Tommaso Gambino (1867)

Descendants

Biography

Tommaso Gambino, son of Carlo Gambino and Giuseppa D'Aguanno, is born on 22 June 1867 in Zisa, a borgata (district) of the city of Palermo.^[1]

Tommaso marries Felicia Castellana, the daughter of Francesco Paolo Castellana and Caterina Vella, on 3 June 1901 in Palermo.^[2]

They have at least four children: Giuseppa (1901), Carlo (1902), Paolo (1904), and Giuseppe/Joseph (c. 1909).

Giuseppa is born 23 February 1901 in the second official district of the city of Palermo.^[3]

Carlo is born 1 September 1902 in the second official district of the city of Palermo.^[4]

Paolo is born on 20 November 1904 in the second official district of the city of Palermo.^[5]

In a documentary about his sons, it's reported that they were born into a prosperous and mafia-connected family, in a part of the city so thoroughly controlled by the Mafia that police could not enter.^[6]

Carlo is smuggled into the United States in November 1921 through Norfolk, Virginia, on a freighter. His Castellano relatives take him home and groom him for a Mafia career.^[7]

Paolo emigrates in 1925.^[8]

Carlo marries his first cousin, Catherine Castellano, daughter of Joseph Castellano and Concetta Cassata, on 5 December 1926 in Brooklyn.^[9]

Paolo marries another first cousin by the same name, the daughter of Frank Castellano and Provvidenza Guglielmina, in the Bronx on 9 November 1930.^[10]

Giuseppe marries Rosalia Bellici. They have two children when he emigrates in September 1834. Rosalia and their three children---the youngest, three months old---follow in August 1935.^[11][12]

Carlo, Paolo, and Joseph are capos in the same organized crime family in Brooklyn, with Carlo rising to leadership of the Mafia Family known by his name today.^[13]

Carlo dies on 15 October 1976 at age 74.^[14]

Paolo dies in 1973.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Archivio di Stato di Palermo > Stato civile della restaurazione > Palermo > 1866-1875 > Nati, indici decennali. v. 19 n. 97. https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12657/an_ua877230/5x8qdEo Img 268 of 317
2. ↑ Atto di nascita, Felicia Castellana. (1879, May 2). Record no. 1284. "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L971-3WDV?cc=2051639&wc=MCT9-3M9%3A351055601%2C351055602%2C351468501 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Palermo > Nati 1876-1879 > image 1945 of 2912; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
3. ↑ Uff. 2. vol. 427. n. 64. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-Y9SH-V?i=293
4. ↑ Uff. 2. Vol. 450, n. 3255. 10-year index of births in Palermo. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-Y99B-Z
5. ↑ Uff. 2. v. 487, n. 4710. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-Y9QT-L?i=295
6. ↑ Mafia Nation. (2015, September 18). The Gambino Crime Family - Full Documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVjZqdlhipc
7. ↑ Mafia Nation. (2015, September 18). The Gambino Crime Family - Full Documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVjZqdlhipc
8. ↑ Feather, B. (2017, November 11). Gambino Family membership chart 1930-50's. Mafia Membership Charts. http://mafiamembershipcharts.blogspot.com/2017/11/gambino-family-membership-chart-1930-50s.html
9. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C6-X1Z7 : 17 August 2022), Carlo Gambino and Catherine Castellano, 1926.
10. ↑ Certificate and record of marriage, Paolo Gambino and Catherine Castellano. (1930, November 9). Cert no. 8507. Bronx. DORIS. https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/9582429
11. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95Z1-2TT?cc=1923888&wc=MFK9-6WL%3A1029981201 : 2 October 2015), 5558 - vol 11962-11963, Oct 4, 1935 > image 264 of 812; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95DT-SQ6K?cc=1923888&wc=MFKS-G38%3A1030025201 : 21 May 2014), 5686 - vol 12233-12334, Aug 13, 1936 > image 436 of 743; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Feather, B. (2016, February 12). Bios. of early Gambino members [1930-50’s]. Mafia Membership Charts [Website]. http://mafiamembershipcharts.blogspot.com/2016/02/bios-of-early-gambino-members-1930-50s.html
14. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPC3-FYD : 7 January 2021), Carlo Gambino, Oct 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).