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What is known as the Papalia family began as the group headed by Rocco Perri and his common-law wife Bessie Starkman in the 1920s. [8] Antonio Papalia was a bootlegger with early Picciotteria values, [9] who immigrated to Canada from Delianuova, Calabria, Italy, in 1912, through New York City before moving on to Montreal, Quebec then New Brunswick in the coal mines, before finally settling on ...
John Joseph Papalia (Italian: [papaˈliːa]; March 18, 1924 – May 31, 1997), also known as Johnny Pops Papalia or "The Enforcer", was a Canadian crime boss of the Papalia crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Pages in category "Murdered Papalia crime family members" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Enio "Pegleg" Mora (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛːnjo ˈmɔːra]; 1949 – 11 September 1996) was an Italian-born Canadian mobster who became underboss of the Papalia crime family and oversaw the family's operations in the Toronto area.
Howard Chard (1924 – 16 April 1983), better known as "Baldy" Chard, was a Canadian professional boxer and gangster who served as the principle enforcer of the Papalia family in Toronto. Boxer [ edit ]
During his youth Frank Papalia was a boxer before joining his father and three brother's Johnny, Rocco and Dominic into the mafia. [171] His brother Johnny Papalia was a made member of the Buffalo family. [169] When Johnny Papalia became the boss of the Buffalo family's Canadian faction, Frank became his brother's Underboss. [171]
Three of the eight sons of Serafina Barbaro and Giuseppe Papalia (born in 1907) would leave for Milan to become the bosses of Lombardy: Domenico Papalia, Rocco Papalia and Antonio Papalia. The Papalias, together with the other satellite families of the Barbaros (Sergi-Agresta-Marando-Musitano-Molluso-Zappia), would give life to the Lombard ...
Barillaro was born in Italy and immigrated to Canada with parents at the age of nine. [2] He grew up in Niagara Falls, and joined the Papalia family. [2] In 1931, when the Commission was established, dividing up North America into territories controlled by various Mafia families, much of southern Ontario was assigned to the Magaddino family of Buffalo, New York, to whom the Papalia family of ...