Capone Family History & Genealogy

Organized Crime Figure, Chicago Gangster. Probably the best known of the 1920s gangsters, he controlled Chicago until brought down by FBI Agent Elliott Ness. Ness later wrote a book “The Untouchables” which detailed his efforts to jail Capone. Capone was the largest of the racketeers, and captured the American public’s imagination as few ever did. Born Alphonse Capone in Brooklyn, New York, of Italian immigrant parents, Gabriele and Teresina Capone, the fourth of nine children. Raised in a loving middle class Italian family, he was brought up to be honest and hard working. Surprisingly unbiased for his time, he would become friendly with anyone of any race, creed or color who was loyal to him. He quit school at 8th grade, and began work for Johnny Torrio, a new breed of gangster then taking over New York. From him, Al Capone learned his trade, initially running errands and working his way up the ladder to manager. He also learned from a rough local gangster, Frank Yale, about the use of violence to build an empire, while maintaining a respectable home and social life. He married an Irish Catholic, Mae Coughlin, and they had a son, Albert Francis Capone, born December 4, 1918. Baby Albert was born with congenital syphilis, which Al later admitted he had contracted many years before, but had thought the disease had gone away when it went into remission. His syphilis was never treated properly. When Johnny Torrio moved his operations to Chicago in 1921, he brought Capone with him, and together, they built up the crime empire, concentrating on nightclubs, prostitution, and illegal liquor. His first murder occurred in 1924, for which he was found innocent when the eyewitnesses were bribed. In March 1925, Torrio quit the business to retire to Florida, and gave his entire empire to Capone. Killing other gang members to build his empire, Al Capone’s violence peaked with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 1929 when seven members of Bugs Moran’s gang were murdered. This murder brought the attention of the Federal government, who swore to get Capone off the street and into jail. In 1931, he was indicted and convicted of Income Tax evasion and sentenced to eleven years in jail. He died in his home in Miami, Florida, of cardiac arrest resulting from third stage syphilis. He was originally buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

Organized Crime Figure. He was a member of a murder-for-hire gang made up of street-level Jewish and Italian gangsters working out of Brooklyn New York. during the 1930s. This gang, who came to be known in the news media as "Murder Inc.", carried out gangland murders in the New York City area under the direction of Lepke Buchalter and Albert Anastasia. Louis Capone died in the electric chair in Sing-Sing Prison on the night of March 4,1944, the same night that Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss and their boss Buchalter were executed.

Organized Crime Figure. Known familiarly as "Frank," he was like his younger brother a member of the Torrio-Capone organization. On April 2, 1924, election day in Cicero, Illinois, he was killed by police officers Phillip J. McGlynn and Lyle Grogan near a polling place where he had been intimidating voters opposed to the ticket backed by the Torrio-Capone mob.

Thomas Carmine Capone Jr of Queens County, New York United States was born on May 30, 1918, and died at age 47 years old on October 19, 1965. Thomas Capone was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section T Site 5672 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.

Thomas A Capone of Copiague, Suffolk County, NY was born on December 4, 1925, and died at age 79 years old on July 19, 2005.

Patrick A Capone of Boston, Suffolk County, MA was born on August 15, 1913, and died at age 81 years old on September 12, 1994.

Patrick J Capone of Westfield, Union County, NJ was born on June 4, 1918, and died at age 79 years old on November 30, 1997.

Daniel N Capone of Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY was born on December 13, 1915, and died at age 76 years old on August 25, 1992.

Eugene Capone of Linden, Union County, NJ was born on February 1, 1915, and died at age 85 years old on March 26, 2000.

Ernest C Capone of Weatogue, Hartford County, CT was born on October 25, 1915, and died at age 77 years old on February 11, 1993.

Ernest J Capone of West Dennis, Barnstable County, MA was born on July 16, 1915, and died at age 79 years old on January 12, 1995.

Ernest A Capone of Yonkers, Westchester County, NY was born on September 24, 1916, and died at age 86 years old on November 12, 2002.

Mariano P Capone of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was born on March 23, 1913, and died at age 64 years old in March 1977.

Michael E Capone of Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey was born on December 6, 1925, and died at age 81 years old on September 25, 2007.

Michael Capone of Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA was born on September 1, 1919, and died at age 61 years old in August 1981.

Michael Capone of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on April 23, 1908, and died at age 74 years old in July 1982.

Michael J Capone of Rochester, Monroe County, NY was born on April 5, 1912, and died at age 69 years old in October 1981.

Carmen F Capone of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on December 15, 1921, and died at age 81 years old on December 3, 2003.

Amidio S Capone of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on September 29, 1916, and died at age 78 years old on September 27, 1995.

Harold A Capone of Cliffside Park, Bergen County, NJ was born on May 12, 1928, and died at age 72 years old on December 30, 2000.