Vincenzo Palumbo (abt. 1817 - 1837)

Born about 1817 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Died 19 Aug 1837 at about age 20 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

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Biography

Vincenzo Palumbo is born around 1817 in Corleone, the son of Giuseppe Palumbo and Pietra Agata Maida.

The Church census, the stato delle anime, is usually compiled early in the year. In 1834, Giuseppe has died. His widow, Pietra Agata Palumbo, 60 (b. 1774), lives with her children Maria, 22 (b. 1812), Vincenzo, 17 (b. 1817), Bernardo, 32, and Antonio, 24, in the strada di Maestro Paolo Gallo. One of their close neighbors is Paolo Jannazzo.^[1]

The younger brothers, Antonio and Bernardo, are part of an violent gang of criminals led by Rapanzino. Their cousin, Vincenzo Maida, is a rural guard.

Bernardo and Antonino are guillotined in Palermo in December 1835, according to eyewitnesses. However, their deaths are not recorded, and they may have escaped to Tunis.

In the summer of 1837, cholera reaches Corleone through Palermo. An insurrection against the Bourbon king creates (or makes use of) a rumor that the king is poisoning Sicilians through their foodstuffs, and that this is the cause of the cholera.

An account of the insurrection of 1837 appears in the publication of a Sicilian historical society. A battalion commanded by Roberto De Sauget is sent to Corleone, where they execute a number of men in the public square, among them Vincenzo Palumbo.^[2] Colletto gives a similar account that names some of the same men as the aggressors among the mob, but does not name Palumbo.^[3]

According to the Church record of his death, Vincenzo is killed 19 August 1837. He is 20 years old (b. 1817).^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Family of Pietra Agata Palumbo, 1834 stato delle anime, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-93908-69?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-GP6:351041801,351041802,351652301 : accessed 4 September 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1834-1843 > image 39 of 357; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "Archivio storico siciliano, Volume 14," accessed online 23 April 2016. Pubblicazione Periodica della Societa Siciliana per la Storia Patria. Nuova Serie, Anno XIV. (Palermo: Tipografia dello "Statuto", 1889.)
3. ↑ Giovanni Colletto. Storia Della Citta di Corleone (Siracusa: Tip. Littoriale, 1934.)
4. ↑ Death of Vincentius Palumbo, record no. 1887, 19 August 1837, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11555-101901-78?cc=2046915 : accessed 23 April 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1837-1843 > image 95 of 194; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Vincenzo Palumbo has Italian Roots.