Salvatore Amenta (abt. 1891 - abt. 1957)

Born about 1891 in Canicattini Bagni, Siracusa, Sicilia, Italia

Husband of Giacinta Nicastro — married 3 Dec 1911 (to before 1940) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Husband of Giovanna Scimonetto — married 28 Apr 1940 (to about 1957) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Died about 1957 at about age 66 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Salvatore Amenta is born in Canicattini Bagni, in Siracusa province. He is the son of Sebastiano Amenta and Angela Melluzzo.

Salvatore marries at least twice, both times in Corleone. He marries first to Giacinta Nicastro, daughter of Giuseppe Nicastro and Marianna Bordonaro, on 3 December 1911.^[1]

Salvatore and Giacinta have at least two children: Sebastiano (c. 1913), named after his paternal grandfather, and Angela Francesca (c. 1915).

Angela Francesca marries Angelo Milone on 26 November 1933.^[2]

Salvatore remarries to Giovanna Scimonetto, daughter of Calogero Scimonetto and Vincenza Colletti, on 28 April 1940.^[3] Giovanna is the niece of a former Mafia capo who was killed in 1904.

Sebastiano marries Antonina Randisi on 11 October 1945.^[4]

Salvatore is killed during the Navarra-Liggio War in Corleone.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Salvator Amenta and Hiacyntha Nicastro, record no. 117, 3 December 1911, Index, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-N1Y?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 332 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Angelus Milone and Angela Franc. Amenta, record no. 61, 26 November 1933, Index, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-7F6?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 493 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Marriage of Salvatore Amenta and Joanna Scimonetto, record no. 35, 28 April 1940, Index, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-N1Y?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 332 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Marriage of Sebastianus Amenta and Antonina Randisi, record no. 54, 11 October 1945, Index, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-N1Y?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 332 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ Senato della Repubblica. V Legislatura. Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta sul fenomeno della Mafia in Sicilia. 20 December 1962. Accessed https://www.senato.it/service/PDF/PDFServer/BGT/906940.pdf 27 December 1016. Page 200.