Leoluca Riina (1870)

Born 25 Jan 1870 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Leoluca Riina is born 25 January 1870 in Corleone and baptized the next day. He is the son of Bernardo Riina and Grazia Macaluso. His godparents are Rosolino lo Curto and Lucia Riina, a married couple.^[1] Leoluca's godmother is his first cousin.

On the Tartar Prince, arriving from Genoa, Italy in New York on 17 October 1898, there are eleven passengers from Corleone. These three are listed in series:

Leoluca Riina, 28 (b. 1870), single, countryman, going to New Orleans, joining cousin Giacomo Riina in Franklin, Louisiana (in St. Mary Parish)

Leoluca Riina, 17 (b. 1881), single, countryman, going to New Orleans, joining brother Giacomo Riina in Franklin

Vincenzo Riina, 31 (b. 1867), single, countryman, going to New Orleans, joining cousin Giacomo Riina in Franklin^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Leonemlucam Riina, 26 January 1870, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYMQ-YL3?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K66%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351131001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1864-1871 > image 472 of 576; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T4-RSBV-T?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-QWB%3A1600482484 : 26 January 2018), Roll 36, vol 69, 18 Oct 1898 > image 41 of 637; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).