Leoluca Patti (1832)

Born 22 Jan 1832 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Husband of Luigia Streva — married 25 Oct 1853 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Descendants

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Biography

Leoluca Patti is born and baptized on 22 January 1832 in Corleone. He is the son of Giuseppe Patti and Giuseppa Maria Sciortino. His godparents are Leoluca and Giuseppa Terrusa, a married couple.^[1] He is named after his paternal grandfather.

Leoluca marries Luigia Streva, daughter of Giuseppe Streva and Liboria Sanzone, on 23 October 1853.^[2]

Leoluca and Luigia have at least four children: Maria Giuseppa (1854), Liboria (1857), Angela (1859), and Giuseppe (1861).

Maria Giuseppa is born and baptized 8 December 1854. Her godparents are Antonino Cutrera (who is Leoluca's first cousin) and Carmela Gaglianello, a married couple.^[3]

Liboria is born and baptized on 7 April 1857 in Corleone. Her godparents are Francesco Streva and Emmanuela Grizzaffi, a married couple.^[4]

Angela is born in January 1859 in Corleone. Her godparents are Giovanni Scalisi and Antonia di Palermo, a married couple. She marries Mariano Profita about 1881 in Corleone. ^[5]

Giuseppe is born 27 February 1861 in Corleone and baptized the next day. His godparents are Simone Provenzano and Carmela Provenzano, a married couple.^[6] He shares his name with both of his grandfathers.

Luca has a younger first cousin of the same name who is born in 1865.

According to a deposition sent to the sub-prefect of Termini in May 1884, Luca Patti, son of Giuseppe, gabellotto of the ex-feudo Pirrello, is the primary Mafia contact in Corleone for a cattle rustling ring that extends to Mezzojuso and the port of Termini.^[7]

In November 1884, Luca's son, Giuseppe, age 24 (b. 1860), marries Maria Cutrera. Third degree consanguinity is discovered and a dispensation granted for this marriage.^[8]

Luca's is the first Mafia gang to be known as the Fratuzzi in Corleone. Salvatore Cutrera is his challenger and takes control of the Mafia in Corleone briefly, in 1889.^[9]

In 1891, Luca's brother-in-law, Bernardo Sabella, emigrates to New Orleans. In 1900, Bernardo escorts the wife of his "brother-in-law" Andrea Oliveri to New York City. Andrea is the brother-in-law of one of Bernardo's cousins, a mafioso, and the father-in-law of Mafia boss Tommy Reina.

In 1898, Luca's first cousin of the same name emigrates to Patterson, Louisiana, where he is joined, five years later, by a brother and a brother-in-law.

In 1969, three children of Luca's niece, Giuseppa, are defendants in the Mafia trial at Bari.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Leonemlucam Patti. (1832, January 22). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PNZ-GZ?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FMS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351550801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1827-1836 > image 200 of 327; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Leonisluca Patti and Aloysia Streva, record no. 449, 23 October 1853, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT6S-4KR?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-VZS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351561801 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1832-1856 > image 406 of 443; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Baptism of Mariam Josepham Patti. (1854, December 8). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4K7-ZLL?cc=2046915&wc=MG3Q-VZS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351495001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1853-1858 > image 187 of 405; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Baptism of Liboriam Patti. (1857, April 7). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4K7-CP3?cc=2046915&wc=MG3Q-VZS%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351495001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1853-1858 > image 335 of 405; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159315-41942-77?cc=2046915 : accessed 5 March 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Documenti matrimoniali 1880-1897 > image 42 of 372; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
6. ↑ Baptism of Josephum Patti. (1861, February 28). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYM7-S19?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K68%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351125301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1858-1863 > image 237 of 388; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
7. ↑ Hess, H. (1998). Mafia & Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth. (E. Osers, Trans.). London: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. (Original work published 1973)
8. ↑ Marriage of Joseph Patti and Maria Cutrera. (1884, November 29). Record no. 118. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDJ-W4?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L29%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351107101 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 435 of 535; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
9. ↑ Dash, Mike. The First Family, Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia. Random House, 2009.