Francesco Paolo Puccio (abt. 1862 - 1926)

Born about 1862 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Concetta (Cascio) Puccio — married 24 Sep 1883 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Died 7 Apr 1926 at about age 64 in Bronx, New York, New York, United States

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Biography

Francesco Paolo Puccio, son of Nicolo' Puccio and Calogera Colletti, who marry in 1847.^[1] I have estimated that Francesco Paolo is twenty years old when he marries Concetta (b. 1867), for a birth year of 1863.

Francesco Paolo marries Concetta Castro on 24 September 1883. His father has died by this time.^[2]

Francesco Paolo and Concetta have at least two children, Giovanni (1895) and Calogera (1897).

Bernardino Verro, a labor organizer native to Corleone, forms a republican-socialist circle on 7 Feb 1892 with Calogero Milone, Biagio Gennaro, Francesco Puccio, Liborio Termini, Angelo Provenzano, and Francesco Streva, called La Nuova Eta’.^[3] The circle is made up of men with close Mafia connections: Milone and Streva each have at least one mafioso brother. Puccio is the compare of Mariano Colletto, a capo in the local Mafia.

Giovanni is born 13 January 1895 and baptized the next day. His godfather is the unmarried Mariano Colletto.^[4]

Calogera is born 22 March 1897 and baptized eight days later. Her godparents are Luciano Crapisi and Liboria di Palermo, a married couple.^[5]

Francesco (or Frank), a cafe keeper, dies at the age of 64 in the Bronx in April 1926. His wife Concetta survives him. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Nicolai Puccio and Calogera Colletti, record no. 1866, 3 October 1847, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11593-60275-10?cc=2046915 : accessed 5 October 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1832-1856 > image 241 of 443; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Francisco Paulo Puccio and Concepta Castro, record no. 69, 24 September 1883, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-22918-72?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L29:351041801,351041802,351107101 : accessed 15 Sep 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 378 of 535; citing Archivio della Diocesi di Palermo.
3. ↑ Paternostro, D. (1994). L'antimafia sconosciuta Corleone 1893-1993. Palermo: La Zisa, p. 26
4. ↑ Baptism of Joannes Puccio, record no. 29, 14 January 1895, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-67930-37?cc=2046915 : accessed 5 October 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1889-1895 > image 415 of 427; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ Baptism of Calogera Puccio, record no. 162, 30 March 1897, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12350-70520-96?cc=2046915 : accessed 7 November 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1895-1899 > image 152 of 309; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
6. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WGQ-QXX : accessed 12 March 2016), Frank Puccio, 07 Apr 1926; citing Death, Bronx, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,169,159.