Ancestry of Vincent "The Chin" Gigante

compiled by Christopher Challender Child


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Vincent "The Chin" Gigante should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

This report is by Christopher Challender Child. The contribution of the undersigned is that of HTML-izing Mr. Child's report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Vincent "The Chin" Gigante
1 Vincent Gigante, b. New York, New York 29 March 1928; d. United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri 19 December 2005
Issue by wife, Olympia Grippa:
 
     i. Yolande Gigante; m. --- Fyfe
    ii. Rose-Ann Gigante; m. --- D'Cola
   iii. Salvatore Gigante
    iv. Andrew Gigante
     v. Rita Gigante

Issue by mistress, Olympia Esposito:
     i. Vincent Esposito
    ii. Lucia Esposito 
   iii. Carmella Esposito
PARENTS
2 Salvatore Esposito Vulgo Gigante, b. Naples, Italy ca. 1896; d. New York, New York May 1961; made petition for naturalization at U.S. District Court, New York, New York, unknown date, as "Salvatore E.V. Gigante"
m. ca. 1919
3 Yolanda Scotta, b. Naples, Italy 18 January 1902; d. New York, New York 8 May 1997
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Esposito Vulgo Gigante
m.
5 ...
6 ... Scotta
m.
7 ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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ABSTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 New York, New York, ED 31-68, sheet 3B, line 82 [enum. 3 April 1930]

Esposito Vulgo Gigante Salvatore   H M W 34      M 23   Italy Italy Italy 
                       Eolanda     W F W 28      M 18   Italy Italy Italy
                       Pasquale    S M W  8      S      NY    Italy Italy
                       Mario       S M W  7      S      NY    Italy Italy
                       Vincent     S M W  2      S      NY    Italy Italy
                       Rapheal     S M W    0/12 S      NY    Italy Italy  

Salvatore arrived in 1921, was listed as naturalized and an engraver in 
jewelry and could speak  English.  "Eolanda," who also arrived in 1921, 
was listed as an alien and could not speak English.   

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NOTES






1 -- An obituary article appeared in The New York Times of 20 December 2005.



2 -- A paid death notice appeared in The New York Times of May 10, 1961.



3 -- A paid death notice appeared in The New York Times of 10 May 1997.











SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


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William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com