Vincenzo Gagliano (1875 - 1931)

Born 30 Nov 1875 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Marianna Ortoleva — married 20 Nov 1894 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1931 at age 55 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

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Biography

Vincenzo Gagliano is born 30 November 1875 and baptized the next day. He is the son of Bernardo Gagliano and Ignazia Serra. His godparents are Giuseppe Cerniglio and Angela Serra, a married couple.^[1]

Vincenzo Gagliano, falegname (carpenter), marries for the first time at the age of 18 to Marianna Ortoleva, civile (landowner), in November 1894 in Corleone.^[2]

Vincenzo and Marianna have nine known children: Ignazia/Lizzie/Nancy (1895), Bernardo/Benjamin/Bennie/Bino (1898), Leoluca/Louis/Lewis (1899), Giuseppe/Joseph/Joe (1903), two daughters named Mamie (c. 1908/c. 1918), Lizzie (c. 1910), Angelo (c. 1916), and Tessie (c. 1920).

Ignazia is born 21 December 1895 in Corleone.

Bernardo, later called Benjamin, is born 23 January 1898 in Corleone.

Leoluca, also called Louis, is born 3 November 1899 in Corleone.

Giuseppe is born 18 February 1903 in Corleone and baptized two days later. His godparents are Giuseppe di Nino and Bernarda Pomilla, a married couple.^[3]

On the SS Sicilian Prince sailing from Palermo on 5 December 1905 and arriving in New York City on 21 December:

1. Vincenzo Gagliano, 29 (b. 1876), married laborer, is connected with a bracket to lines 2-7. He paid passage for them all. They are going to New York, joining brother Angelo at 2046 2nd Av. Written above this more legibly is the address 240 E. 107th St. They are all in good health.

2. Marianna Ortoleva, wife, 28 (b. 1877), joining her brother-in-law as above

3. Bernardo Gagliano, 7 (b. 1898)

4. Leoluca Gagliano, 5 (b. 1899)

5. Giuseppe Gagliano, 2 (b. 1903)

6. Carmela Gagliano, eleven months (b. Jan 1905)^[4]

Vincenzo's brother, Angelo, is the employer of Jack Dragna in New York City.^[5]

In the 1910 New York City directory, Vincenzo Gagliano, living at 219 E. 107th, is listed as a plasterer.^[6]

In the 1910 federal census, Vincent Gagliano (“Lalialia”), 32 (b. 1878), heads a household at 219 E. 107th St., a match for his entry in the NYC directory, with his wife, Marian, 29 (b. 1881), and children Lizzie, 17 (b. 1893), Bennie, 13 (b. 1897), Louis, 10 (b. 1900), Joe, 9 (b. 1901), and Mamie, 2 (b. 1908). They have been married 18 years (since 1892). Marian has had six children, five living (all at home). Except for Mamie, the family were all born in Italy. They immigrated in 1905. Vincent is a plasterer in the building industry. Marian is a willower (a textile worker), working from home.^[7]

In the 1915 New York State census of AD 28, ED 2, taken 1 June, Vincenzo Gagliano heads a household at 222 East 107th St. He is 37 (b. 1878), a plasterer, born in Italy. His wife Marianna is 36 (b. 1879), born in Italy. She and the eldest daughter Nancy, 19 (b. 1896), also born in Italy, both do housework. Also at home are Bino, 18 (b. 1897), a plasterer, Deluca, 15 (b. 1900), in school, Joseph, 13 (b. 1902), ditto, all born in Italy, and the younger children born in the US are Mamie, 7 (b. 1908), and Lizzie, 5 (b. 1910), both in school. The family has been in the US for 10 years (since 1905).^[8]

Vincenzo Gagliano registers for the draft for WWI on 12 September 1918. He lives at 222 E. 107, New York City. He is 42 years old, born on 30 November 1875 in Sicily, Italy. He has declared his intention to become a US citizen. He works on his own account as a plasterer: he gives “V. Gagliano” and his home address for his employer’s information. His nearest relative is his wife, Mary Ortoleva, at the same address. Vincenzo is of medium height and build with brown (“B”) eyes and hair.^[9]

In the 1920 federal census of Manhattan taken 14 January, Vincent Gagliano, 60 (b. 1860---he is only 45), heads a household at 222 East 107th St. He and his Italian born family members immigrated in 1901, except for Joseph, who came in 1902. Vincent’s wife is Mary, 55 (b. 1865---she is only about 44). The children at home are Benny, 22 (b. 1898), who became naturalized in 1912 along with his father; Lewis, 20 (b. 1900), Joseph, 18 (b. 1902). The New York born children are Lizzie, 11 (b. 1909), Angelo, 5 (b. 1915), Mamie, 2 (b. 1918) (and on the next page) Nancy, 24 (b. 1896), born in Italy and immigrated in 1907, who is married, and two grandchildren: Charles, 3 (b. 1917), and Vincent, three months (b. Oct 1919), both born in NY. Vincent is a building contractor. So is Benny. Lewis and Joseph are plasterers in the building industry.^[10]

Vincenzo Gagliano lives at 222 E. 106th St., Manhattan, in 1924; in the 23rd ED.^[11]

In the 1925 New York City directory, Vincent Gagliano, a plasterer, resides at 222 E. 107th St.. ^[12]

In the 1925 New York State census of AD 18 ED 23, taken 1 June, Vincenzo Gagliano, age 47 (b. 1878), born in Italy, heads a household at 222 E. 107th St. He and his family have been in the US for 20 years (since 1905) and became US citizens in May 1919 in Superior Court. Vincenzo is a contractor. His wife, “Marana,” 45 (b. 1880), born in Italy, is a housewife. Children at home are Benny, 26 (b. 1899), a plasterer, born in Italy, Joseph, 23 (b. 1902), born in Italy, a salesman, Angelo, 9 (b. 1916), born in the US, in school, Mamie, 6 (b. 1919), ditto, and Tessie, 5 (b. 1920), ditto.^[13]

In the 1930 federal census of the 18th AD of NYC, taken 7 April, Vincent Gagliano heads a household at 213 East 107th St. He is 52, married at 17 to Mary, who is 50 and married at 15. They and their son Benjamin are all born in Italy and came in 1902. The younger children were born in New York. Benjamin is 32, Joseph, 28, Angelo, 13, Mamie, 11. Vincent is a store grocer working on his own account. He and his family are naturalized citizens. Mary is a grocer in the store as well. Benjamin and Joseph are building plasterers.^[14]

Death of Vincent

He dies at the age of 55 in Manhattan on 13 January 1931.^[15] His occupation is listed as plastering contractor. His wife's name is reported as "Rosina Gagliano." (His parents' names are correctly reported, and his DOB is ten days off from his baptismal record. Vincenzo's brother, Francesco, is married to Rosina Colletti.) Vincenzo is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. His address at the time of his death is listed as 222 East 107th Street in Manhattan.^[16]

In 1946, Joseph is called the ringleader of one of the largest narcotics trafficking operations on the East Coast. He dies by suicide in his jail cell in 1947.

Carmela “Nancy” Gagliano (b. 1904) is married to Antonio Cardinale.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Vincentium Gagliano, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-133857-16?cc=2046915 : accessed 28 April 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 292 of 419; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-32361-4738-8?cc=2051639 : accessed 1 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1893-1895 > image 360 of 743; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
3. ↑ Baptism of Joseph Gagliano. (1903, February 20). Record no. 80. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6L2S-GGF?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-ZNL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351305401 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1899-1905 > image 265 of 457; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Year: 1905; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 0651; Line: 1; Page Number: 97 Ship or Roll Number: Roll 0651
5. ↑ Feather, B. (2016). Bios of early Lucchese members. Retrieved from http://mafiamembershipcharts.blogspot.com/2016/01/bios-of-early-lucchese-members_5.html
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVJ-JSX?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-LBG%3A133641301%2C133751301%2C143128001%2C1589091773 : 24 June 2017), New York > New York > Manhattan Ward 12 > ED 338 > image 31 of 50; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 02; Assembly District: 28; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 60 Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
9. ↑ Registration State: New York; Registration County: New York; Roll: 1786852; Draft Board: 160 Draft Card: G Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
10. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 18, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1219; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 1263 Enumeration District: 1263; Description: Manhattan borough Assembly District 18, Tract 170 (part) bounded by E 107th, 2nd Ave, E 106th, 3rd Ave
11. ↑ P. 11. Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Voter List, 1924 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
13. ↑ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 23; Assembly District: 18; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 90
14. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0820; FHL microfilm: 2341306 District: 0820; Description: MANHATTAN BOROUGH, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 18 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) E. 108TH; (E) 2D AVE.; (S) E. 107TH; (W) 3D AVE.
15. ↑ Certificate No. 1540. Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
16. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WV5-QN5 : accessed 1 March 2016), Vinenzo Gagliano, 13 Jan 1931; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,058,014.
17. ↑ Critchley, D. (2009). The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931. New York: Routledge. P. 90.