Calogero Morello (1892 - 1912)

Born 25 Nov 1892 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1912 at age 19 in New York, New York, United States

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Biography

Calogero Morello was born in Corleone on 25 November 1892 at his parents' home on via Piazza, the son of peasants Giuseppe Morello and Maria Rosa Marsalisi. He was baptized on 10 December and was named after his paternal grandfather. His godfather was the unmarried Antonino Rizzotto.^[1] His birth was reported by Carmela Cerniglia, the midwife, as Giuseppe had immigrated to America shortly before his birth.^[2]

When Calogero was two months old, he and his mother immigrated with the family of Giuseppe's mother and stepfather.^[3]

The family lived first in New York, then moved to Louisiana, and then to Texas, where members of the family contracted malaria.

Maria Rosa died in 1897 in Corleone. The cause of her death is not known.

Open issue: Calogero is sometimes reported to have died in Texas, and a brother with the same name born. In 1910, Calogero, called Charles, appears in the census with his grandmother and extended family. His reported age is fifteen, placing his birth in Texas in 1895.

In the 1910 Census, Angela Morello, age 60, lived in Manhattan, Ward 12, with her daughter, Dora (Salvatrice), 28, son-in-law Nazzio Lupo, 31, granddaughters Nufria, 4, and Angelina, 2, Rocco Lupo, her grandson, born that year, her son Joe Morello, age 42, daughter in law Lena Morello, 26, grandson Charles, 15 (b. 1895), who according to this record was born in Texas, granddaughters Angelina, 5, and Carmela, 1, son Vincent Terranova, 23, and daughter Rose Terranova, 17. Nufria, Angelina, and Rocco Lupo, and Angelina and Carmela Morello, were all born in New York. Angelina and her children and in-laws were all born in Italy.^[4]

Calogero was killed in a gunfight in Harlem on 16 April 1912.^[5] He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Calogerus Morello, record no. 555,10 December 1892, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-68726-19?cc=2046915 : accessed 9 February 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1889-1895 > image 243 of 427; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32358-14664-33?cc=2051639 : accessed 10 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1882-1893 > image 2426 of 3063; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
3. ↑ Ship manifest, SS Alsatia, arriving 8 March 1893. Accessed online 31 January 2016.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5ZC-TD4 : 29 October 2015), Rocco Lupo in household of Angela Morello, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 345, sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,028.
5. ↑ Hunt, Thomas. "Sinistro: The Underworld Career of Giuseppe Morello (1867-1930)." Accessed online 9 February 2016. Hunt cites "Three gunmen fight until all are down," New York Times, April 17, 1912, p. 24; Flynn, William, Daily Report, April 30, 1912, Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service Daily Reports, R.G. No. 87, Vol. 35, NARA.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35407917
7. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL1S-3FYP : 27 August 2018), Caloggero Morello, died 17 Apr 1912; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Calvary Cemetery (Third), Woodside, Queens County, New York, United States.