There's a lot of good info on him in "In The Godfather Garden" by Richard Linnett.

I don't know for certain, but it seems like Gerry was a captain before becoming underboss. He was a player in the NJ underworld since the 20s, but was actually part of Longy Zwillman's organization and didn't become made in the Genovese family until the 40s. Genovese made him underboss prior to being locked up. According to Angelo DeCarlo, he was only made acting boss because of his involvement in Las Vegas casinos.

The NJ capos Catena directly oversaw were Richie the Boot, Anthony Provenzano, Gyp DeCarlo and Eugene Catena. Eugene's crew included John "Johnnie Coke" Lardiere, Thomas Pecora, Joseph Pecora and Edward Pecora. He was put in charge of gambling in Passaic County, the Port Newark area and Elizabeth union kickbacks. Apparently Eugene was rude, unpleasant and not a popular guy.

Mighty thanks for the response pal great info.. i didnt know Gene was disliked..i recall reading in the sam the plumber wiretap book that he dealt a lot with Gene Catena in joint gambling shit

So the members were part of Genes crew, any clue who was in Gerrys?

When you say Gerry oversaw those very powerful capos was that in his capacity as UN, or was he somehow like the Genovese boss of Jersey