Leoluchina Gennaro (1882)

Born 15 Jul 1882 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

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Biography

Leoluchina Gennaro is the firstborn child of Michelangelo Gennaro and Giuseppa Pomilla. She is baptized on 15 July 1882 in Corleone. Her godfather is the unmarried Antonio Puccio, son of Giuseppe (potentially this one).^[1] She is named after her paternal grandmother.

On the Trimveria, arriving in New Orleans in 1893:

255: Michelangelo Gennaro, 36 (b. 1857), connected to lines 256-260 with a bracket. They have $80 in their possession.

256. Giuseppa Pomilla, 30, wife (b. 1863)

257. Leoluchina Gennaro, 10 (b. 1883)

258. Lorenzo Gennaro, 8 (b. 1885)

259. Biagio Gennaro, 5 (b. 1888)

260. Giovanni Gennaro, 3 (b. 1890)^[2]

Leoluchina's father and two of her brothers are active in the Mafia in Dallas, Texas, in the 1900-30s.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Record no. 404, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-LRV?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SP8%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351280701 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1879-1883 > image 236 of 354; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5J1-97YV?cc=1916009&wc=MFVK-NZ9%3A1029673801%2C1029690101 : 8 October 2015), 1820-1902 (NARA M259) > 077 - 1 May 1892 - 28 Feb 1893 > image 191 of 455; citing NARA microfilm publications M259 and T905 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Feather, W. (2017, November 21). Texas Family membership chart 1920-50's. Mafia Membership Charts Website. Retrieved 26 February 2019 from https://mafiamembershipcharts.blogspot.com/2017/11/texas-family-menbership-chart-1920-50s.html