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Would some one be willing to help me translate my Gr gr Grandparents marriage certificate? They are Michele Delgatto and Filomena Stellato. It starts at the bottom of the first page and continues to the next page. I have attached both pages. I can make out only small parts of it myself. But it does seem that she was a widow when she married my Gr gr Grandfather.
I thank for any and all help! I am slowly learning Italian, but I am no where near ready to translate!
Valerie Speciale
This is page one. Starts at bottom right. Numero Sedici
This is page two continuation
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This is an atto di matrimonio (actual marriage record) dated Aug 13, 1869 at midnight in Calvi Risorta
The groom Michele Gatto was age 27 and a day laborer who was born and living in Zuni, a frazione or hamlet of Calvi Risorta. He was the son of Domenico (Gatto) and Maria Teresa Carusone. They were of the same occupation.
The bride, Maria Filomena Stellato, was age 33, and was born in Curti (which is also in the Province of Caserta) and she was living in the town. The daughter of deceased Antonio Stellato and Maria Michela Pennacchio . She was the widow of Pietro Cifro
The couple presented copies of the extracts of their birth acts, the death act of her last husband, and their marriage publications.
They were married in the presence of two witnesses who were living in the frazione of Petrulo. Nicola delle Fave, age 34, son of deceased Francesco delle Fave and dec Maria Giuseppa Cenami. The second witness was Salvatore Massafresca, age 23, son of Pietro Massafresca and Angela Izzo.
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