Anastasio Family History & Genealogy

Organized Crime Figure, Anthony Anastasio (Tough Tony), was a powerful labor boss and racketeer on the Brooklyn waterfront. Brother of Mafia figures Albert and Frank Anastasia. As brother of syndicate chieftain Albert Anastasia,Tough Tony took control of the astoundingly lucrative Brooklyn docks through the International Longshoremen’s Association for which he was a vice president and head of the powerful Local 1814. Through Anastasio’s iron grip of this union, millions of dollars each year were funneled into syndicate coffers from kickbacks on dues, stolen merchandise from precious cargoes, and payoffs from many shipping companies. Tough Tony ruled the great shipping port for three decades through the mere threat of his brother Albert, head of Murder Inc. It was claimed that he could wreck the country’s imports and exports if he so desired and even cause sabotage to important ships to make a syndicate point. One story, a canard, has it that boss of bosses Lucky Luciano, imprisoned in Dannemora during W.W.II, the most severe prison in New York, wanted a transfer to a more relaxed penal institution. When his request was denied, he ordered Albert Anastasia to talk to his brother. Tough Tony then arranged for the French luxury liner, Normandie , to be blown up so that federal authorities would quickly realize that Luciano could, in the tradition of Cagliostro, “afflict as well as heal.” Because of the explosion, the tale goes on, Luciano was transferred to more comfortable prison surroundings. Nothing could be further from the truth. An exhaustive investigation concerning the Normandie’s explosion which caused the ship to capsize at its mooring docks failed to support this story, one that Anastasio himself spread to increase his own lethal prestige. Anastasio was the first to identify his brother’s body after Albert was slain at the Park Sheraton Hotel in 1957. He then rushed to Frank Costello where newsmen later found both men sobbing and embracing each other, dispelling any notion that Costello had ordered the killing of Anastasia. Tough Tony Anastasio’s influence along the New York docks waned after his brother’s mob execution but he was allowed to hold on to his position by Vito Genovese, who had been behind Anastasia’s murder

Umberto Anastasio of Oneida County, New York United States was born on September 26, 1902 in Catanzaro, Catanzaro County, Calabre Italie, and died at age 55 years old on October 25, 1957 in New York, comté de New York County, NY États-Unis. Umberto Anastasio was buried at Cimetière de Green-Wood 500 25th St, in Brooklyn, Kings County.

Tammi Ann (Anastasio) O'Leary was born on March 13, 1970 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York United States. Tammi Anastasio got married to Michael Anthony O'Leary in 2001 in Staten Island, Richmond County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tammi Ann O'Leary.

Samuel J Anastasio of Pitman, Gloucester County, NJ was born on June 7, 1919, and died at age 79 years old on May 2, 1999.

Salvatore V Anastasio of Goldens Bridge, Westchester County, NY was born on February 27, 1916, and died at age 94 years old on April 14, 2010.

Salvatore A Anastasio of New Hyde Park, Nassau County, NY was born on April 5, 1919, and died at age 80 years old on January 24, 2000. Salvatore Anastasio was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 27 Site 1030 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

George E Anastasio of New York, New York County, NY was born on October 22, 1919, and died at age 91 years old on July 1, 2011. George Anastasio was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section A3 Row C Site 185 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.

Angelo P Anastasio of Shirley, Suffolk County, NY was born on January 17, 1918, and died at age 74 years old on January 29, 1992. Angelo Anastasio was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 70 Site 348 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

Santo S Anastasio of New Orleans, Orleans County, LA was born on October 27, 1904, and died at age 86 years old on May 5, 1991.

Dominic T Anastasio of Manchester, Hartford County, CT was born on January 12, 1908, and died at age 88 years old on September 3, 1996.

Dominic Anastasio of Hamden, New Haven County, CT was born on March 8, 1918, and died at age 74 years old on March 30, 1992.

Frank J Anastasio of Mexico, Oxford County, ME was born on October 4, 1913, and died at age 92 years old on September 16, 2006.

Leopold Anastasio of New Haven, New Haven County, CT was born on August 3, 1920, and died at age 78 years old on October 13, 1998.

Aniello J Anastasio of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on March 22, 1912, and died at age 57 years old on August 7, 1969. Aniello Anastasio was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2X Site 5760 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.

Alfonso V Anastasio of West Babylon, Suffolk County, NY was born on July 26, 1922, and died at age 74 years old on December 18, 1996.

Alfonso J Anastasio of Merrick, Nassau County, NY was born on January 23, 1905 in Kings County, and died at age 74 years old on June 6, 1979. Alfonso Anastasio was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 6 Site 1025 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

James S Anastasio of Orange, New Haven County, CT was born on January 19, 1920, and died at age 81 years old on August 6, 2001.

Donald P Anastasio of South Plainfield, Middlesex County, NJ was born on March 17, 1928, and died at age 61 years old on September 11, 1989. Donald Anastasio was buried at Bg William C Doyle Vet's Mem Cem Section KN Site 2792 350 Provinceline Road, in Wrightstown.

Giacomo Anastasio of North Haven, New Haven County, CT was born on February 27, 1918, and died at age 89 years old on March 23, 2007.

Christy F Anastasio of Woodside, Queens County, NY was born on December 18, 1917, and died at age 66 years old on June 25, 1984. Christy Anastasio was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 16 Site 5082 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.