User talk:Jimmyg620

Salvatore Frank Gencarelli .. nickname Salvi Born May 2, 1905... Norwich Ct of parents from Calabria, Italy Family moved to NYC when he was a baby, they lived on (Roosevelt Street named after one of the founding families of NYC now defunct) Salvatore was made a member of the Mafia in 1930, during the gang wars that saw Charles ( lucky) Luciano toppled the old time mustachio pete's by killing them and forming the five original families of NYC. Salvatore was a solider under Luciano and fought in the gang wars to bring about the modern day mafia in America, he was the trigger man for his branch of the family and in 1951 on the orders of Albert ( high executioner) Anastasia eliminated one of the original top bosses of the five families( Manago brothers) to allow Carlo Gambino to become the top Boss in the US. Salvatore was a very respected and feared member Genovese crime family. In his early years 1930-1940 he was offered by Charles (Lucky) Luciano to become the boss of the mafia in the State of Texas, but because he did not want to jeopardize his children and wife he politely declined.His names was know from one end of Manhattan to the far  Northern corners of the State as an honorable man who never dealt drugs nor profited from white slavery. he made most of his money from gambling, night clubs and liquid during prohibition. He died peacefully in a hospital bed at the Polyclinic Hospital in NYC on November 18th 1975 of lung cancer, more that 200 mafia members attended or sent condo lance to the funeral parlor where he was laid out, Salvatore is buried at ferncliff cemetery in Ardsley N.Y. next to his beloved and devoted wife Jennie who passed away on August 26, 1991 at the age of 85.