Giuseppa Catania (1885)

Born 13 Feb 1885 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Liborio Bellomo — married 23 Sep 1918 in New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Giuseppa Catania is born 13 February 1885 and baptized the next day. She is the daughter of Leoluca Catania and Vincenza Pomilla. Her godparents are Leoluca Pomilla and his unmarried sister, Lucia.^[1]

Her mother dies the following January, age 30.^[2]

Open issue: A 1903 manifest matching Giuseppa's name, age, and city of birth indicates that she is married.

On the Citta di Napoli sailing from Palermo on 1 October 1903 and arriving in New York on 15 October:

336. Giuseppa Catania, 18, married, from Corleone, sails alone to New York to join her brother Andrea at 332 E. 53rd St.^[3]

Giuseppa marries Liborio Bellomo ("Leborio Bellowe"), age 39 (b. 1879), a widower, born in Italy, the son of Salvatore Bellomo and Marianna Nicolosi ("Nicolaso"), on 23 September 1918 in Manhattan.^[4]

Giuseppa and Liborio have two children:

1. Marianna, born 12 November 1919 in NY, and
2. Leoluca, born 1 February 1922 in Italy.

Liborio also has a son, Salvatore, from his first marriage. Liborio appears on travel manifests in the company of known narcotics traffickers Nicolo’ Guastella and Paolo Sciortino in 1926. His son from his first marriage is a reputed Genovese Family soldier. Salvatore's son, Liborio, called Barney, is the boss of the Genovese Family in 2019.

In 1927, when Liborio petitions for US citizenship, Salvatore lives with his stepmother and half-siblings in Corleone.^[5]

An air passenger manifest dates 20 March 1948, embarking in Rome and disembarking in New York City, passenger #3 is Salvatore Bellomo, age 33 (b. 1915), US citizen. Going to 751 E. 187th St, Bronx NY

Passenger #4 is scribbled out but was going to the same address. This may be Giuseppa Catania, Salvatore's stepmother.^[6] She is 63 (b. 1885), a match for her age at marriage to Liborio, and Italian.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Josepha Catania, record no. 78, 14 February 1885, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-66659-23?cc=2046915 : accessed 14 November 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1884-1888 > image 101 of 398; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Death of Vincentia Pomilla, record no. 9, 7 January 1886, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11742-39671-98?cc=2046915 : accessed 14 November 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1873-1888 > image 516 of 600; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1903; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 0404; Line: 27; Page Number: 118 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246S-LQQ : 10 February 2018), Leborio Bellowe and Giuseppa Catania, 23 Sep 1918; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,643,248.
5. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; NARA Series: M1972;Reference: (Roll 0813) Petition No· 201006 - Petition No· 201344
6. ↑ B. (2018, July 26). Bellomo family history and connections. The Black Hand Forum [Online Discussion]. Retrieved 27 December 2019 from http://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&hilit=bellomo%20family&t=3712&sid=bad7e7bed5a58ac7c7a88b0b2bdf390b
7. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94V-PGQ?cc=1923888&wc=MFKH-QP8%3A1030175601 : 3 October 2015), 7565 - vol 16133-16134, Mar 21, 1948 > image 78 of 699; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).