Giuseppe Dragna (abt. 1805)

Born about 1805 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

Husband of Maria Russo — married 4 Feb 1838 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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Biography

Giuseppe Dragna, son of the late Gioachino Dragna and Antonina Cammarata, marries Maria Russo, daughter of the late Antonino Russo and Anna Maria Guzzetta, on 4 February 1838 in Corleone.^[1]

Giuseppe and Maria have at least one child, Francesco Paolo (1879).

Francesco Paolo is born 25 April 1879 in Corleone and baptized the next day. His godparents are Cosimo di Miceli and Marianna Gulotta, a married couple.^[2]

Francesco Paolo marries Santa Ciullo Barreca, a widow, on 22 July 1907 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^[3]

Francesco Paolo is a known mafioso in New Orleans. He carries out a contract murder on a banana carrier in 1916.^[4][5]

Francesco Paolo Dragna, alias Paul Cicco, is sentenced to life in prison for murder without capital punishment on 2 August 1916. He escapes on 22 March 1921.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Josephi Dragna and Maria Russo. (1838, February 4). Record no. 618. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT6S-87W?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-VZS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351561801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1832-1856 > image 119 of 443; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Baptism of Franciscum Paulum Dragna. (1879, April 26). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-G6D?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SPX%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351275901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1877-1879 > image 146 of 182; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-CCB1 : 4 April 2020), Francesco Paolo Dragna and Santa Ciullo Barreca, 22 Jul 1907; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 910,378.
4. ↑ Warner, R. N. (2010, July). The first crime boss of Los Angeles? Informer Journal. Pp. 5+.
5. ↑ Rawson, R. (2020). The LIfe and Times of Vito DiGiorgio. National Crime Syndicate. Retrieved 2 May 2020 from https://www.nationalcrimesyndicate.com/the-life-and-times-of-vito-digiorgio/
6. ↑ "Louisiana State Penitentiary Records, 1866-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YP2-72G?cc=1931391&wc=SJ7Z-7MS%3A227357201%2C227529001 : 5 November 2019), Correctional institution records > Index to prisoners received vol 4 no 6801-12855 1911-1922 > image 89 of 420; Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge.