Leoluca Riina (1881)

Born 18 Sep 1881 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Leoluca Riina is born 18 September 1881 in Corleone and baptized the next day. He is the son of Leoluca Riina and Calogera Gennaro. His godparents are Francesco Paolo Macaluso and Calogera, his unmarried sister.^[1]

On the Tartar Prince, arriving from Genoa, Italy in New York on 17 October 1898. These passengers from Corleone 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; the two travelers with the same name are first cousins.

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

Tommaso Mangiameli, 25 (b. 1873), single, countryman, going to New Orleans, joining his uncle Leoluca di Bello in ...andosenville

Salvatore Canali, 25 (b. 1873), married, shoemaker, going to New York to join his uncle Leoluca Lo Bello at Madison Ave and 120th St, No. 2059. (Corner of Madison/120th is on SE corner of Marcus Garvey park, called Mount Morris Park 1840-1973) A bracket connects him with Rosa.

Rosa Indelicato, 24 (b. 1874), married, domestic, going to New York (same destination)

Maria Rosa Vetrano, 14 (b. 1884), single, domestic, going to New York to her father Michelangelo Vetrano at 306 109th St

Giuseppe Vetrano, 13 (b. 1885), male, domestic, going to the same destination in New York^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Leonemlucam Riina, 19 September 1881, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-6YW?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SP8%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351280701 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1879-1883 > image 165 of 354; 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.).