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Title: Telephone interview with George Campion (3921 Cambridge, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119)
Publication: September 20, 1996, by Cafi Fischer Cohen, notes in possession of Cafi Fischer Cohen, 375 Plancha Way, Arroyo Grande, California 93420
Text: George CAMPION's birth certificate says his mother was Gertrude PRYOR, age 22, and that he was born February 5, 1926, at 337 Cypress Avenue, Bronx, New York. George says that Graziano CAMPIONE, his grandfather, had three children, Ben (George's father), Frances, and Nick. At his death, Graziano CAMPIONE owned four pieces of property, all of which went to Frances and Nick. Ben had moved to California several years earlier. Ben was cheated out of his share of inheritance by Nick and Frances.
Ben (George's father) was in trouble with gangsters in NYC. According to George, Ben picked up a body from the mob (to whom the family owned a favor) to dispose of in the East River. Ben moved to California (and moved frequently thereafter) to avoid having the mob catch up with him.
George CAMPION describes his father Ben as "very good looking -- he looked like Rudolph Valentino and could get any girl he wanted. Mostly he held sales-oriented jobs. He couldn't take rejection." According to George, anytime Ben thought the mob was "catching up with him" in California, they moved.
Ben CAMPION worked for Taix Bakery in Los Angeles when he first came to California.
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Title: Bernardo Campione birth certificate number 8240 (1901)
Publication: Department of Records and Information Services, New York, New York
Text: Certificate and Record of Birth Bernardo Campione, male, white Birth date: 25 February 1901 Place of birth: 2277 8th Avenue, New York, New York Father: Graziano Campione, born Italy, 40 years old Mother: Sigismonda Fiscella, born Italy, 22 years old
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Title: 1920 United States census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule
Author: Graziano Campione household
Publication: Bronx Borough supervisor's district [SD] 2, enumeration district [ED] 331, sheet 14A, National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1139
Text: 1) Campione, George, head, owned home, free, M, W, 66, married, immigrated 1882, naturalized 1895, can read and write, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, no occupation 2) Campione, Mamie, wife, F, W, 36, married, naturalized, can read and write, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, speaks English 3) Campione, Benjamin, son, M, W, 18, single, born New York, father born Italy, mother born Italy, cutter at Campione Company, wage worker 4) Campione, Nicholas, son, M, W, 25, married, born New York, father born Italy, mother born Italy, boss at Campione Company, own account 5) Campione, Anna, daughter-in-law, F, W, 23, married, unknown immigration date, naturalized, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy 6) Campione, George, M, W, 1-3/12, single, born New York, father born New York, mother born Italy 7) Campione, Frances, daughter, F, W, 20, single, born New York, father born Italy, mother born Italy, dressmaker, Campione Company, wage worker
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Title: Benedict Campion death certificate number 75-139831
Publication: State of California Department of Health Services (1975)
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Title: 1910 United States census New York County, New York population schedule
Author: Graziano Campione household
Publication: Manhattan ward 12, supervisor's district [SD] 1, enumeration district [ED] 504, sheet 16A, line 38, National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1021
Text: 1) Campione, Graziano, head, M, W, age 50, married 17 years, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, immigrated 1884, naturalized, speaks English, grocer, grocery store owner, employee, rental home 2) Campione, Sigismonda, wife, F, W, 37, married 17 years, mother of 3 children, all living, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, immigrated 1894, speaks English 3) Campione, Nicholas, son, M, W, age 15, single, speaks English, designer, ladies suits, wage worker 4) Campione, Frances, daughter, F, W, age 10, single, speaks English 5) Campione, Benjamin, daughter, M, W, age 8, single, speaks English
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Title: 1930 United States census Bronx County, New York, population schedule
Author: George Campione household
Publication: New York City supervisor's district [SD] 26, enumeration district [ED] 3-442, sheet 11B, families 208 and 209, National Archives micropublication T626, roll 1478
Text: �u�Family 208�/u� 1) Campione, George, head, owns home, value $10,700, has radio, M, W, 74, married, age 37 at first marriage, has not attended school within year, can read and write, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, mother tongue Italian, immigrated 1885, naturalized, speaks English, no occupation 2) Campione, Mamie, wife, F, W, 55, married, age 19 at first marriage, has not attended school within year, can read and write, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, mother tongue Italian, immigrated 1885, papers, speaks English 3) Campione, Anna, daughter-in-law, F, W, 32, married, age 20 first marriage, has not attended school within year, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, mother tongue Italian, immigrated 1901, papers, speaks English, dress designer, wage worker, at work yesterday 4) Campione, George, son, M, W, 12, single, attended school within year, can read and write, born New York, father born New York, mother born Italy, speaks English 5) Campione, Anthony, son, M, W, 9, single, attended school within year, born New York, father born New York, mother born Italy �u�Family 209�/u� 4) Fiscella, Benedick, head, renter, no rental price, M, W, 33, married, age 28 at first marriage, has not attended school within the year, can read and write, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, mother tongue Italian, barber, hospital, wage worker, at work yesterday, not a veteran 5) Fiscella, Frances, wife, F, W, 30, married, first marriage age 22, did not attend school within the year, can read and write, born New York, father born Italy, mother born Italy 6) Fiscella, Joseph, son, M, W, 7, single, attended school within year, born New York, father born Italy, mother born New York, speaks English 7) Fiscella, George, son, M, W, 4, single, has not attended school within the year, born New York, father born Italy, mother born New York, speaks English 8) Campione, Benedict, son, M, W, 29, married, age 24 at first marriage, has not attended school within year, can read and write, born New York, father born Italy, mother born Italy, speaks English, occupation investigator, furniture industry, wage worker, at work yesterday, not a veteran 9) Campione, George, son, M, W, 4, single, did not attend school within year, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York 10) Campione, Delores, daughter, F, W, age 1-6/12, single, did not attend school within year, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York 11) Campione, Nicholas, son, M, W, 35, married, first married age 23, did not attend school within year, can read and write, born New York, father born Italy, mother born Italy, pattern maker, dress industry, wage worker, at work yesterday, not a veteran 12) Fiscella, Michele, uncle, M, W, 36, single, has not attended school within year, can read and write, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy, mother tongue Italian, immigrated 1909, naturalized, speaks English, barber, own account
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Title: Benedict Campion and Ida G. Pryor marriage certificate number 13890 (1925)
Publication: Department of Records and Information Services, 31 Chambers Street, New York City, New York
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Title: George Campion birth certificate number 1794
Publication: New York City, New York, Department of Health (1926)
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Title: Delores Campion birth certificate number 16227 (1928)
Publication: New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records
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Title: Polk's (Trow's) New York City (Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx) Directory
Page: p. 702
Publication: R. L. Polk & Company, Publisher address illegible on filmed copy, 1933-34
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Title: Los Angeles City Directory 1938
Publication: Los Angeles Directory Company, 711 McComas Bldg., 120 East 8th St., Los Angeles, California, 1938
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Title: Los Angeles City Directory 1940
Publication: Los Angeles Directory Company, 711 McComas Bldg., 120 East 8th St., Los Angeles, California, 1940
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Title: Los Angeles City Directory 1941
Publication: Los Angeles Directory Company, 711 McComas Bldg., 120 East 8th St., Los Angeles, California, 1941
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Title: John Fischer-Dolores Campion marriage certificate number 32464
Publication: Los Angeles County Register Recorder, PO Box 1024, Norwalk, California, 27 November 1948
Text: Groom: John Knox Fischer, 832 S. Pymouth, Los Angeles; age 21; birthdate 6-10-21 First marriage; born Missouri Occupation: Truck Driver in Oil Industry Father: Ralph Whitelaw Fischer, born Nebraska Mother: Mable Florence Knox, born Oklahoma Bride: Dolores Campion, 1014-1/2 So.Spaulding Lane; age 19, birthday 11-26-28 Single, first marriage; born New York City, New York Occupation: Secretary Father: Benedict Campion, born New York Mother: Martha Clorene Jones, born Arkansas Married in Los Angeles 27 November 1948 by A. B. Buzzell, Methodist Minister, 571 S. Orange Grove Ave., Los Angeles 36, Calif.
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Title: Interview with Dolores Campion Fischer (851 Visalia, Pismo Beach, California 93449)
Publication: by Cafi Fischer Cohen, November 3, 2002
Text: 3 November 2002 Interview with Dolores Campion Fischer, 851 Visalia, Pismo Beach, California
Interviewer: Cafi Fischer Cohen (b. 1950), Arroyo Grande, California, daughter of Dolores Campion Fischer
Subject: Ben CAMPION marriages
Regarding Benedict CAMPION(E) (1901-1975), father of Dolores CAMPION (b. 1928), Dolores reports the following. After Ben Campion's first wife Ida Gertrude Pryor died in 1930, he remarried several times. The first marriage was to Irene or Ida [Last Name Unknown] in New York. Irene/Ida accompanied Ben and his two children, Dolores and George CAMPION. to California about 1934, leaving to return to New York in either 1935 or 1936.
In August of 1937, Ben married Clorene JONES, who had probably been married previously to a man named Harvey [Last Name Unknown]. Clorene was approximately 14-16 years older than George CAMPION, Dolores' brother, who was born in February, 1926. This would fix Clorene's birthdate around 1910-1912. In the summer of 1946, Ben and Clorene CAMPION moved to Galice (sp?), a small town outside of Grants Pass, Oregon, on the Rogue River. In late 1949, Ben and Clorene CAMPION separated. Clorene returned to her roots in Modesto, California, later remarried a man named Joe in Modesto, and probably married one additional time (perhaps in Sacramento) after that. Clorene was in her eighties when she died, probably in Sacramento, probably 1982-1990. Dolores' principal source of this information was Juanita Allen (wife of John Allen), Sacramento residents. Juanita Allen was the daughter of Clorene Jones' sister.
After his marriage to Clorene, Ben CAMPION married Ruth [Last Name Unknown], probably in the summer or fall of 1951 in Los Angeles. Ben and Ruth were divorced before 1954. About 1957 Ben CAMPION married Ida DIAMOND (nee BERNSTEIN). Ben met Ida when he employed her to work for one of his businesses. After Ida's husband Joe DIAMOND died in the mid-1950's, Ida married Ben. Ida and Ben were married until his death in 1975.
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