Luciano Giulio Cesare Lanzetta (1908 - 1978)

Born 24 Feb 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Mar 1978 at age 70 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Biography

Lucian Lanzetta has Italian Roots.

Lucian was born on February 24, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1] He grew up in a large Italian-American family in the city's 3rd ward. ^{[2] [3]}

Lanzetta Brothers

Lucian and his 5 brothers Leo, Pius, Willie, Ignatius, and Teo, were "notorious gunman, numbers gamblers, narcotics dealers, and liquor bootleggers in South Philadelphia during the 1920s and 1930s" according to a Temple University Exhibit. ^[4] It says that

"The Lanzettis organized an "Alky Cooking" supply network by providing a contingent of row house dwellers with home stills and paying them to produce saleable liquor. The Lanzettis then sold the liquor at marked up prices. Their most trusted associates included Louis "Fats" Delrossi and Michael Falcone. At various times, the Lanzettis feuded with several different groups of racketeers in South Philadelphia, as well as with Mickey Duffy and some of his partners. The Lanzettis' criminal careers were marked by frequent arrests and brutal violence."^[4]

As a consequence of one of those arrests, Lucian was imprisoned in Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia at the time of the 1930 census .^[5]

Later Life

By the end of the 1930's, the Lanzetta brothers gang was no more; with Leo, Pius, and Willie dead, Lucian fled to Dearborn, Michigan along with his brothers Ignatius and Teo and their mother.^[4][6]

In 1941, he enlisted as a private to fight in World War II. He gave his civilian occupation as "Semiskilled painters, construction and maintenance." ^[7]

He died in Detroit in March, 1978.^[8] He was buried at Parkview Memorial Cemetery in nearby Livonia.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQH-RBRT : 13 September 2019), Luciano Giulio Ceasure Lanzetta, 24 Feb 1908; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3P-X93 : accessed 22 November 2020), Luigiana Lanzetta in household of Ignatius Lanzetta, Philadelphia Ward 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 35A, family 560, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1387; FHL microfilm 1,375,400.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF14-59R : accessed 22 November 2020), Lusieno Lanzeta in household of Gantius Lanzeta, Philadelphia Ward 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 92, sheet 3A, line 2, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1615; FHL microfilm 1,821,615.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The Lanzetti Brothers, Temple University Library Digital Exhibits. Accessed at http://gamma.library.temple.edu/exhibits/exhibits/show/potable-power--delaware-valley/lanzetti
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8M-388 : accessed 22 November 2020), Lucian Lanzetta, Philadelphia (Districts 0251-0500), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 360, sheet 13B, line 57, family 753, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2099; FHL microfilm 2,341,833.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMM-8KZ : 10 December 2019), Lucian Langalta in household of Andrew I Langalta, Tract 831, Dearborn, Dearborn City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-17, sheet 8B, line 51, family 178, 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, roll 1825.
7. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PD-WZW : 5 December 2014), Lucian Lanzetta, enlisted 30 Jun 1941, Detroit, Michigan, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2Y1-W4D : 22 August 2020), Lucian Lanzetta, Mar 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHV-QCTG : 4 August 2020), Lucien Giulio Lanzetta, ; Burial, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States of America, Parkview Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 188275939, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #188275939
• Wikipedia: Lanzetta Brothers