Maybe the moral costumes has suffered from the various wars, with the French invasion and so on. 3 year of almost civil war in Campania and Calabria from 1806 to 1809. And you know what wars bring...johnnyonthespot wrote:Let me add concerning Ann's comment, that many of my lines seem to reach a partial dead-end in the 1810's / 1820's with an atti di nascita which lists the father as ignoto and gives the child his/her mother's surname.
So, perhaps morals were a bit looser in that time and place, or, as Ann suggested, the marriages weren't officially recognized by the state. When did civil records become mandatory in Cosenza?
Where has Peter Timber been hiding? I would expect him to jump in with the answer to this last question.
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During the mass exodus from Italy between 1900 and 1912 the priests moved in on the women left alone in the villages after their husbands had gone to America. As a result, many families were never reunited in the New Land. This happened in my own family and I found out about it after I had obtained my Italian passport and gone back to live amongst my cousins. In addition, one of my neighbors in Italy is the daughter of a priest. She's now in her eighties and says she is no longer willing to deny who she is and talks openly about her family.
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Or, maybe lonely, lustful women who were used to regular sex and had no idea when or even if their husbands would send for them, sought out priests for comfort and support...jennabet wrote:During the mass exodus from Italy between 1900 and 1912 the priests moved in on the women left alone in the villages after their husbands had gone to America.
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Of course, that too, Carmine. Good to hear it from the male point of view.