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Ignatius Lanzetta
Ignatius "Frank Pius" Lanzetta was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903. Ignatius had five other brothers, with whom he formed the Rum-running, bootlegging and drug trafficking The Lanzetta Brothers, Lanzetta Brothers gang. He and his brothers were also called "the Lanzetti brothers" due to newspapers relying on incorrect information. Early life Ignatius Lanzetta was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903 to Italian American parents Michele and Ignatius Lanzetta. Ignatius had five other brothers: Leo, Pius, Willie, Teo, and Lucien; Leo being the oldest and Pius being the second oldest. Ignatius was known to be very handsome and an impeccable dresser.. Prohibition His oldest brother Leo formed The Lanzetta Brothers, the Lanzetta Gang with Ignatius and their other brothers in the early 1920s. Ignatius, Leo, and another brother Pius ran the gang. The brothers controlled rum-running, bootlegging in Little Italy, Philadelphia, Little Italy. They were allied with Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward (electoral Subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered. Origins The word “ward”, for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London, where gatherings for each ward known as “wardmotes” have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland. In parts of northern England, a ''ward'' was an administrative subdivision of a county, very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. Present day In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, wards are an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
