Luisa Castro (1891 - 1985)

Born 14 Jan 1891 in San Cipirello, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Angelo Di Carlo — married about 1916 (to 12 Nov 1967) in Italy

Died 24 Jul 1985 at age 94 in Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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Biography

Luisa "Luisina" Castro, daughter of Calogero Castro and Rosalia Lombardo, is born on 14 Jan 1891 in San Cipirello.^[1] Her baptismal record has not been found in either the Corleone or Monreale records. Cascio-10 14:58, 11 November 2015 (EST)

About 1916 in Sicily, she marries her first cousin Angelo di Carlo.^[1]

Her birth year and place are confirmed in the manifest of alien passengers of the S.S. Conte Grande, sailing from Naples 31 August 1929. She is 38, a married housewife. I do not see any relatives traveling with her.^[2]

According to at least two sources, while in New York, Luisa's husband serves in both the US Marines and in the American Cosa Nostra.^[3]

Angelo's godson and nephew writes "At one point Uncle Angelo and his wife aunt Luisina shared our home in the Bronx."

In the 1940 federal census, taken 8 April, Giovanni Di Carlo, age 52, a "bass plasterer" in the "building line" heads a household at 3256 Bansen Ave in the Bronx. He and his wife, Antonina, age 41, were both born in Italy. He is a naturalized citizen. Their children at home are Mary, 10,^[4]

Vincenzo, age 9, and Caterina, 7, all born in New York. Also living with Giovanni's family are his brother, Angelo Di Carlo, 49, and sister-in-law Luisia, 49, both born in Italy. They lived in Palermo in 1935. Angelo is a film salesman in the movie industry.^[5]

In the very early morning of 8 December 1941, the night after Pearl Harbor was attacked, Angelo and three of his brothers are arrested as enemy aliens. At this time, he owns six movie theaters in New York City. All of his assets are sequestered. According to his nephew, Angelo's brothers are released after several months, but Angelo is detained for the entire war in Prisoner of War (POW) camps at Fort Meade in Maryland, Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Fort Missoula in Montana, where he works as a butcher. He is released after the war. He is never compensated for his sequestered assets.^[1]

Luisa and Angelo have no children.^[1]

After World War II, Luisa and her husband, "Capitano" Angelo (he is a captain in the Italian army), return to Sicily from New York. The timing of this move is after a minor heart attack, in 1958, according to Angelo's godson.^[1]

Angelo dies on 12 November 1967 in Turi, Italy.^[1]

Luisina dies on 24 Jul 1985 in Palermo, Italy.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Di Carlo, Vincent Angelo. 2013. "The Di Carlo Family: From Corleone, Sicily, Italy." Accessed online 11 November 2015.
2. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21795-7085-49?cc=1923888 : accessed 11 November 2015), 4576 - vol 10012-10013, Sep 9, 1929 > image 523 of 910; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Follain, John. "The Last Godfathers: Inside the Mafia's Most Infamous Family" Accessed online 10 November 2015.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MY-F39M?cc=2000219&wc=QZXR-329%3A790105101%2C791243401%2C795081801%2C952003601 : accessed 9 May 2021), New York > Bronx > New York City, Bronx, Assembly District 6 > 3-761 New York City, Bronx Borough Assembly District 6 (Tract 376 - part), Apartments on W side of Olinville Av 171 Feet N of Burke Av, Apartments at 665 Burke Av, Apartments at 655 Burke Av, Apartments at 3431 Olinville Av > image 17 of 31; citing 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.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MY-F3S6?cc=2000219&wc=QZXR-329%3A790105101%2C791243401%2C795081801%2C952003601 : accessed 9 May 2021), New York > Bronx > New York City, Bronx, Assembly District 6 > 3-761 New York City, Bronx Borough Assembly District 6 (Tract 376 - part), Apartments on W side of Olinville Av 171 Feet N of Burke Av, Apartments at 665 Burke Av, Apartments at 655 Burke Av, Apartments at 3431 Olinville Av > image 18 of 31; citing 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.