Alfonso Francesco Iennaco (1893 - 1975)

Born 10 Oct 1893 in Bracigliano, Salerno, Italia

Husband of Anna (Sarno) Iennaco — married 4 May 1921 (to 8 Dec 1975) in Bracigliano, Salerno, Campania, Italy

Died 8 Dec 1975 at age 82 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Vincenzo Jennaco, age 27 (b. 1866), barber, resident of Bracigliano, reports the birth of a child on 10 October 1893 in his home at Via Pero, #8, to Raffaela Sarno, his wife, contadina. The child is a boy and is named Alfonso Francesco. Pietro Jennaco, age 63 (b. 1830), and Ferdinando Corvino, age 60 (b. 1833), contadini, are witnesses.^[1]

The record of his death confirms his date of birth.^[2] The city of his birth and his father's name are confirmed in the record of his migration.

A margin note on Alfonso's civil birth record dated 17 December 1927 says he marries on 4 May 1921 to Anna Sarno.^[1]

Two months later, they immigrate.

Alfonso Iennaco, age 27 (b. 1894), married, arrives on the Duca d’Aosta on 5 July 1921 in New York. He last lived in Bracigliano, Italy. He is joining his uncle Antonio Romano at 621 Main St., Springfield, MA. Alfonso travels with his wife Anna Sarno, 25 (b. 1896), and Giuseppa Pennino, 8 (b. 1913). Alfonso, a barber, leaves his father, Vincenzo behind in Italy. The child is of unknown relation. She is also going to Springfield, joining her father Archimede at 476 Main St.^[3]

Alfonso Iennaco, 36 (b. 1894), and his wife Anna, 36 (b. 1894), both born in Italy, live at 1184 Wilcox St, in Springfield, in the 1930 federal census, with their son, Vincent, 7 (b. 1923), and daughter Josephine, 1 (b. 1929), both born in MA. Alfonso and Anna immigrated in 1921. He is the proprietor of a barber shop.^[4]

On 12 April 1933, the gangster Michael Fiore is shot and killed in Alfonso's barber shop.^[5] Antonio Basile is cutting Fiore’s hair when Dominic Rascigno, 32 (b. 1901), a companion of Fiore's, enters and sits near the front door. Iennaco sits next to him and Resigno translates a newspaper for him. Two more men enter the shop and go to either side of Fiore’s chair. Basile glances into the mirror, sees one man draw a big black gun from under his coat. The newcomer, who is never identified, shoots Fiore. Basile runs out the door, followed by Iennaco.^[6]

In the 1940 federal census of Springfield, taken 6 April, Alfonso Iennaco heads a household in Springfield. The street is not named. They are near a large lodging house (the previous image) and Convent of Holy Cross (the institution named at the top of this page). Alfonso, 46 (b. 1894), and his wife Anna, 46 (b. 1894), are both born in Italy. Their children at home, all born in MA, are Vincent, 17 (b. 1923), Josephine, 11 (b. 1929), and Francesco, 7 (b. 1933). Also in their home is a lodger, Antonio Basile, 35 (b. 1905), born in Italy, who is unmarried. Alfonso and Antonio are both barbers in a shop that Alfonso owns.^[7]

Death of Alfonso

Alfonso dies on 8 December 1975 in Springfield, MA.^[8][2]

Josephine marries Frank Calvanese.^[9]

Josephine, a widow, dies at age 88 on 5 August 2017. Her brothers, Frank and Vincent, also predecease her.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Atti di nascita, Alfonso Francesco Jennaco. (1893, October 12). Record no. 109. https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua244332/w6yQ8QO/ Retrieved 4 Feb 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5BJ-T5M : 19 May 2014), Alfonso Iennaco, Dec 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6JF-9Z2 : 6 December 2014), Alfonso Iennaco, 05 Jul 1921; citing departure port Napoli, arrival port New York, ship name Duca d'Aosta, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQGX-Q3K : accessed 4 November 2017), Alfonso Iennaco, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 12A, line 9, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 909; FHL microfilm 2,340,644.
5. ↑ BOOTLEG LEADER SLAIN IN SHOP: Michael Fiore Shot to Death in ... Special Dispatch to the Globe Daily Boston Globe (1928-1960); Apr 13, 1933; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Boston Globe pg. 22
6. ↑ “Police Unable To Find Clew In Fiore Crime.” Published in Springfield Daily Republican on 13 April 1933. P. 1+.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-8VDC?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-NK1%3A790102901%2C795106701%2C796107101%2C796179701 : accessed 4 November 2017), Massachusetts > Hampden > Springfield City, Springfield, Ward 3 > 22-76 Springfield City Ward 3 (Area C - part), Convent of Holy Cross > image 16 of 26; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZY8-TCP : 4 December 2014), Alfonso Iennaco, 08 Dec 1975; from "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Springfield, Massachusetts, death certificate number 056623, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Obituary: Josephine (Iennaco) Calvanese. Published in The Republican on Aug. 9, 2017. Retrieved from http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=josephine-calvanese&pid=186320744 on 4 November 2017.