Luciano Crapisi (1857 - 1945)

Born 28 Nov 1857 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Husband of Liboria Di Palermo — married 12 Sep 1880 (to before 1904) in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1945 at age 87 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

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Biography

Luciano Crapisi is born 28 November 1857 in his parents' home on via Borgognoni in Corleone and is baptized the next day, named after his maternal grandfather. He is the son of Pietro Crapisi and Antonia Birtone.^[1] His godparents are Giovanni Riina and Biagia Ligotino, a married couple.^[2]

Luciano marries Liboria di Palermo, daughter of Giovanni di Palermo and Angela Lisotta, on 12 September 1880. His mother has died by this time.^[3]

Luciano and his wife, Liboria di Palermo, had five children.

Luciano owns an herd of cows, called " a retina," composed of 8 units, called: Bandiera, Cameriera, Bella Rosa, Vispisina, Crapuzza, PIttura, Signura. The worker man that works with this herd of cows is Gaetano Calì, called "Tanu Calì".

Luciano's name appears in a list of mafia leadership around 1900, compiled by Dino Paternostro.^[4]

During the investigation of the murder of Bernardino Verro, he was accused of membership in the "Fratuzzi".

Sources

1. ↑ Estratto d'atto di nascita, Luciano Crapisi, 20 August 1880, "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8971-QRKC?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-FWL%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352332701 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > Allegati (nati, matrimoni, morti) 1880-1883 > image 126 of 2981; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
2. ↑ Baptism of Lucianum Crapisi, 29 November 1857, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11029-143608-95?cc=2046915&wc=MG3Q-VZS:351041801,351041802,351495001 : accessed 31 Oct 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1853-1858 > image 371 of 405; citing Archivio della Diocesi di Palermo.
3. ↑ Marriage of Luciani Crapisi and Liboria di Palermo, record no. 1134, 12 September 1880, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-23610-93?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 249 of 535; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Paternostro, Dino. «Fratuzzi», antenati di Liggio e Riina, La Sicilia, August 8, 2004. Accessed online 16 November 2014.

• Archivio di Stato di Palermo, GP, aa. 1906-1925, b. 267, f. 3, Associazione per delinquere scopertosi in Corleone, 13 agosto 1916. In questo documento è riportato il seguente elenco: Giuseppe Battaglia fu Domenico (cl. 1846), pre- sidente dell’associazione “fratuzzi”, Michelangelo Gennaro di Luciano (cl. 1864), gabelloto dell’ex feudo Torrazza assieme e ai fratelli Antonino e Calogero Lo Jacono fu Vincenzo, i fratelli Paolo e Giovanni Pennino di Salvatore, gabelloto dell’ex feudo Ponzonotto, Pietro Maiuri (cl. 1875) fu Ciro, gabelloto dell’ex feudo Malvello assieme al fratello Calogero (cl. 1863), Angelo Gagliano (cl. 1862) di Salvatore, subaffittuario dell’ex feudo Malvello assieme al fratello Calogero, Luciano Crapisi fu Pietro (cl. 1858), Vito Todaro fu Giuseppe, Giuseppe Lombardo fu Filippo, Domenico Pardo di Francesco

Personal recollection, Antonina Crapisi, 2014.