Gioachino Lima (1870 - abt. 1924)

Born 21 Mar 1870 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Morello) Lima — married before 17 Sep 1893 (to before 1922) in New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

Died about 1924 at about age 53 in California, United States

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Biography

Gioachino Lima is born and baptized 21 March 1870 in Corleone. He is the son of Vincenzo Lima and Margherita la Barba, named after his paternal grandfather. His godparents are Carmelo la Barba and Domenica Moscato, who are both unmarried.^[1] There is a Domenica Moscato who marries Giovanni la Barba, son of Carmelo, in 1925. Their relationship to Gioachino's godparents is not known.

Gioachino (b. 1870 - d. 1922) is a cart driver. He vanishes from Corleone in 1892 when an arrest warrant is issued for him for the death of Antonino Di Miceli.^[2][3]

Gioachino marries Maria Morello, Giuseppe Morello's sister, on 17 September 1893 at the Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine on E. 115th St.^[4]

Gioachino and Maria have six known children: two daughters named Margherita/Margaret (1895 and 1898), Vincenzo/Vincent (1902), two daughters named Angela Giovanna (1900 and 1904), and Calogero/Carlo (1907).

Maria and Gioachino stand as godparents in New York on 1 July 1899 to Giuseppe Leoluca Gensardi.^[5]

In December 1899, Gioachino's married sister and her family join him at at 337 E. 106th St. His brother-in-law, Casimiro Ruffino, is also a carter.^[6]

In the 1905 New York state census, taken 1 June, Giacomo Lima, 33 (b. 1872), a plasterer, heads a household at 329 East 106th St in New York with his wife Maria, 29 (b. 1876), and children Margaret, 7 (b. 1898), Vincent, 2.5 (b. 1902), and Angelina, 9 months (b. 1904). Giacomo and his wife were born in Italy, and their children in the US.^[7]

Lima is also a suspect in the shooting of American police detective Joseph Petrosino, in Palermo, in 1909.^[2]

Gioachino becomes a naturalized citizen on 13 November 1911. He is 41 years old (b. 1870). He lives at with his wife, Maria, 39 (b. 1872), and children Margherita, 13, yrs (b. 1898), Vincenzo, 8 yrs (b. 1903), Angelina, 6 yrs (b. 1905), and Calagero, 4 yrs (b. 1906), at 216 East 105th St. in New York City.^[8]

Gioachino dies in 1922 in California.^[2], according to end note 125, however, elsewhere in his book, Critchley writes that after Giuseppe Morello's death in 1930, his widow, Lena Salemi, initially lives with her sister-in-law Marie Morello’s husband Gioacchino Lima in New York City (p. 52).

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Joachim Lima. (1870, March 21). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYM7-7YC?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K66%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351131001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1864-1871 > image 481 of 576; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Critchley, David. The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931. Routledge: New York, 2009.
3. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Morello crime family. Accessed 17 November 2014.
4. ↑ Marriage of Gioacchino Lima and Marietta Morello. (1893, September 17). Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine, E. 115th St., New York. Image of original certificate in Italian, received 21 April 2020 from Vivian Lima Spae.
5. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12350-70351-97?cc=2046915 : accessed 22 November 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1895-1899 > image 309 of 309; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
6. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-NS4J-R?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-QG2%3A1600492327 : 26 January 2018), Roll 99, vol 166, 2 Jan 1900 > image 436 of 486; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSR9-GSZ?cc=1463113&wc=WHBW-LZF%3A42719801%2C43004401%2C44869201 : 22 September 2016), New York > Manhattan > A.D. 32, E.D. 21 > image 66 of 78; county offices, New York.
8. ↑ Certificate of Naturalization No. 222814. Petition Volume 43, page 169, Sub Volume 8927, p. 14. Image of original certificate received 21 April 2020 from Vivian Lima Spae.