Giuseppa Lanza (abt. 1863)

Born about 1863 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Salvatore Trombaturi — married 13 Apr 1896 (to before 1906) in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Wife of Calogero Gagliano — married 18 Oct 1906 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

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Biography

Giuseppa Lanza is a Corleone native resident, the daughter of Bernardo Lanza and Nunzia Baldassare, who married in 1858. Giuseppa is named after her paternal grandmother.

Giuseppa marries at least twice, first to Salvatore Trombaturi, son of the late Giuseppe Trombaturi and Stefana Campagna, on 13 April 1896.^[1]

She remarries to Calogero Gagliano on 18 October 1906. By this time, her parents have died.^[2] Calogero and his older brother, Angelo, are named in a list of active leadership in the mafia in Corleone around 1900.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Salvator Trumbaturi and Josepha Lanza, record no. 27, 13 April 1896, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-13453-93?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1888-1902 > image 262 of 445; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Calogerus Gagliano and Josepha Lanza, record no. 89, 18 October 1906, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-170853-81?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1903-1911 > image 148 of 284; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ «Fratuzzi», antenati di Liggio e Riina, La Sicilia, August 8, 2004. Accessed online 16 November 2014.