Antonio Canzoneri (1863 - 1941)

Born 17 Jun 1863 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Domenica (Russo) Canzoneri — married 27 Jun 1926 (to 2 Oct 1939) in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Died 10 Mar 1941 at age 77 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Antonio Canzoneri, the son of Leoluca Canzoneri and Lucia Labruzzo, is born and baptized on 17 June 1863 in Corleone. His godmother is Maria Rosa Moscato.^[1]

A large party from Corleone, all bound for New Orleans, appears on the manifest of the Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm, sailing from Palermo via Naples and arriving on 17 October 1894 in Ellis Island. Antonio is among them. A partial list follows:

320 Leoluca Ridulfo, 37 (b. 1857)

321 Antonino Ferrara, 46 (b. 1848)

322 Salvatore Paisello, 21 (b. 1873)

323 Girolamo Governali, 27 (b. 1867) (married in April 1894)

324 Paolo Salemi, 27 (b. 1867)

325 Vincenzo Collura, 35 (b. 13 May 1859) (last child born in Sep 1893; Vincenzo is in America in April 1895 when his daughter is born; another is born in 1905 in NYC: look for wife Vincenza Jannazzo immigrating)

326 Biagio Cortimiglia, 40 (b. 1854)

327 Antonino Canzoneri, 31 (b. 1863)

328 Gioachino Collura, 22 (b. 1872)

329 Giuseppe Ridulfo, 43 (b. 1851), married? laborer

330 Leoluca lo Bello, 29 (c. 1865), married laborer

331 Carmela Cascio, 23 (b. 30 Mar 1870), wife, married

332 Rosa lo Bello, 11 months (b. 27 Jan 1893), child

333 Francesco Zabbia, 30 (b. 1864), married, laborer

334 Giovanni Marino, 29 (b. 1865), married laborer

335 Anna Maria Vernagallo, 25 (b. 1869), wife

336 Filippo Marino, 8 months (b. May 1893), child^[2][3]

At least two of Antonio's siblings also emigrate. His brother, Giuseppe, makes more than one trip. He has two daughters born in the United States, Lucia in New Orleans in 1887 and Maria in 1894 in Houston. Through Maria, Giuseppe is the father-in-law of a New York City mafioso, Calogero Rao.

Antonio's sister, Francesca, emigrates with her husband, who dies in Jeannerette, Louisiana, in 1902.

He passed away in 1941.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Antonium Canzoneri, page 545, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYM7-SQV?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K68%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351125301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1858-1863 > image 360 of 388; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Accessed manifest (page with 296-328) on EllisIsland via Steve Morse on 24 Oct 2018
3. ↑ Accessed manifest (page with 329-361) on 24 Oct 2018 on EllisIsland via Steve Morse

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-CCGS : 5 November 2017), Antonio Canzoneri and Mrs. Domenica Russo, 27 Jun 1926; citing Harris County, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 25,254.

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DW-BKZ : 13 March 2018), Tony Conzoneri, 10 Mar 1941; citing certificate number 13141, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,478.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKH-CXB6 : 13 December 2015), Antonio Conzoneri, 1941; Burial, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States of America, Holy Cross Cemetery; citing record ID 34190964, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.