYC / Killed
25	Macaluso-Marco	1875-	Corleone / USA 1887	Mariano [S]	1890-	NYC
37	Madonia-Benedetto	1860-1903	Lercara / USA 1901	G.DiPriemo [M]	1900's	NYC / Killed
28	Marsalisi-Mariano	1879-1965	Corleone / USA 1905		1910-50's	NYC
42	Mauro-Salvatore	1853-1920	Baucina / USA 1890		1900-10's	NYC / Killed
7	Milone-Antonio		Corleone / USA 1889	Ignazio [?]		NYC
8	Milone-Ignazio	1881-1934	Corleone / USA 1898	G.Morello [M]	1900-10's	NYC / Killed
2	Morello-Giuseppe	1867-1930	Corleone / USA 1892	Terranova bros. [H/B]	1890-20's	NYC / Killed
15	Moscato-Francesco	1866-	Corleone / USA 1893		1900-	NYC
18	Oliveri-Andrea		Corleone / USA 1899			NYC
20	Pecoraro-Giovanni	1869-1923	P.D.Greci / USA		1900-20's	NYC /Killed
35	Petto-Tommaso	1879-1905	Carini / USA		-1900's	NYC / Killed
29	Rao-Calogero	1889-1969	Corleone / USA 1899	Vincenzo [B]	1910-50's	NYC
16	Reina-Giacomo		Corleone / USA 1896	?		NYC
30	Ruffino-Pasquale	1886-	Corleone / USA 1906		1910-	NYC
26	Salemi-Vincenzo	1881-1923	Corleone / USA	G.Morello [M]	-20's	NYC / Killed
4	Terranova-Ciro	1888-1937	Corleone / USA 1893	G.Morello [H/B]	1900-30'S	NYC
6	Terranova-Nicola	1890-1916	Corleone / 1893	Bros.	1910's	NYC / Killed
5	Terranova-Vincent	1886-1922	Corleone / USA 1893	Ciro [B]	1900-20's	NYC / Killed
14	Vasi-Leoluca		Corleone / USA 1893			NYC

Original New York members charts 1890-1920's

These charts are the result of the recent article in the Informer on-line magazine.

They are based on research conducted by Rick , Angelo and Lennert, with some additional input of my own.

The charts appear here with the full approval of the above named researchers.

Their groundbreaking work has enabled us to push back the limits of our understanding of New York's Mafia 20-to-30 years.

As with all the research on this Blog we do not claim it is completely accurate, so we would welcome any new input that would improve accuracy.

Sources for research on Mafia membership charts.

                                         SOURCES:- LCN MEMBERS

1        ORGANIZED CRIME  AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS [ VALACHI CHARTS /1963]

2        NYC FAMILIES MEMBERSHIP LIST [US PERM. SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS / 25 YEARS AFTER VALACHI/1988]

3        NYC FAMILIES MEMBERSHIP LISTS [NETWORK INDEX /1989]

4        LIST OF MAFIA MEMBERS OBTAINED FROM FED. NARCOTICS BUREAU [TEXAS CRIME COMMISSION /1950]

5        TRANSCRIPT OF NICOLA GENTILE BOOK [APPROX. 1962]

6        ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA [COMM. ON THE JUDICIARY /US SENATE [1983]

7        CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE/AUGUST 1969

8        NEWSDAY/ MOB ON LONG ISLAND/ FEB. 26-28 th, MAR. 1-3^rd, 1969

9        THE VALACHI PAPERS/ BOOK/ PETER MAAS/ MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH VALACHI/ 1969

10    LIST OF DECEASED LCN MEMBERS [ FBI NY DIVISION DEC. 1975 ] 

11    MAFIA : -  FBI / FBN  BOOK  [2007]

12    FOI DOCUMENTS / FBI – VARIOUS

13    MARY FERRELL WEBSITE / NARA RECORDS

14    NUMEROUS BOOKS, ARTICLES, MAGAZINES, ECT.

15    VARIOUS WEBSITES ON ORGANISED CRIME / REAL DEAL FORUM, AMERICAN MAFIA, ECT..

16    GENEALOGY SOURCES / ANCESTRY, ELLIS ISLAND, SSDI, ECT.

17    SHARED RESEARCH WITH DAVE CRITCHLEY AND LENNERT

             VAN’T RIET.

       18  VARIOUS STATE, CITY, POLICE, ECT. REPORTS.

Mafia Myths

MAFIA  MYTHS  : -  DEBUNKING THE PAST.

Since my interest in Mafia history was first piqued in the early 1970’s, many so called “ historical facts “ have been proven false.  Too many authors simply repeated the same old stories, without researching them properly.  Modern researchers and authors, helped by greater availability of information via the Internet, have been much more thorough in authenticating their research. 

So here are some of the more obvious cases, and a brief explanation of their exposure : -

1 – Origin.

Many sources state that the Mafia was first founded in Sicily in the 1200’s, after the uprising called the Sicilian Vespers.  This is self-evidently untrue, as the first mention in official documents date from the 1800’s.  The Neapolitan Camorra was an older society, possibly originating from an earlier Spanish one called the Garduna.

2 – The Commission.

It is only half true that the American Cosa Nostra invented the organization known as the Commission.  Italian Police records state that occasional commissions were used to arbitrate conflicts between Families as early as the 1890’s.  But it seems to be true that the Cupola, the Sicilian permanent Commission, was formed after the 1957 Palermo summit.  When Joe Bonanno, and other American Mafiosi, advised on its formation.

3 – Only one Society.

There were many different criminal societies in Sicily in the 1800’s, such as : - Fratuzzi [Bagheria], Stoppaglieri [Monreale], Oblonica [Girgenti], , Fratellanza [Agrigento Province], Fontana Nuova [Misilmeri], Scattialora [Sciacca], Scaglione [Enna], ect.  While in mainland Italy secret criminal societies existed in Campania, Calabria and Puglia.  As recently as the 1980’s a society called the Stidda, based in Gela, actively fought the local Mafia.

4 – Unione Sicilione / Siciliana.

Founded as a social welfare society in Chicago in the 1890’s, but later criminalized by Mafiosi.  This was reportedly a nationwide organization, headquartered in NYC, and led by Frankie Yale.  In fact it existed only in the mid-west, and had no branches in New York.

5 – The Purge [Night of the Vespers].

This myth, first expounded by Dixie Davis, has been discredited for some time now.  The handful of casualties in the aftermath of the “ Castellammarese War “, hardly constitutes a nationwide purge of 60 old “ Mustache Petes “.  But reading the available sources [ Gentile, Bonanno, Valachi ], we find a small, non-violent purge did take place.  Bonanno called it a re-alignment, as several Maranzano supporters were deposed.  Sabella in Philadelphia, Badami in Newark and Scalice in NYC were demoted, and Siracusa in Pittsburgh was eliminated.

6 – Luciano and the Masseria murder.

We all know the story of Lucky playing cards with Joe the Boss, then going to the mens room, as Masseria was killed, and returning to tell the Police he knew nothing about it.  But a check of the NYPD records state that the only person present when the Police arrived was the owner Gerardo Scarpato.  In Alan Blocks book East Side / West Side he quotes an extortion victim as stating that “Augie  Pisano” was present at the murder site.  The same source claims Scarpato, who was murdered a year later, was connected to the Masseria Family.

7 – Luciano invented the Consiglieri  position.

Again early Sicilian pentiti revealed that Counselors existed in some Mafia organizations as early as the 1920’s.

8 – Membership “books” closed 1932-1954.

Although no direct evidence is known, it is possible that new members were inducted during this period as replacements for deceased members.  Recordings in Sam De Cavalcantes’s office prove that important individuals like Boiardo, Catena, DeCarlo, Bruno and Decavalcante were “made” in the 1940’s.  In NARA records, an unidentified Bonanno member stated that he was inducted in a LES basement in 1951. 

Although not strictly Mafia connected, one of the oldest OC myths has recently been exposed.  For years books and newspapers have repeated that Paul Kelly [Paolo Vaccarelli] was the leader of the Five Points gang.  A recent book, called Manhattan Mafia guide by Eric Ferrara, has used contemporary newspaper reports to demolish this theory.  Kelly headed his own gang, the Paul Kelly Association, and was in fact an enemy of the Five Pointers.  They shot him in 1905, and drove him out of the LES.  The actual leaders of different factions of the gang were Giovanni DiSalvio [Jim Kelly], Chick Tricker [Tricca] and Jack Sirocco.  The gang eventually broke-up and fought among themselves.