Salvatore Cutrera (1835)

Born 15 Apr 1835 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Carmela Gennaro — married 24 Oct 1859 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Descendants

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Biography

Salvatore Cutrera is a Corleone native resident, the son of Leoluca Cutrera and Lucia Marino, who married in 1809.^[1] He is born 15 April 1835 and baptized three days later. His godparents are Michaelangelo and Anna Governali, a married couple.^[2]

Salvatore marries Maria Carmela Gennaro, daughter of Michaelangelo Gennaro and Angela Pennino, on 24 October 1859. His father has died by this itme.^[3]

Salvatore and Carmela have at least one child, Leoluca (1860), named after his paternal grandfather.

Leoluca Cutrera, the son of Salvatore Cutrera, borgese, and Carmela Gennaro, is born on 28 September 1860 in his parents' home on via Sant'Elena in Corleone.^[4] He is named after his paternal grandfather.

Salvatore is a capo in the Fratuzzi, the Mafia in Corleone, by around 1889, when he wrests control from Luca Patti.^[5]

Leoluca marries at least twice, first to Giuseppa Colletti, on 28 October 1884.^[6]

Leoluca remarries to Maria Comparetto on 19 November 1893.^[7]

In 1893, when Bernardino Verro is inducted, Giuseppe Battaglia is the boss.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Leonisluca Cutrera and Lucia Marino, record no. 1027, 3 May 1809, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11593-59020-8?cc=2046915 : accessed 23 March 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1798-1832 > image 250 of 592; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Baptism of Salvatorem Cutrera, 18 April 1835, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PNH-9J?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FMS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351550801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 281 of 327; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Marriage of Salvatoris Cutrera and Maria Carmela Gennaro, record no. 1073, 24 October 1859, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-21468-63?cc=2046915 : accessed 11 March 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1856-1871 > image 85 of 356; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Estratto d'atto di nascita, Leoluca Cutrera, 16 September 1884, "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9971-C32G?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-F68%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352366601 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > Allegati (nati, matrimoni, morti) 1883-1887 > image 1077 of 2998; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
5. ↑ Dash, Mike. The First Family, Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia. Random House, 2009.
6. ↑ Record no. 103. Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-ZLT?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 385 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
7. ↑ Record no. 103. Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-C7T?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 386 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Research Notes

A search for children named Michelangelo, Angela, or Lucia has not been found in the indices covering the years from 1858 to 1880. No children of this couple found in the 1881-84 baptismal index, which is arranged by first initial of last name. Cascio-10 17:05, 24 February 2020 (UTC)