Giuseppe La Sala (abt. 1889)

Born about 10 Nov 1889 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Giuseppe la Sala is baptized 10 November 1889 in Corleone, the son of Francesco la Sala and Domenica Guidera.^[1]

According to the 1910 census, Francesco, Domenica, and at least four of their children---Domenico, Joseph, Frances, and Isidore---immigrated in 1895 to New York.

Richard Warner and his co-authors have identified Giuseppe's brother Stefano as a member of Giuseppe Morello's gang in New York City.^[2]

In 1910, Francesco, 60, his wife Domenica, 49, and their children live in the Bronx. According to this census, they have been married for 30 years (m. 1880). The children at home are Domenico, 25, Joseph, 20, Frances, 17, Isidore, 14, Anthony, 12, Jerome, 10, and Peter, 8. The three youngest children were born in New York. The older children and parents immigrated in 1895. Francesco is a builder, and his oldest son, Domenico, son is a masonry contractor. Vita does not appear in this census.

Next door to the La Sala family are the Guidera household, headed by Rosile (Rosalia), a 70 year old widow, with her children Rose, 15, Angelina, 10, Rose, 9 (yes, two Roses), and Jacob, 11. Her children were all born in New York. The oldest daughter is an embroiderer. None of the others have employment.^[3] Rosalia is Domenica's mother.

Note: There is at least one other Joseph La Sala born in Italy in 1889, living in the US, based on this WWI draft card for one born in Atripalda^[4] and census records of a Joseph la Sala married to a Jennie. This Joseph's immigration date of 1906 is not a match.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ #542, Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT77-X1D?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-DPX%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351551801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 64 of 95; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Warner, Richard, Angelo Santino, and Lennert Van 't Riet. "The Early New York Mafia: An Alternative Theory." The Informer: May 2014. Accessed online 11 January 2016.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39X-71L : accessed 18 February 2017), Francesco La Sala, Bronx Assembly District 34, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1578, sheet 21A, family 334, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1002; FHL microfilm 1,375,015.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXYY-L3M : 12 December 2014), Joseph Lasala, 1917-1918; citing New York City no 96, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,765,678.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4JP-F9K : accessed 19 February 2017), Joseph La Sala, Brooklyn (Districts 1251-1500), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1390, sheet 9A, line 8, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1523; FHL microfilm 2,341,258.