Salvatrice Terranova (1880 - 1964)

Born 30 Jul 1880 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Ignazio Lupo — married 23 Dec 1903 in New York, New York, United States

Died 17 May 1964 at age 83 in Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Salvatrice Terranova migrated from Italy to USA.

Salvatrice Terranova, known as Dora, is born 30 July 1880 in Corleone, the daughter of Bernardo Terranova and Angelina Piazza. According to the handwritten note from the municipal worker who fulfilled Vivian Lima's request, Salvatrice was born in the vicolo dei Cortile, #2.^[1] Her father is a member of the local mafia in Corleone.

Salvatrice, her parents, and siblings immigrate to New York, meeting her older half brother Giuseppe Morello, who arrived six months earlier.

Bernardo Terranova, age 40, his wife Angela Piazza, 44, and children Lucia, 16, Salvatrice, 12, Vincenzo, 7, Ciro, 6, and Nicolo', 3, immigrate together on the SS Alsatia from Naples, arriving in New York 8 March 1893. Bernardo is listed as a laborer, and literate: his wife and children are not. Unlike almost everyone else they travel with, who have one or two pieces of luggage with them, the Terranovas have sixteen bags with them. Bernardo has six, Angela has four, Lucia, two, and each of the younger children has a piece of luggage.^[2]

In the 1900 federal census of Manhattan, taken 12 June, Bernardo Terranova, 43, born in December 1856 (actually in July 1847), heads a household at 329 East 106th Street with his wife of 26 years, Angelina, 41, born in October 1858 (actually, May 1848). She has had 6 children, all living (actually 9). At home are Lizzie (actually Lucia), 22, born in December 1877 (born in Jan 1876); Teresa (actually Salvatrice), 17, born in April 1883 (actually in July 1880); James, 14, born in May 1886 (born in 1885); Jeremiah ( Ciro), 12, born in April 1888 (born July 1887); Nicholas, 10, born in February 1890 (Jan 1890); and [Terranova-35|Rosy]], 7, born in December 1892 (Aug 1892). Bernardo, Angelina, and their four oldest children were born in Italy and the two youngest were born in New York. They emigrated in 1890. Bernardo is a day laborer. Lizzie and Teresa are cigar makers. The next three children are in school.^[3]

Salvatrice marries Ignazio "The Wolf" Lupo on December 23, 1903.^[4] Lupo is a Mafia gang leader born in Palermo and with ties to the Mafia in that city, who merges his interests with that of the Morello crime family in New York.

In 1910, the year Ignazio is sentenced to prison, the couple have a son, Rocco, named after Ignazio's father.

In the 1910 Census, Angela Morello, age 60, lives in Manhattan, Ward 12, with her daughter, Dora (Salvatrice), 28, son-in-law Nazzio Lupo, 31, granddaughters Nufria, 4, and Angelina, 2, Rocco Lupo, her grandson, born that year, her son Joe Morello, age 42, daughter in law Lena Morello, 26, grandson Charles, 15, born in Texas, granddaughters Angelina, 5, and Carmela, 1, son Vincent Terranova, 23, and daughter Rose Terranova, 17. Nufria, Angelina, and Rocco Lupo, and Angelina and Carmela Morello, were all born in New York. Angelina and her children and in-laws were all born in Italy.^[5]

In June 1920, Ignazio’s sentence is conditionally commuted by Pres. Harding June 1920 and he goes to live with his wife Salvatrice and the Terranovas at 338 E 116th St. Ignazio and Salvatrice live there until 1927, when they move to Brooklyn, into an "elaborate" house they build on a lot given them by Ciro and Tessie Terranova in May 1926.

Ignazio dies of natural causes at the age of 69 on 13 January 1947 in Queens, New York. His address at the time of his death is listed as 120-11 222 Street. According to the municipal death record, he is buried on 16 January 1947 in St. John's Cemetery. His wife Salvatrice survives him.^[6] Ignazio's burial is recorded in Cavalry Cemetery in Queens, on FindAGrave.com.^[7]

Salvatrice dies in 1969 and is buried with Ignazio.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Certificato di nascita, part I, record no. 337, Salvatrice Terranova. Stamped and dated by the municipality of Corleone on 13 January 1998. Received by Justin Cascio from Vivian Lima on 1 September 2016.
2. ↑ Ship manifest, SS Alsatia, arriving 8 March 1893. Accessed online 31 January 2016.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S7W-S88?cc=1325221&wc=9B7R-HZG%3A1030551901%2C1035804001%2C1036212201 : 5 August 2014), New York > New York County > ED 907 Borough of Manhattan, Election District 21 New York City Ward 32 > image 56 of 92; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243W-8JC : accessed 16 February 2016), Ignazio Lupo and Salvatrice Terranova, 22 Dec 1903; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,570,991.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5ZC-TD4 : 29 October 2015), Rocco Lupo in household of Angela Morello, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 345, sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,028.
6. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WGG-PXD : accessed 16 February 2016), Ignazio Lupo, 13 Jan 1947; citing Death, New York City, Queens, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,194,493.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7033 Ignatius “Lupo the Wolf” Lupo
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 February 2021), memorial page for Salvatrice “Dora” Terranova Lupo (30 Jul 1880–17 May 1964), Find A Grave: Memorial #35407776, citing Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Vincent J Castelli III (contributor 48097597) .

• Critchley, David. The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931. Routledge: New York, 2009.

• Mafia Wiki entry: Giuseppe Morello. Accessed 17 November 2014.

• Wikipedia entry: Morello crime family. Accessed 17 November 2014.

• Wikipedia entry: Ciro Terranova. Accessed 17 November 2014.