The Birth Of Tom and His Back Ground Part 1.

Tom's father was the youngest and only American born child of the14 children born to the Papanier family who emigrated from Palermo Sicily to South Philly (Philadelphia) at the turn of the century. It is a fact that the family name was PAPANIER.

[Tom Papanier had his name changed to Papania in 1985 in Gwinnett County, Georgia; he was charged and tried as Thomas Anthony Papanier]

Tom's father was born Anthony Papanier in 1909, Anthony would grow up along side his sister Josephine, and Josephine's daughter, Rose, who was also born in 1909.

Anthony and Rose were the same age and shared the same last name due to the fact that Anthony's sister, Josephine, had conceived Rose out of wedlock. She had fallen in love with 22 year old Alfonse Massaro {NOT the Joe The Boss Masseria, who was never married in Sicily and who came to this country as a teenager] who already had a wife and children in Sicily.

They would reside in Brooklyn, NY, and then move to Staten Island NY.

The Senior Anthony Papanier's sister, and mother to Rose, would eventually fall in love and bear two more children with Frank Guggino. Frank Guggino would be the only father Rose would ever know. He would remain an integral and respected Grand Father and father and family member until his death in the early 60's.

By 1924, 15 year old Anthony Papanier (TOM'S FATHER) had fallen in love with 15 year old Rose Papanier, (TOM'S FATHER'S SISTER'S CHILD) his biological niece.

Anthony and Rose wanted to get married, but due to the fact that both the Law and the Catholic Church forbid the marriage, in 1925, at 16 years of age, they eloped to South Philly (Philadelphia, NJ. USA) and sought out the Orphans Court where they were married with Rose Papanier assuming the last name of her father, Massaro, to keep her Papanier name from effecting the marriage.

Contrary to Tom's testimony, outside of her later use of the Massaro name, Rose never did know or meet her biological father, Alfonse Massaro (NOT MASSERIA) , instead, it was Frank Guggino she would come to view as her father, and that same Frank Guggino would be viewed as a grand father by Tom and Rose.

Further, contrary to Tom's allegation, Alfonse Massaro was NOT *GIUSEPPE MASSERIA the Joe Masseria, b. c. 1887,, Italy d. April 15, 1931, New York, N.Y., U.S. byname JOE THE BOSS. And, the record indicate Joe The Boss had a son, born in NY and no wife or children in Sicily.

Further, Joe The Boss's family would become Genovese by the time of Tom's age, and Salvatore Marranzano's family would become the Gambino Crime Family. Tom's allusion that his father, Anthony, would not accept a powerful position with the mob is another crazy idea even IF his mother were truly the daughter of Joe The Boss. Mob Protocol simply does NOT work like this, and, if it did, Tom would have joined the GENOVESE FAMILY and Not The Gambino!.

Anthony and Rose Papanier's marriage would produce Tom (born in 1944 at St Catherine's Maternity Hospital in Brooklyn N.Y.) and, though contacts have stated two other children, we could not discover birth records of any other children besides Tom's Sister Rose, who is alive and now living in Las Vegas.

Tom's father worked in the Brooklyn Navel Yard before losing this job for reasons we have yet to establish other than it was a hushed up situation. He then would operate a gas station and mechanic until health reasons caused him to cease this career. He then would secure a job with three Jewish business men. Overseeing their real estate and chauffeuring them around. A perk to this position was that he had the opportunity to not only drive a Cadillac, but got to keep the car over night.

This job lasted until a drunk youth ran into him while he was driving the Cadillac, causing a serious accident that slammed him and the car across mediums and ended this career. Anthony Papanier would, sorrowfully, commit suicide in 1992. But not until after Rose came down with cancer and had to be placed in a nursing home because Anthony simply could not take care of her.

Contrary to Tom's testimony, where God cured Rose when he went to her, and the Doctors thought it was a miracle, she had to have a mastectomy. She would refuse chemo therapy and the cancer would return, but death would call in 1987 in the form of several strokes.

Another fact that makes this story so horrendous and sorrowful when viewed in the context of Tom's Testimony is that Rose, Tom's mother, LOVED him dearly. She always stood by Tom. NEVER thought he could do no wrong. And what will truly make your heart render an extra beat is the fact that we will provide next.

How could a man forget a mother that would fight tooth and nail for him? How? To not offer more to this woman is simply against the very principles Tom attempts to portray. For his mother never threw him out. It was told to us that Tom just never seemed to care for his people. Often using that Love for his own, egotistical ends. We have stories that are just too hard to write here. Things Tom was said to have done that were corroborated by others.

In fact, that father Tom is always talking down, grew tired of the way Tom acted and reacted to everyday life. It was stated that Tom was the proverbial street punk [something this writer - Rock - is very familiar with] coming home at all hours of the night, often not showing up for dinner, even, once, his father, Anthony, got so tired of Tom's excuses that he did not know what time it was, that he BOUGHT TOM a WATCH and set it BACK so Tom could be on time.

Contrary to Tom's testimony that when he was 17-18 he was inducted into the Gambino Crime Family and given an assignment to shoot two people in Wichita, Kansas, and then was turned in by Gambino to prove he would keep his mouth shut with two 5 to 10 year prison sentences, in actuality, he went into the AIR FORCE and was STATIONED in WICHITA KANSAS where he committed burglaries and went to jail!