Giuseppe Lagumina (1890 - 1921)

Born 11 Jul 1890 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Biagia Cimino — married 22 Apr 1916 (to 17 May 1921) in New York, New York, United States

Died 17 May 1921 at age 30 in New York, New York, United States

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Biography

Giuseppe Lagumina is born in Corleone on 11 July 1890 and baptized eleven days later, named after his maternal grandfather. He is the son of Vincenzo Lagumina and Giuseppa Rumore. His godfather is the unmarried Antonino Cusimano.^[1]

Giuseppe's aunt by marriage, Leoluchina Armato, age 34 (b. 1871) immigrates on the SS Italia, arriving in New York on 13 November 1905. She accompanies her children, Rosario La Gumina, 16 (b. 1889), Teresa, who appears as Assunta La Gumina, 14 (b. 1891), Augusta La Gumina, 12 (b. 1893), Pasquale La Gumina, 9 (b. 1896), Maria La Gumina, 9 (b. 1896), Antonino La Gumina, 6 (b. 1899), and Francesco La Gumina, 4 (b. 1901). They are going to Leoluchina's uncle Giuseppe Armato at 235 E. 97th St. On the same manifest, Giuseppe La Gumina, 16 (b. 1889), a carpenter, appears. He is going to his uncle Giovanni Rumore, and his brother, whose name I cannot read, at 2089 2nd Ave.^[2]

Richard Warner et al describe Giuseppe Lagumina as an associate of Giuseppe Morello, along with his uncle, Giovanni Rumore.^[3]

Giuseppe marries Biagia Cimino, age 21 (b. 1895) born in Dennison TX, the daughter of Sebastiano Cimino and Rosa Badulato, on 22 April 1916 in Manhattan.^[4]

Biagia's sister, Antonia, is the widow of another known Morello associate, Fortunato lo Monte. After her husband is killed in 1914, Antonina and her children lived with Biagia and Giuseppe.^[3]

Lagumina is denied citizenship because of "immoral character."^[3]

Giuseppe is killed 17 May 1921. ^[3] He is shot in front of 204 E. 107th Street, and dies from bullet wounds of the lung, chest, and abdomen. His death is ruled a homicide.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Joseph Lagumina, record no. 338, 22 July 1890, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-67361-56?cc=2046915 : accessed 12 January 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1889-1895 > image 88 of 427; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Manifest of the SS Italia, arriving 13 November 1905, accessed http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxNzoidDcxNS0wNjQxMDM4MC5qcGciOw==/1 27 May 2016.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} 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.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QX-M4S : 20 March 2015), Rosa Badalato in entry for Giuseppe Lagumina and Biagia Cimino, 22 Apr 1916; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,614,506.
5. ↑ Certificate of death, Joseph Lagumina. (1921, May 17). Record no. 13023. Retrieved from https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/10175044