Giovanni Streva (1866)

Born 17 Aug 1866 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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Biography

Giovanni Streva, agricoltore (gentleman farmer or grain farmer), is the son of Francesco Streva, possidente (landowner) and Donna Giovanna Catalisano, civile (a member of the borghese). He is born out of wedlock on 17 August 1866 in Corleone at his parents' home on via San Leonardo.^[1] His parents marry a year later, in September 1867, thus legitimizing his birth.^[2][3]

In December 1889, Giovanni Vella, a field guard standing for local office, is assassinated. Don Francesco Ortoleva, Vella's political rival, is tried for the murder. In court, Giovanni, a farm manager and brother to Mafia capo Paolo Streva, is one of three men that Ortoleva says killed Giovanni Vella, among other, unnamed associates. The other two men are the infamous mafioso, Giuseppe Morello and Michele Coniglio. Michele is described as an agricultural laborer.^[4]

Giovanni flees to Brazil at some point afterwards. In February 1893, at the age of 26, he marries Dona Ana Clara Costa, a native of Pirai, Brazil, at the Fazenda da Boa Vista (Boa Vista Farm?) in the Sao Joao Marcos district of Rio De Janeiro, where they both reside. Dona Ana's parents are the late Tenente-Coronel (Lieutenant Colonel) Silvino Jose da Costa and the living Dona Maria Isabel Breves Costa.^[5][6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Estratto d'atto di nascita, Giovanni Streva, 27 July 1867, "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97B-Y7QC?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-F38%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352294401 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > image 79 of 1157; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
2. ↑ Marriage of Francisci Streva and Joanna Catalisano, record no. 1880, 23 September 1867, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-19578-33?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1856-1871 > image 235 of 356; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Allegati 1867, Francesco Streva and Giovanna Catalisano, record no. 49, "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997B-Y7WC?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-F38%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352294401 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > image 74 of 1157; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
4. ↑ David Critchley. The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931. Routledge: New York, 2009.
5. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32358-13465-86?cc=2051639 : accessed 4 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1882-1893 > image 2934 of 3063; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
6. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L971-XT2?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-NWL%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352420801 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > Allegati (nati, matrimoni, morti) 1890-1895 > image 411 of 754; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
7. ↑ "Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Registro Civil, 1829-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVM-DWT5 : 9 April 2020), Giovanni Streva and Anna Clara Costa, ; citing p. 32, Rio Claro, Rio Claro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Corregedor Geral da Justicia (Inspector General of Justice Offices), Rio de Janeiro; FHL microfilm 1,615,188.