Pietro Sorisi (abt. 1874)

Born about 1874 in Borgetto, Palermo, Italy

Descendants

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Biography

Pietro Sorisi and Giuseppa Costanza are a married couple from Borgetto, living in Corleone.

Pietro and Giuseppa have ten known children, five boys and five girls^[1]: Maria Grazia (c. 1894), Giuseppe (c. 1902), Francesco Paolo (1909), Concetto (1914), Antonino (c. 1914), Leoluchina (1919), Pietro, and three other girls whose names are not yet known.

I estimate Maria Grazia is 20 years old when her son, Ludovico, is born. She is married to Pio Benigno.

I estimate that Giuseppe and Antonino are each around 20 years old when they marry.

Concetto is born on 7 December 1914 in Corleone. (Personal communication, Crook, C-M., 9 March 2019. Cascio-10 15:32, 13 March 2019 (UTC))

Francesco Paolo is baptized 14 November 1909.^[2] His godparents are Giuseppe Marino and Giuseppa Caruso, a married couple.^[3]

Leoluchina is born 19 February 1919.

Giuseppe marries Paolina Sanfilippo Alletto on 30 April 1922. This record gives his birthplace as Borgetto.^[4]

Antonino marries Antonietta L'Ala on 11 February 1934.^[5]

Concetto marries Carmelina Milazzo (b. 10 May 1913 in Prizzi, d. 12 April 2008, per Personal communication, Crook, C-M., 9 March 2019. Cascio-10 15:32, 13 March 2019 (UTC)) on 19 September 1940.^[6]

Francesco Paolo marries Giovanna Gariffo on 25 November 1950.^[7]

Concetto and Carmeline emigrate to England on 3 January 1956. (Personal communication, Crook, C-M., 9 March 2019. Cascio-10 15:32, 13 March 2019 (UTC))

Pietro is charged in the Trial of the 114 in 1967.^[8]

Leoluchina is arrested in 1964 for hiding the fugitive, Luciano Leggio. She serves two years in a convent before her conviction is annulled.

Concetto dies on 4 September 1981. (Personal communication, Crook, C-M., 9 March 2019. Cascio-10 15:32, 13 March 2019 (UTC))

Leoluchina dies in the hospital in Corleone on 23 October 2011 at the age of 92.

Sources

1. ↑ Thom L.Jones. "La Primula Rossa: The story of Luciano Leggio (Part 1)." Accessed http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/la-primula-rossa-the-story-of 30 September 2015.
2. ↑ #396, p. 425. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-110658-36?cc=2046915 : accessed 13 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Battesimi) 1905-1924 > image 131 of 139; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12350-69424-32?cc=2046915 : accessed 13 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1906-1911 > image 342 of 437; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Marriage of Joseph Sorise and Paulina Sanfilippo Alletto, record no. 49, 30 April 1922, Index, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-171420-64?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 55 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ #11. Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-169408-71?cc=2046915 : accessed 13 June 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 291 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
6. ↑ Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-168581-61?cc=2046915 : accessed 13 June 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 292 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
7. ↑ #73. Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-169620-61?cc=2046915 : accessed 13 June 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 294 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
8. ↑ Senato della Repubbblica VII Leglislatura. Documentazione allegata alla relazione conclusiva della commissione parlamentare d'inchiesta sul fenomeno della mafia in Sicilia. P. 193. Accessed http://legislature.camera.it/_dati/leg08/lavori/stampati/pdf/023_001011.pdf 13 May 2016.