Need help reading Marriage Certificate

[uantiti]

Klo,
Yes, the bride's last name is Zianna. Sometimes handwriting is not so easy to decipher. This is an old way to write "Z" and can be easily exchanged with "R".


Ada

[klo84]

Thank you for the clarification.

I have added another marriage record that appears to be my great-grandmother's brother.

Any translation help would be greatly appreciated. This document is easier to read than the previous form.

Thank you.

[uantiti]

This is Act # 10 dated March 4, 1889
1st) Zianna Francesco, single, 26 years old, peasant, born in Valmontone, residing in Valmontone, son to Raffaele and D'Ambrosi Florinda;
2nd) Pilozzi Luigia, spinster, 23 y. peasant, born in Valmontone, etc.
daughter to Giovanni and to the late .......Luigia. Sorry but this last surname is very hard to read, it could be anything!

Ada

[uantiti]

It could be Recchia but it's just a guess.

Ada

[klo84]

Thank you very much.

[uantiti]

One of the witnesses was Francesco Pontecorvo, you can see his signature at the bottom of the act.

Ada

[klo84]

On this marriage record for ANtonio Casaldi and Vittoria Pontecorvo: Florinda Pilozzi is listed. It looks like she was a witness. Does it identify the relationship to either the groom or more likely the bride?

[uantiti]

No, it's not the same person. This is Pilozzi Florido, peasant, 41 years old and he is a man.

Ada

[klo84]

Thank you. I thought I was starting to get an idea of how to read these documents!

[uantiti]

Don't know if you've noticed but this Pontecorvo Vittoria doesn't have the same parents as Francesco. She's daughter to Leonardo and Romagnoli Palma. May be a Francesco's cousin....

Ada

[klo84]

I did notice that her father was Lorenzo. What had caught my eye was the Pilozzi name. I copied about 100 records from microfiche I ordered at the Family History Center. These Valmontone records were for marriages from 1885 to 1910, and Death records for 1871 to 1883.
Most of them are in poor condition, and some of the copies are very light. I will probably recopy some of the files to try and get a darker copy. The originals are negatives that I copied to positive.

[uantiti]

I did notice that her father was Lorenzo.

Her father was Leonardo. The groom's father is Lorenzo.

Yes, records are hard to read especially when they are in bad conditions but, as you can see, you can find some help here. Good luck!


Ada