Salvatore Oliveri (1895 - 1969)

Born 27 Jan 1895 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Ancestors

Husband of Vincenza (Marino) Oliveri — married 28 Sep 1919 (to 4 Nov 1969) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 4 Nov 1969 at age 74 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

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Biography

On 27 January 1895 in Corleone, Matteo Salvatore Oliveri, son of the late Salvatore, age 52 (b. 1842), a borgese, living in Corleone, reports the birth of his son on the same date, at #96 via San Michele, to a woman who is not his wife, not a relative. The child is named Salvatore, after his paternal grandfather. Witnesses are Vincenzo Listi, 53 (b. 1841), contadino and Gioachino Leone, 40 (b. 1854), contadino.^[1]

He is baptized the next day. Salvatore's godfather is the unmarried Gaspare lo Bue.^[2]

Arriving in New York on the Sant’Anna on 4 December 1912, these passengers from Corleone, are a group of young people all labeled farm laborers:

9. Michelangelo Sciara, 13 (b. 1899), leaves his father Pietro, meeting uncle Carmelo Nicolosi at 2019 2nd Av

10. Salvatore Oliveri, 17 (b. 1895), leaves his mother Paola Liggio, meeting cousin Salvatore Oliveri at 345 E 105th St.

11. Francesca Profita, 16 (b. 1896), leaves father Mariano, meeting brother Salvatore at 215 E. 97th St

12. Leoluca Profita, 18 (b. 1894), leaves father Mariano, same^[3]

Salvatore's cousin of the same name is the son of a Mafia member, and brother-in-law of Gaetano "Tommy" Reina.

Salvatore Oliveri, age 22, registers for the draft for WWI in Chicago on 5 June 1917. He was born 17 February 1895 in Corleone. He is a laborer employed by E. J. Brach & Sons. He is unmarried and supports his mother. He is of medium height and slender build with brown eyes and dark brown hair.^[4]

Salvatore marries Vincenza Marino, who is called Jennie, on 28 September 1919 in Chicago.^[5][6][7] They have four children: Salvatore/Sam Jr. (1921), Paula (1923), John, and Philip.

Two months after Salvatore and Vincenza marry, Salvatore's second cousin, Giovanni (John) Oliveri, marries Jennie's sister, Stella. That the two women are sisters is known from the movement of their mother from Sam's household in 1920 to John's widow, Stella's household in 1930.

In the 1920 federal census of Chicago, taken 12 January:

John Olivera, 31 (b. 1889) (second cousin of Sam), heads a household with his wife, Stella, 24 (b. 1895), at 1363 Cleveland Ave. Both were born in Italy. John immigrated in 1910 and his wife in 1913. John is a laborer in a factory.

The next family in the census is at 1361 Cleveland Ave, headed by Sam Olivera, age 25 (b. 1894), who lives with his wife, Jennie, 25 (b. 1894), and mother-in-law Marie Marino, 46 (b. 1873). All were born in Italy and immigrated in 1912. Sam is a laborer in a candy factory. Jennie is a machine operator in a factory. Her mother is a finisher in a tailor shop.^[8]

On 1 Jan 1921, Salvatore, son of Salvatore Oliveri, 26 (b. 1895), and Vincenzina Marino, 21 (b. 1900), is born in Chicago.^[9]

Paula is born 21 January 1923 in Chicago. Her obituary names her three brothers, who all predecease her.^[10]

In June 1928, Sam's brother-in-law, John Oliveri, dies.

Salvatore, known as Sam, is one of two Chicago representatives at the December 1928 Cleveland Conference, a meeting of Mafia bootleggers, of whom twenty are arrested.^[11][12]

In the 1930 census of Chicago, Jennie's mother lives with Stella, who is a widow.

Sam and Jennie Oliveri, living at 735 Sanford, appear in the 1937 city directory for Rockford, IL.^[13]

Salvatore Oliveri of 735 Sanford, Rockford, Winnebago, IL, registers for the draft for WWII on 26 April 1942. He is 47, born 17 January 1895 in Italy. His contact person is his nephew, Sam Oliveri, at 1332 Sanford St., Rockford. He is employed by Gasparini-Oliveri Funeral Service at 834 Sanford St. Salvatore is 5’10” and 184# with brown eyes, gray hair, and a dark complexion.^[14]

Death of Sam

Sam dies 4 November 1969 in Winnebago County.^[5][15]

Jennie's obituary names their children and children-in-law. Philip marries Joyce. Paula marries Vincent Fuca. Sam Jr. marries Vicki. Sam Jr. predeceases his mother.^[5]

Jennie dies at home in Rockford at age 100 on 26 July 1999.^[5][16]

Paula, who dies in 2012, lives most of her life in Rockford, Illinois. Her surname at death is "Fuca." She dies at age 88 after a long illness.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Atti di nascita, Salvatore Oliveri, record no. 49, 27 January 1895, "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97B-L7LT?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-6PD%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352283501 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1893-1895 > image 400 of 743; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
2. ↑ Baptism of Salvator Oliveri, record no. 52, 28 January 1895, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-65998-9?cc=2046915 : accessed 5 October 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1889-1895 > image 418 of 427; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Ship manifest retrieved 26 Feb 2019 using SteveMorse gold search
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L14K-2CF?cc=1968530&wc=9FCJ-L27%3A928312901%2C928966701 : 14 May 2014), Illinois > Chicago City no 49; Giacomo, Bucaro-V > image 3095 of 5771; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Vincenza “Jennie” Oliveri, 100. (1999, Aug 1). Rockford Register Star (IL), p. 5C.. Retrieved from https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/obit/1008E1D699323618-1008E1D699323618?p=OBIT
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
7. ↑ FHL Film No. 1030702. Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRX9-9WG?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-8T7%3A1036473701%2C1037511801%2C1039064201%2C1589341088 : 10 September 2019), Illinois > Cook (Chicago) > Chicago Ward 22 > ED 1222 > image 20 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7QH-W7S : 18 May 2016), Salvatore Oliveri in entry for Salvatore Oliveri, 01 Jan 1921; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 5408, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,490.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Paula Fuca, 88 (Rockford). (2012, March 20). Rockford Register Star (IL). Available from NewsBank: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/13DA5E76A4149A50.
11. ↑ Hunt, T. (2016, December 5). Caught in Cleveland. Retrieved 7 March 2019 from http://www.writersofwrongs.com/2016/12/caught-in-cleveland.html
12. ↑ Critchley, D. (2009). The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931. New York: Routledge. Pp. 17, 203.
13. ↑ Rockford, Illinois, City Directory, 1937. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
14. ↑ The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), for The State of Illinois; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2097
15. ↑ Ancestry.com. Winnebago County, Illinois, Deaths, 1844-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
16. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.

Research Notes

A review of the baptismal indices for Corleone does not reveal a Gaspare lo Bue born between 1842-1883. Cascio-10 17:20, 25 February 2020 (UTC) No marriage has been found for Gaspare after 1895 in Corleone. Cascio-10 19:07, 26 February 2020 (UTC)