Descendants of Vincenzo Pizzuto-Antinori

Generation No. 1

1. Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori He married Unknown.

Children of Vincenzo Pizzuto-Antinori and Unknown are:

2. i. Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, b. Santo Stefano Quisquina; d. Santo Stefano Quisquina.

3. ii. Santi Pizzuto Antinoro.

4. iii. Unknown Pizzuto Antinori.

Generation No. 2

2. Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori (Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died in Santo Stefano Quisquina. He married Angela Capitano February 02, 1893 in Santo Stefano Quisquina.

Notes for Paulo Pizzuto Antinori:

Paulo Pizzuto-Antinori was an overseer, appointed by the King of Italy in the 1800's. He was an overseer of the properties of the landlords in the Santo Stefano region. He would ride on a stallion to oversee the land, wearing a luxurious cape. There are photographs that show him riding on horseback. He was killed while sitting in his home next to his two cousins (who both never married well into their 80's). The Mafioso gunman entered the home and shot him in the head from behind with a shotgun. His son Dionigi was visiting the United States with his brothers Stefano, Ignazio and Vincenzo. They urged Dionigi not to return to Sicily to avenge their father's murder. Dionigi did not heed the advice. He returned to Sicily, but unfortunately for him, his intentions for returning were already known in Santo Stefano. Nobody knows how they knew he was returning to avenge his father. While Dionigi was looking in the woods for the camp of the mafia, they ambushed him on horseback and shot him from his horse Two gunmen, hiding in bushes on each side of the path, jumped from their hiding places and shot him from both sides. Dionigi was dead. His brother Rudolpho had shown Paul Jr, and Louise the spot where Dionigi was murdered when they visited Sicily year later.

Dionigi's brother Rudolpho was in the army at his father's death. Since he was away, he was safe from the mafia. Rudolpho deserted the Italian army in Austria to become a doctor. Years later, in a dramatic twist of fate, he was given the opportunity to medically treat the man who had shot his father. He treated him.

More About Paulo Pizzuto Antinori:

Burial: Santo Stefano Quisquina

Children of Paulo Antinori and Angela Capitano are:

5. i. Stefano³ Pizzuto-Antinori, b. April 05, 1883, Santo Stefano Quisquina; d. January 1982, Tampa, Florida.

6. ii. Ignazio Antinori Pizzuto, b. February 17, 1885, Santo Stefano Quisquina; d. October 23, 1940, Tampa, Florida.

7. iii. Vincenzo Antinori Pizzuto, b. May 22, 1879, Santo Stefano Quisquina; d. July 17, 1942, Tampa, Florida.

iv. Dionigi Pizzuto.

More About Dionigi Pizzuto:

Cause of Death: Murdered in Santo Stefano by the mafia

8. v. Rudolpho Pizzuto, b. September 04, 1892, Santo Stefano Quisquina; d. 1970, Santo Stefano Quisquina.

vi. Maria Amalia Pizzuto Antinori, b. May 11, 1871.

Notes for Maria Amalia Pizzuto Antinori:

Elena Pizzuto has been told that Maria died at a very young age. Not much is known about her.

3. Santi Pizzuto² Antinoro (Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori)

Notes for Santi Pizzuto Antinoro:

Lived at 1720 8th avenue and 19th street in Ybor City, according to the Manifest for Prinz Oscar Sailing from Palermo & Naples, October 31, 1903

Child of Santi Pizzuto Antinoro is:

9. i. Santo Pizzuto³ Antinori, b. 1876; d. 1962.

4. Unknown Pizzuto² Antinori (Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori)

Children of Unknown Pizzuto Antinori are:

i. Stefano Pizzuto³ Antinori, b. 1896; d. 1982.

ii. Paula Pizzuto Antinori, b. 1895.

iii. Salvatore Pizzuto Antinori.

Generation No. 3

5. Stefano³ Pizzuto-Antinori (Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born April 05, 1883 in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died January 1982 in Tampa, Florida. He married Maria Monteleone. She was born March 11, 1894, and died August 19, 1989.

More About Stefano Pizzuto-Antinori:

Social Security Number: 262-10-3201

Children of Stefano Pizzuto-Antinori and Maria Monteleone are:

10. i. Paul⁴ Pizzuto-Antinori, b. March 20, 1913.

11. ii. Joe Dionigi Antinori, b. January 23, 1915.

6. Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto (Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born February 17, 1885 in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died October 23, 1940 in Tampa, Florida. He married Angelina Giglia. She was born March 19, 1886 in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died December 13, 1976 in Tampa, Florida.

Notes for Ignazio Antinori Pizzuto:

Excerpt from: The Wonderful Life of Angelo Massari - Emigration

Not very pleased with the shallow life of my little home town and with what went on there, and convinced that I had no future in the place, on reaching my thirteenth birthday I decided to emigrate. I had heard of America, but had only a very slight idea of what America was. Mine was possibly a childish aspiration, but I wanted to chain fortune to me, as others had done. After all, I was disgusted with narrow country life, for I felt that I was living in a cul-de-sac. And while I understood that not everything would be a garden of roses, and that I would have to cope with good and evil, I did not get discouraged, for I knew that by working hard elsewhere I would fare much better than in my little town.

I ignored how far America was from Sicily, for I had no geographical knowledge of any sort. As far as my recollections go, I had not been out of Santo Stefano farther than six or seven miles. My father had taken me to the fair of Prizzi, to Cammarata and Lercara, and alone I had gone to Bivona and Alessandria della Rocca, all small places like Santo Stefano, but I had never been in Palermo. My longest trip had been the one that I had taken with my father to the Convento di Tagliavia, when I was five years old, and on that occasion I had seen a railroad train for the first time.

On the other hand, when I began thinking about America I had to settle with my father. When I told him what I had in mind, he did not know whether to laugh or to kick me on the seat of my pants. I kept insisting for four long years without weakening, for I was then, as I am now, persevering and stead- fast. From my thirteenth to my fourteenth year I did not make much progress, but I kept insisting on going to America. At the same time, I was gathering all kinds of information about the country of my dreams. I used to interview people who had re- turned from America. I asked them a thousand questions, how America was, what they did in Tampa, what kind of work was to be had, what compensation did they receive, but the answers were not altogether satisfactory, for the people I interviewed were in great majority uncouth and ignorant. Still and all, I was pleased to meet the Americans. One of them told me that the language was English, and I asked him how to say one word or another in that language. I got these wonderful samples of a Sicilian-American English from him: tu sei un boja, gad, gad morni, olraiti, giachese, kors, misti, sciusi, bred, iessi, bud. I also learned how to say men, sciarappi, Gianna, monii, alo', vischio, strirta, como. He told me also that in order to ask for work, one had to say, "Se misti gari giobba fo mi?"

All in all, when the American left I had stored together about thirty words of the new language, as he knew them, in his un- couth, ungrammatical manner. After all, what could the poor devil do, ignoring as he did the etymology and the spelling of the words? He had never learned how to write, therefore he had stored in his memory the sound of the words that he had needed most, a sound that was not always correct. And I kept pestering my father about my journey to America.

Comes to America for the first time at age 14 in 1899 on the Tartar Prince with brother who is two years older to see their Uncle in Tampa.

Early on, Ignazio was a foreman at an Ybor city cigar factory, where Angelina Giglia was working. He proposed to her slipping a note on her desk, "May I have the honor of taking your hand in marriage". He needed to meet with Angelina's father and mother, who both lived in Tampa, and who had accompanied all of the Giglia sisters over on the boat Plata from Palermo, Sicily.

He was a very powerful man with considerable influence in Florida, Italy and Cuba. He was a friend of the Florida governor at the time, Dave Shultz, and made political donations to the governor's campaign. Dave Shultz came to the Braddock street house for dinner on occasion, and there is a photograph of Paul Jr as a baby in the arms of the governor of Florida.

Ignazio was opportunist who took the prohibition years for the opportunities to smuggle whiskey into Florida from Cuba. His son Paul was an expert whiskey smuggler at this time in the 20's and early 30's, who knew how to outrun the authorities driving powerful Buicks and Cadillacs loaded with whiskey, losing his chasers in the backroads of Florida. Paul Sr., sometimes with Sam Ferrara, would meet up with Uncle Henry "Cracker" on Honeymoon Island to get the load of whiskey from Cuba and deliver it. Paul Sr. was indicted for violation of the Volstead Act and sent to jail in Sarasota for a year. It was a low security prison, and he would even be able to come up to Tampa for Sunday "Mangiata"! or else, Rose and family would truck down to Sarasota and set up dinner down there for Paul.

Later, after prohibition, there was involvement in smuggling Chinese immigrants, a very lucrative trade, as well as narcotics from Cuba. Ignazio would display his wealth ostentatiously, with expensive linen suits, diamond pins and rings, cars, etc. The Trafficantes and Diecidues were "eating soup" while Ignazio was making influential political contacts in the US in Chicago, Europe and Cuba, and living very well.

Ignazio was murdered at a "roadhouse" near Brandon, Florida in October 1940. He was invited out late at night to go to this bar by a friend. The gunman looked into the window and shot him through the glass with a shotgun to the head. The gunman then fled the scene and was chased by a negro employee of the bar. The negro recounted that he had followed the car to a farm nearby but did not enter for fear of his life. The farm was owned by an Italian family, whose name Joe Dionigi knows.

Ignazio was setup by Charlie Wall and Santo Trafficante Sr., having to do with a bad delivery of heroin to Chicago, which was somehow split up and diluted in Cuba. His son Joe and Toto Ferrara where in Cuba at the same time of Ignazio's death investigating the cause of the bad delivery. It is unknown whether they resolved anything down in Cuba. Joe wanted to avenge his father, as Dionigi wanted to avenge his own father's murder in Sicily. Immediately after, Joe and Paul Sr. where indicted and served time in Leavenworth penitentiary in Kansas, and Joe would need to wait until returning home to Tampa before avenging his father's death.

It is a striking incident of fate that both Joseph Antinori and Dionigi Pizzuto both attempted to avenge their father's murder, and failed to do so. Dionigi because he accidentally gave forewarning to the mafia in Sicily, who were waiting for him. And Joe, who failed because he did not successfully assassinate Trafficante Sr. with his shotgun, and was cuckolded by Charlie Wall. Charlie Wall had convinced Joe that it was all Trafficante's fault, although Paul Sr. knew better. That the "cracker" was responsible.

It is sad that Ignazio did not push his son Paul to be a lawyer, like he wanted to be. Instead, Paul Sr. faithfully followed his father's wishes and went into the smuggling business with him. Paul Sr. made sure that Paul Jr. did not follow his own path, and urged his own son to be a successful Tampa lawyer, and represent those family in friends in Tampa who needed excellent legal representation.

Ignazio's body guard was Joe "Pino" Casares, who was tall like a pine tree and built like a truck. Joe's son is Rick Casares, a former linebacker in the NFL.

More About Ignazio Antinori Pizzuto:

Burial: Italian Club Cemetary, Ybor City

Cause of Death: Murdered

Notes for Angelina Giglia:

Arrived on the ship Plata on May 19, 1894 at the age of 8 in New Orleans. Was officalliy naturalized as an American citizen later in the 1940's or 1950's in Tampa at the federal courthouse.

More About Angelina Giglia:

Burial: Italian Club Cemetary, Ybor City

Social Security Number: 262-10-3244

Children of Ignazio Pizzuto and Angelina Giglia are:

12. i. Paul⁴ Antinori, b. January 01, 1907, Tampa, Florida; d. September 12, 1963, Tampa, Florida.

13. ii. Amalia Antinori, b. August 02, 1905, Tampa, Florida; d. December 23, 1979, Tampa, Florida.

14. iii. Joseph Antinori, b. February 02, 1909, Tampa, Florida; d. November 04, 1953, Tampa, Florida.

15. iv. Vincenza Antinori, b. October 30, 1911.

7. Vincenzo Antinori³ Pizzuto (Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born May 22, 1879 in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died July 17, 1942 in Tampa, Florida. He married Giovannina Giglia. She was born March 09, 1889 in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died May 05, 1977 in Tampa, Florida.

More About Vincenzo Antinori Pizzuto:

Burial: Italian Club Cemetary, Ybor City

More About Giovannina Giglia:

Burial: Italian Club Cemetary, Ybor City

Children of Vincenzo Pizzuto and Giovannina Giglia are:

i. Paolo⁴ Antinori, b. January 26, 1913; d. June 17, 1931.

Notes for Paolo Antinori:

In 1931, The Antinori's and the Diecidues spent time at the beach at Pass-a-Grille in St. Petersburg. This was during the time of prohibition. Joe Dionigi and Paolo Antinori were to pick up some whiskey or wine at a house in Ybor city. Alcohol at the time was secretly stashed in friend's basements, and broken out when needed, as in this occasion, when Joe and Paolo were tasked with retrieving a few bottles for the merriment at the beach. Paolo was kind enough to offer to get it himself, and let Joe Dionigi continue to the beach without going to the house. The house was owned by the Napoli family. In a freak accident, the alcohol had been in this basement for a very long time. It was stored in boxes with hay to protect the glass bottles. Evidently, some bottles broke in the long storage, and a highly noxious gas formed with the hay in the closed in basement. The basement was not visited by people for a very long time, since the gas had a long time to build up, creating am extremely dangerous situation. As Paolo entered the basement, he was immediately overcome and needed to be dragged out to open air. Unfortunately, he was taken to the hospital and never recovered. This was a great tragedy for his parents, Vincent Antinori and Aunt Jenny, who were stricken with grief at the loss of their only son. What a loss of a fine and handsome young man in our family history. Joe Dionigi could have been killed in the accident as well.

More About Paolo Antinori:

Burial: Italian Club Cemetary, Ybor City

ii. Vicenza Antinori, m. Paul Giglia.

16. iii. Laura Antinori, b. August 17, 1914.

iv. Ada Antinori, b. May 22, 1919; m. Bob Sullivan; b. June 29, 1918.

17. v. Angie Antinori, b. September 27, 1907.

vi. Dora Antinori, b. December 14, 1925; m. Tony Suarez; b. February 06, 1917.

8. Rudolpho³ Pizzuto (Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born September 04, 1892 in Santo Stefano Quisquina, and died 1970 in Santo Stefano Quisquina. He married Elena.

More About Rudolpho Pizzuto:

Burial: Santo Stefano Quisquina

Child of Rudolpho Pizzuto and Elena is:

18. i. Paolo⁴ Pizzuto.

9. Santo Pizzuto³ Antinori (Santi Pizzuto² Antinoro, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born 1876, and died 1962.

Children of Santo Pizzuto Antinori are:

i. Santo⁴ Antinori, b. 1909; d. 1960.

19. ii. Ignazio Pizzuto Antinori, b. 1901; d. 1982, Tampa, Florida.

Generation No. 4

10. Paul⁴ Pizzuto-Antinori (Stefano³, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born March 20, 1913. He married Eva Reina. She was born January 13, 1920.

Child of Paul Pizzuto-Antinori and Eva Reina is:

20. i. Rena⁵ Pizzuto-Antinori, b. December 20, 1942.

11. Joe Dionigi⁴ Antinori (Stefano³ Pizzuto-Antinori, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born January 23, 1915. He married Olga Valdez. She was born July 26, 1925, and died October 30, 1965.

Child of Joe Antinori and Olga Valdez is:

21. i. Dennis⁵ Antinori, b. November 13, 1948.

12. Paul⁴ Antinori (Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born January 01, 1907 in Tampa, Florida, and died September 12, 1963 in Tampa, Florida. He married Rose Diecidue, daughter of Alfonso Diecidue and Antonina Arcuri. She was born July 10, 1912 in Tampa, Florida, and died August 09, 1998 in Tampa, Florida.

Notes for Paul Antinori:

Paul Sr ran an Appliance store in Tampa. He invented a dampener for a washing machine. He couldn't sell it until it was patented which occurred shortly after his death. It was never sold. He also invented a neat device you put over the top of a paint can to keep the paint from filling the rim when you paint. He also ran the Trocadero nightclub in Ybor City for a short time in the 30's.

When Rose Antinori visited Leavenworth with Paul Jr when he was 8 years old, Paul exclaimed on the bus ride to the prison that he thought dad was "in the army" up here in Kansas. Nana shushed him up while the rest of the bus laughed, since they were all going to visit people in prison themselves.

Paul Sr. was a changed man after returning to Tampa from Kansas. His hair was gray, recounts Paul Jr. Paul and Rose opened an appliance store on Dale Mabry for sales and repairs of appliances. Later, when the store was sold by the owner, Paul operated the repairs service from his home.

More About Paul Antinori:

Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetary, Tampa, Florida

Cause of Death: Lung Cancer

Notes for Rose Diecidue:

The scrapbook picture: SEATED: Giuseppina (Guastella) Diecidue, Alfonso Diecidue, Antonia (Arcuri) Diecidue, Alfonso Diecidue, Rosa (Diecidue) Antinori, Dominica (Cacciatore) Pardo, Carmela (Diecidue) Cacciatore and Annie (Cacciatore) Lopez STANDING: Antonio Diecidue, Francesco Diecidue, Sarafina Diecidue, Maria (Diecidue) Lumia, James Lumia, Gaetano Diecidue and Giuseppe Cacciatore

Nana was an intelligent and sweet woman with a sense of humor. She would not drink while she was eating, but wait until finished before drinking anything. She liked to visit Tarpon Springs, FL, at the shrine of Saint Michael. Her chicken soup was wonderful. Nana liked to go with us to see movies. The hardships of her life never affected her love of life, love of family, outgoing personality, and warm and energetic lifestyle.

Obituaries

August 11, 1998

Section: FLORIDA/METRO

Page: 7

ROSE DIECIDUE ANTINORI, 86, of Tampa died Sunday at Palms of Pasadena Hospital. She was a lifelong resident, retired co-owner-operator for Peninsula Appliances, past president of Tampa Bay Pilots Association, member of Tampa Jewish Community Center and Christ the King Catholic Church. She is survived by two sons, Paul Jr. of Boston and Ron of Atlanta; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Marsicano-B. Marion Reed-Stowers, Tampa.

More About Rose Diecidue:

Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetary, Tampa, Florida

Cause of Death: Leukemia

Social Security Number: 261-73-9966

Children of Paul Antinori and Rose Diecidue are:

22. i. Paul⁵ Antinori, Jr., b. November 26, 1934, Tampa, Florida.

23. ii. Ron Antinori.

13. Amalia⁴ Antinori (Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born August 02, 1905 in Tampa, Florida, and died December 23, 1979 in Tampa, Florida. She married Sam Ferrara in Davis Island Coliseum, Tampa. He was born January 12, 1901 in Tampa, Florida, and died September 07, 1952.

Notes for Amalia Antinori:

Married during prohibition, Paul Sr. provided all of the champagne and gin for Tampa's greatest wedding at the Coliseum on Davis Island.

More About Amalia Antinori:

Social Security Number: 261-50-2998

Notes for Sam Ferrara:

Served in the WWI navy. Had tattoos on his arm. Bought Paul Jr a 22 caliber rifle at the King Greco Hardware store.

Sam Ferrara ran the Columbia Music and Applicance store with Aunt Molly in Ybor city.

Child of Amalia Antinori and Sam Ferrara is:

24. i. Sam Ferrara⁵ Jr., b. October 22, 1932; d. March 1984.

14. Joseph⁴ Antinori (Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born February 02, 1909 in Tampa, Florida, and died November 04, 1953 in Tampa, Florida. He married Lillie Riggio. She was born November 13, 1910, and died April 26, 1977 in Tampa, Florida.

Notes for Joseph Antinori:

Uncle Joe ran a concession machine business, operating jukeboxes and pinball machines in bars throughout Tampa. He was a very tough man. He served 5 years in Leavenworth, whereas his brother Paul served 7 years. They both were in jail at the same time, being indicted by the federal government. The "rats" that testified against Joe, Paul and all the others were from Los Angeles and Chicago. They were both assassinated shortly after for this turncoat deed.

Joe made attempts to assassinate Trafficante Sr. and failed, using shotguns. It is said that Charlie Wall persuaded Joe that it was Trafficante's fault for murdering his father Ignazio in 1940. Paul told Joe that he was mistaken, it was Charlie Wall and Trafficante both that wanted to kill Ignazio and Joe Antinori. Nevertheless, Joe was killed in the Boston Bar delivering a new piece of glass for the covering of a pinball machine, and an out of town hitman shot him dead six times. This was a complete setup by the owner of the bar, "Scarface" Rivera, who pointed Joe out to the hitman when Joe entered the bar, and then scarface walked into another room just before the shooting. Joe did not go to the bar with his bodyguard Toto Ferrara, unfortunately. Also, since Joe had his hands full with the glass in his hands while entering the bar, he could not get to his gun in his belt.

Paul Jr. vividly remembers an incident from his youth when he was riding with Uncle Joe to collect the coins from the machines at the bars. At this particular bar, there were no customers in the bar when Joe and Paul Jr. entered to do their collection. Only the black owner was present. Paul Jr. recalls that Joe was not wary of anything amiss at all, and went about his business as normal. But Paul, being young and wary, due to the fact that Joe had already had several attempts on his life already, was watching the owner, who was acting suspiciously. Paul was a little scared. The owner would shuffle to the main entrance and look out, as if to signal somebody. Paul walked to the door as well and looked out, and saw nobody, an empty street. Paul walked to the rear door and looked out and saw nobody. The conclusion that was reached by Paul is that the owner was possibly setting Joe up but since Paul was there, he never gave a signal. Paul Jr. believes that he may have saved Joe's life that day just by being with him on the round of coin revenue pickups.

More About Joseph Antinori:

Social Security Number: 263-22-1452

More About Lillie Riggio:

Social Security Number: 262-10-0729

Children of Joseph Antinori and Lillie Riggio are:

25. i. Gilda⁵ Antinori.

26. ii. Joseph Antinori.

15. Vincenza⁴ Antinori (Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born October 30, 1911. She married Vern West. He was born January 09, 1915.

Child of Vincenza Antinori and Vern West is:

i. Stephanie⁵ West, b. January 05, 1949.

16. Laura⁴ Antinori (Vincenzo Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born August 17, 1914. She married Henry Ferlita. He was born April 26, 1909, and died October 1993.

Notes for Henry Ferlita:

He was a fireman and tried to help Vicenzo Antinori when he had the heart attack.

Children of Laura Antinori and Henry Ferlita are:

27. i. Elaine⁵ Ferlita, b. January 20, 1940.

28. ii. Paul Ferlita, b. November 01, 1934.

17. Angie⁴ Antinori (Vincenzo Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born September 27, 1907. She married Ciccio Morales. He was born March 16, 1909.

Child of Angie Antinori and Ciccio Morales is:

i. Lorraine⁵ Morales, b. September 24, 1942; m. Jose Insausti; b. December 14, 1937.

18. Paolo⁴ Pizzuto (Rudolpho³, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) He married Ada.

Children of Paolo Pizzuto and Ada are:

i. Elena⁵ Pizzuto.

ii. Luigino Pizzuto.

iii. Rudy Pizzuto.

iv. Massimo Pizzuto.

v. Maria Pizzuto.

More About Maria Pizzuto:

Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident in Sicily

19. Ignazio Pizzuto⁴ Antinori (Santo Pizzuto³, Santi Pizzuto² Antinoro, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born 1901, and died 1982 in Tampa, Florida. He married Philomena Ficcio. She was born 1909, and died 1980 in Tampa, Florida.

Children of Ignazio Antinori and Philomena Ficcio are:

i. Rudy⁵ Antinori.

Notes for Rudy Antinori:

Clothier in Tampa

ii. Ernie Antinori.

iii. Albert Antinori.

Generation No. 5

20. Rena⁵ Pizzuto-Antinori (Paul⁴, Stefano³, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born December 20, 1942. She married John Ezzell. He was born February 11, 1944.

Children of Rena Pizzuto-Antinori and John Ezzell are:

i. Christen Smith⁶ Ezzell, b. July 14, 1967.

ii. Jack Ezzell, b. July 02, 1970.

21. Dennis⁵ Antinori (Joe Dionigi⁴, Stefano³ Pizzuto-Antinori, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born November 13, 1948. He married Suzanne Geis. She was born July 06, 1948.

Children of Dennis Antinori and Suzanne Geis are:

i. Christopher⁶ Antinori, b. December 26, 1974.

ii. Alisa Antinori, b. August 15, 1977.

iii. Joseph Antinori, b. January 20, 1981.

22. Paul⁵ Antinori, Jr. (Paul⁴, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born November 26, 1934 in Tampa, Florida. He met Louise Bonski January 16, 1961 in Tampa, Florida, daughter of Anthony Bonski and Helen Palko. She was born July 04, 1936 in Gallitzin, PA.

Notes for Paul Antinori, Jr.:

Our ancestors came to Tampa because of jobs in the cigar factories. At first they came to farming jobs in St. Cloud (Kissimmee) and it had nothing to do with the climate, which is totally different in Santo Stefano. There are mountains and ice and snow in the winter and cool weather except in august! The mountains of Sicily have no "tropical" aspect to them. The St Cloud sugar cane farm was a popular destination for sojourning Sicilians from Santo Stefano Quisquina in the Maggazollo valley of Agrigento province. At first many Stefanesi came with the intention of returning to Santo Stefano after earning enough money, however, as the quality of life did not improve in Sicily, and employment and land owning opportunities were still poor for the peasants, our ancestors decided to immigrate permanently to Tampa. The St Cloud work dried up when Ybor city began to provide increasing employment opportunities for the Italians.

Nonno Antinori was a foreman in the cigar factory and Nanna Angelina rolled cigars. He proposed to her there. They married with a horse drawn carriage. It was one of Tampa's finest weddings. Nanna Angelina's sister, Aunt Giovannina married uncle Vincent so it was two brothers married to two sisters.

Uncle Vincent was the most literate of the brothers. He was a lector for the factory workers and read Dante and the great Italian classics to them while they rolled cigars-- also the daily newspapers from Italy. This was a great form of entertainment for the workers. Uncle Vincent died of a heart attack making a fiery oratorical speech against the fascist in Italy. Mussolini was selling out to Hitler and uncle Vincent was very passionate about this happening.

I can still vividly remember my mother waking me up in the baby bed upstairs at 704 Braddock street to tell me uncle Vincent had died last night. Uncle Steve (zio Stefano) the oldest of all the brothers managed the Italian club and had the canteen concession there. Uncle Vincent was secretary of the Italian club (l'unione italiana).

Uncle Steve's two sons are Paul Antinori and Dionigi Antinori. My cousin Joe (Dionigi) is still alive and well in Tampa and has been very close to me over the years. He was my confidant when i was state attorney and i often turned to him for advice long after my father was deceased. He is in his 80's but looks more like a fifty-year-old man. He is no doubt the oldest Antinori possessed of all the family history beside myself.

Antinori vs. Gibbons

Tampa Tribune, March 25, 2001, Section: BAYLIFE, Page: 9

LELAND HAWES

Memo: HISTORY & HERITAGE

May 1968: When politics required personal touch

Politics in the spring of 1968 were overshadowed by turbulent events nationally and internationally. The Vietnam War was stirring widespread student protests, and Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty" programs were creating controversy as well. In Tampa, 33-year-old Paul Antinori Jr., finishing up a term as a high-profile state attorney, was challenging 48-year-old Sam Gibbons for his House seat in Congress. Both Tampa natives, the two candidates slugged it out in the Democratic arena while three Republicans attempted to make headway in the GOP primary. Although Claude Kirk was serving as the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, his election was considered somewhat of a fluke because of disarray in Democratic ranks. Antinori, who spends much of his time nowadays with a civil practice in maritime law in Massachusetts, spoke recently of his recollections of the 1968 campaign in a Tampa interview. Gibbons, now retired from Congress but away in Washington regularly as a lobbyist-consultant, remembered fewer details because the '68 run was only the fourth of 17 successful races he made for the lower house. Both men look back upon the '68 congressional fray as a hard-fought effort with no hard feelings in the aftermath. In fact, Gibbons said Antinori became a contributor in a later campaign, and Antinori confirmed this. Incidentally, the reported costs of their 1968 confrontation were less than $100,000 - Antinori a little more than $50,000, Gibbons a little more than $45,000. In contrast to today's million-dollar campaigns, there was little reliance on television advertising. Instead of 30-second "spot" commercials, candidates still relied upon newspaper advertising to a great extent. And the personal touch counted much more. When was the last time you saw a motorcade blaring through town with loudspeakers urging support for a candidate?

ANTINORI REMEMBERS the crack-of-dawn handshakes at cigar factory shift changes and the campaign rallies to draw out potential supporters. Until then, Gibbons had coasted through campaigns with minimal opposition. "I wondered whether Sam would come home to campaign in Tampa," Antinori said. He got the answer every time he hit the streets. Gibbons was there. "He stayed here the entire race. We ran into each other everywhere. It was understood you had to go out on the streets - to homes, businesses and supporter groups." Gibbons remained in Tampa for the entire race, Antinori said. The incumbent's stands on Vietnam and the antipoverty program provided points of contention on the stump. Gibbons said he had not supported going into Vietnam, but once it happened he backed the Johnson administration. Antinori considered his own approach "more hawkish." For example, he advocated blockading the port of Haiphong in North Vietnam. "Sam was part and parcel of the Great Society," Antinori asserted. "That was what divided us more than anything. He was for setting up Neighborhood Service Centers, which were basically teaching people how to work." That issue "may have contributed to my downfall," Antinori said recently. "It brought either anger or passion." Areas of minority population Antinori expected to win came to believe that he would abolish Neighborhood Service Centers and cost thousands of jobs. "We're going to be out of work," he heard. Antinori started out as a Republican when he turned 21, then switched to the Democratic Party when he anticipated running for state attorney. He was philosophically a conservative all along, he said. "You had conservative Democrats then that would make Republicans blush today."

THE DEMOCRATS HAD been the traditional party of power in Florida, so Antinori felt he had to make the change if he were to succeed politically. That, and his stand on capital punishment, left him vulnerable to criticism of inconsistency. Antinori had opposed the death penalty, but his experiences in prosecuting "some horrific crimes" had modified his position. He considered an advertisement in The Tampa Tribune captioned, "Will the Real Paul Antinori Please Stand Up!" one of the potent blows against him in the campaign. In speaking engagements, Gibbons called him "a jumping jack." And Antinori accused Gibbons of "flip-flops" in his public statements on a Tampa race riot in 1967 and on the capture of the spy ship U.S.S. Pueblo by North Vietnam. Columbia University buildings had been occupied by student antiwar activists in early May, and both candidates were questioned on their views of civil disobedience and dissent. In a Law Day speech at East Bay High School, Antinori lambasted advocates of civil disobedience. "Let's take the law into your hearts and not in your hands," he urged. Gibbons made an appearance at the University of South Florida, saying unrest at Columbia "tears down the ability to meet the needs of coming generations." The two candidates clashed on other issues. Gibbons jumped on Antinori for his failure to personally prosecute any of the 63 people arrested in the wake of the 1967 riots. "There was only one jury conviction, and Mr. Antinori did not show up in court to prosecute that case or any other other riot case," the congressman said. Antinori claimed, "Mr. Gibbons has surrendered our representation to Lyndon Johnson and has fallen in line with the ultra-liberal philosophy represented by LBJ and Hubert Humphrey." On the Sunday before the May 7 election, Tribune editor James A. Clendinen said Antinori "has a silver tongue, a handsome profile and an elastic philosophy."

THE EDITORIAL PRAISED Gibbons' challenge of longtime congressional power Adam Clayton Powell, "the king of Harlem." It said, "No one in the House had the courage to challenge Powell. No one, that is, until Sam Gibbons came along." The Tribune endorsed Gibbons. As voters went to the polls, Gibbons said he thought he had a lead of 5 percent to 7 percent, making it "a real horse race." But when the tallies came in, a Tribune headline labeled the result "a cakewalk." The vote: Gibbons with 48,312 votes, Antinori with 31,874. That fall Gibbons went on to win re-election over the Republican nominee, Paul Saad. Looking back recently, Antinori mused: "That race was so neat. The differences were so clearly delineated. We were arguing about ways to curb inflation, Social Security questions and civil rights questions." "Sam beat me soundly," Antinori added. "It was written in the stars for Sam to win and me to lose." Antinori returned to a private criminal law practice with Al Cazin, Barry Cohen and Joseph Thury. But in 1980 he decided his tastes had turned to civil law. In 1990 he attended a National Trial Lawyers seminar in Boston and "became enamored" with New England. "I wanted new challenges," he said. He and his wife of 40 years, Louise, and two of their three children now live in North Andover, Mass., in a home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Most of his clients are sword fishermen out of Gloucester, Mass. At 65, Antinori said he's "working harder than ever." He still maintains an office and a home in Tampa. "But I'm busier there than here," he said.

(2) Sam Gibbons greets supporters in Tampa in May 1968 after hearing primary election results. Gibbons defeated Democratic challenger Paul Antinori and went on to win re-election. At left, Antinori responds to a reporter's question while serving as Hillsborough County state attorney. Later, Antinori took on Gibbons, critizing the incumbent's stands on Vietnam and President Johnson's antipoverty programs.

(2) Newspaper advertising predominated in political campaigns in the 1960s. At left is a Gibbons ad; at right, an Antinori counterattack.

Children of Paul Antinori and Louise Bonski are:

i. Camille⁶ Antinori, b. July 27, 1962; m. Gary Casterline, September 2001, St. Petersburg, Florida; b. Montana.

29. ii. Paul Antinori III, b. August 22, 1968, Tampa, Florida.

iii. Max Antinori, b. July 19, 1971; m. Laurel Kayne, August 01, 2001.

23. Ron⁵ Antinori (Paul⁴, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) He married (1) Susan McVicker. He married (2) Pam Dennis.

Children of Ron Antinori and Pam Dennis are:

30. i. Ronald R. Antinori⁶ Jr., b. July 12, 1968.

ii. Michael Antinori, b. June 15, 1969.

24. Sam Ferrara⁵ Jr. (Amalia⁴ Antinori, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born October 22, 1932, and died March 1984.

More About Sam Ferrara Jr.:

Cause of Death: Airplane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico

Social Security Number: 266-42-8245

Children of Sam Ferrara Jr. are:

i. Sam⁶ Ferrara III.

ii. Michael Ferrara.

iii. Anthony Ferrara.

25. Gilda⁵ Antinori (Joseph⁴, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) She married Les Solomon.

Child of Gilda Antinori and Les Solomon is:

i. Dana⁶ Solomon.

26. Joseph⁵ Antinori (Joseph⁴, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori)

Children of Joseph Antinori are:

i. Shawn⁶ Antinori.

ii. Ryan Antinori.

27. Elaine⁵ Ferlita (Laura⁴ Antinori, Vincenzo Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born January 20, 1940. She married Larocca.

Children of Elaine Ferlita and Larocca are:

i. Joalanne⁶.

ii. Mark.

28. Paul⁵ Ferlita (Laura⁴ Antinori, Vincenzo Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born November 01, 1934. He married Sylvia Rodriguez.

Children of Paul Ferlita and Sylvia Rodriguez are:

i. Vincent⁶ Ferlita.

ii. Paul Ferlita.

iii. Loretta Ferlita.

Generation No. 6

29. Paul⁶ Antinori III (Paul⁵, Paul⁴, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born August 22, 1968 in Tampa, Florida. He met Maria Alessandra Di Siena August 01, 1998 in Whitestone, NY, daughter of Americo Di Siena and Maria D'Urso. She was born July 04, 1969 in Corona, Queens, NY.

Notes for Paul Antinori III:

Born St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa

Tampa Schools:

Boys Academy

Christ the King, Dale Mabry Avenue

Berkeley Prep. School

Ursinus College, PA

Cornell University, MBA, NY

More About Paul Antinori III:

Education: Cornell University MBA 1996

More About Maria Alessandra Di Siena:

Education: NYU, Valedictorian 1991 BS Acct'g

Child of Paul Antinori and Maria Di Siena is:

i. Jessika Rose⁷ Antinori, b. February 21, 2000, Anna Jacques Hospital, North Andover, MA, 7 lbs. 6 ozs..

More About Jessika Rose Antinori:

Baptism: May 28, 2000 St Michaels Parish N. Andover

Individual Note: took first step day before first bday

30. Ronald R. Antinori⁶ Jr. (Ron⁵ Antinori, Paul⁴, Ignazio Antinori³ Pizzuto, Paulo Pizzuto² Antinori, Vincenzo¹ Pizzuto-Antinori) was born July 12, 1968. He married Denise Ann.

Children of Ronald Jr. and Denise Ann are:

i. Telli Marie⁷ Antinori.

ii. Michael Vincenzo Antinori, b. November 1999.