Born about in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
Ancestors 
Son of Francesco Riina
and Ninfa Cicirello
Brother of
Giacomo Riina, Salvatore Riina, Salvatore Riina, Lucia Riina, Calogero Riina and Biagio Riina
Husband of
Domenica (Governali) Reno
— married
19 Sep 1875 in San Martino, Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Husband of
Maria (Falco) Ribaudo
— married
15 Mar 1909 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 65
in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Giuseppe Riina is a Corleone native, the son of Francesco Riina and Ninfa Cicirello.
Giuseppe marries at least twice, first to Domenica Governali, daughter of Giuseppe Governali and Rosalia Macaluso, on 19 September 1875 in Corleone.[1]
Giuseppe and Domenica have at least three children: Ninfa (c. 1878), Giuseppe (c. 1890), and Angelo/John (1893).
Ninfa marries Leoluca (Louis) Zangara on 10 November 1898 in Manhattan.[2]
Giuseppe remarries in Manhattan to Maria Falco Ribaudo, a widow from Nicosia, Catania, on 15 March 1909. She is the daughter of Vincenzo and Francesca Ferrara.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage of Josephi Riina and Dominica Governali. (1875, September 19). Record no. 475. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDN-7W?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L29%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351107101 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 132 of 535; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
- ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZF-F56 : accessed 16 March 2016), Leoluca Zangara and Ninfa Reina, 10 Nov 1898; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,504,034.
- ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24H8-HS6 : accessed 18 March 2016), Giuseppe Reina and Maria Falco Ribaudo, 15 Mar 1909; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,439,689.
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