Giuseppe Antonio Palumbo (abt. 1774 - bef. 1834)

Born about 1774 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Husband of Pietra Agata Maida — married 27 Sep 1796 (to before 1834) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Died before 1834 before about age 60 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

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Biography

Giuseppe Palumbo is a Corleone resident who I estimate is born around 1774, the same year as his wife, based on her given age in 1834. He is the son of Giovanni Palumbo and Maria Cutraro.

Giuseppe marries Pietra Agata Maida 27 September 1796. His parents are both still living at this time.

Giuseppe and Pietra have at least six known children: Giovanni (1797), Bernardo (1802), Giuseppe (c. 1805), Antonio (1808), Maria (c. 1812), and Vincenzo (c. 1817).

Giovanni is born and baptized on 13 October 1797 in Corleone. His godparents are Bernardo Saporito, who is unmarried, and Maria Savona, wife of Calogero.^[1] He is named after his paternal grandfather.

Bernardo is born and baptized 19 September 1802. His godparents are Felice and Giovanna Restivo, son and mother. Maestro Felice Ristivo is one of his neighbors in 1834.

Giuseppe is born around 1805, based on his reported age in the 1811 census. He is named after his maternal grandfather.

Antonino is born and baptized 18 December 1808. Antonino's godparents are Luciano and Maria Jannazzo, a married couple. Luciano and Maria's sons, Paolo and Biagio, will be part of the same criminal gang as Bernardo and Antonino. They are all associates of "the abductor," Giuseppe "Rapanzino" Castro. In police records, Antonino is described as having an oval face with pocks and a scar on his chin, "cerulean" blue eyes, short stature, "regular" physique, and chestnut hair.

The Maida and Palumbo families are neighbors in the 1811 census:

Giuseppe Maida, 47 (b. 1764), heads a household with his wife, Gaetana, 41 (b. 1770), and children Giuseppe, 18 (b. 1793), Antonio, 12 (b. 1799), and Calogera, 9 (b. 1802).

Giuseppe Antonio Palumbo, 38 (b. 1773), heads a household with his wife, Pietra Agata, 24 (b. 1787), and children Giovanni, 16 (b. 1795), Bernardo, 9 (b. 1802), Giuseppe, 6 (b. 1805), and Antonio, 3 (b. 1808).^[2]

Maria is born around 1812, based on her age in the 1834 census.

Vincenzo's birth year of 1817 is based on his reported age in the 1834 census, and at his death.

By 1834, Rapanzino and at least one other associate are named as murderers by the governor, and may be killed by anyone with impunity.

The Church census, the stato delle anime, is usually compiled early in the year. In 1834, Giuseppe has died. His widow, Pietra Agata Palumbo, 60 (b. 1774), lives with her children Maria, 22 (b. 1812), Vincenzo, 17 (b. 1817), Bernardo, 32, and Antonio, 24, in the strada di Maestro Paolo Gallo. One of their close neighbors is Paolo Jannazzo.^[3]

Bernardo and Antonino are guillotined in Palermo in December 1835, according to eyewitnesses. However, their deaths are not recorded, and they may have escaped to Tunis.

Most of the Rapanzino gang escape justice that winter. On 17 March 1836, a bounty is placed on the lives of thirteen remaining members, including brothers Paolo and Biagio Jannazzo.

On 8 July 1836, Rapanzino and another band member, Leoluca Mondello, are killed. By this time, most of the bandits have been captured or killed.

In the summer of 1837, cholera reaches Corleone through Palermo. An insurrection against the Bourbon king creates (or makes use of) a rumor that the king is poisoning Sicilians through their foodstuffs, and that this is the cause of the cholera.

An account of the insurrection of 1837 appears in the publication of a Sicilian historical society. A battalion commanded by Roberto De Sauget is sent to Corleone, where they execute a number of men in the public square, among them Vincenzo Palumbo.^[4] Colletto gives a similar account that names some of the same men as the aggressors among the mob, but does not name Palumbo.^[5]

According to the Church record of his death, Vincenzo is killed 19 August 1837. He is 20 years old (b. 1817).^[6]

Maria marries Vincenzo Streva on 23 October 1837.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Joannes Palumbo. (1797, October 13). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYLW-14Q?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-16D%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351534401 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1791-1801 > image 247 of 472; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YMX3-C86?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-VZ9%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351646301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1811-1818 > image 23 of 516; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Family of Pietra Agata Palumbo, 1834 stato delle anime, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-93908-69?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-GP6:351041801,351041802,351652301 : accessed 4 September 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1834-1843 > image 39 of 357; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ "Archivio storico siciliano, Volume 14," accessed online 23 April 2016. Pubblicazione Periodica della Societa Siciliana per la Storia Patria. Nuova Serie, Anno XIV. (Palermo: Tipografia dello "Statuto", 1889.)
5. ↑ Giovanni Colletto. Storia Della Citta di Corleone (Siracusa: Tip. Littoriale, 1934.)
6. ↑ Death of Vincentius Palumbo, record no. 1887, 19 August 1837, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11555-101901-78?cc=2046915 : accessed 23 April 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1837-1843 > image 95 of 194; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
7. ↑ Marriage of Vincentii Streva and Maria Palumbo, record no. 531, 23 October 1837, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11593-64751-75?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1832-1856 > image 110 of 443; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Marriage of Josephi Palumbo and Petra Maiida, record no. 1351, 27 September 1796

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11593-64755-71?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-VZ3:351041801,351041802,351559801 : accessed 6 September 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1783-1797 > image 289 of 328; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Baptism of Bernardo Palumbo, 19 September 1802

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11631-189448-78?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-16X:351041801,351041802,351536301 : accessed 6 August 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1801-1804 > image 56 of 101; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Baptism of Antoninu Palumbo, 18 December 1808

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12406-9710-67?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FM9:351041801,351041802,351539001 : accessed 6 August 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1806-1818 > image 151 of 567; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Real Segreteria di Stato presso il Luogotenente Generale in Sicilia Ripartimento Polizia Repertorio anno 1836. Available online at http://archiviodistatodipalermo.it/files/inventari/file/1263903377anno1836.pdf. Accessed online 6 August 2015.

Giuseppe Antonio Palumbo has Italian Roots.

Research Notes

Although the prevalent naming traditions in Corleone strongly suggest Giuseppe and Maria would name their first son Giovanni, after Giuseppe's father, a thorough review of the baptismal indices 1791-1818 does not reveal a son by this name was baptized in Corleone in those years. Cascio-10 15:53, 19 March 2020 (UTC)