Alphonse Albert Francis Capone Jr. was the son and only child of gangster Al Capone and Mary Josephine Coughlin. He was born December 4, 1918 in New York City. Albert was born with congenital syphilis. He developed a serious mastoid infection at the age of 7. Risky brain surgery was required and he survived. He lost most of his hearing in his left ear as a child. His nickname was "Sonny." He went to school at St. Patrick High School in Miami, Florida, and he went on to graduate from the University of Miami in 1937. Sonny lived with his parents (then only his mother) from 1928 to 1942. In 1941 he married his high school sweetheart Diane Ruth Casey, and they had four daughters together. They divorced in July 1964 in Florida, and Sonny later remarried. In 1966, Albert changed his name to Albert Francis Brown, to keep the 'Capone' name at a distance. He died July 8, 2004 or on August 4, 2004. His exact date of death is unknown. He was buried in California, USA. Marriage Record Name Albert Francis Capone Event Type Marriage Event Date 30 Dec 1941 Event Place Florida, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Diana Ruth Casey Spouse's Gender Female
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The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
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Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Carmine, Salvatore, Angelo, Gaetano, Gasper, Gennaro, Pasquale, Dino, Luigi, Rocco, Silvio.
Italian:
from an augmentative of capo ‘head’, applied as a nickname for someone with a big head, probably in the sense ‘arrogant’ or ‘stubborn’ rather than in a strictly literal sense.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesNameAlbert Francis Capone Event TypeMarriage Event Date30 Dec 1941 Event PlaceFlorida, United States GenderMale Spouse's NameDiana Ruth Casey Spouse's GenderFemale Page426
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