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Dated April 7, 1897 at 10 in the town hall. Appearing were two declarants: Cosima Giglio, age 50, a housewife, and Antonina Bova, age 60, a housewife. Both reported that at 8 P.M. yesterday, in the house at #192 via Stesicoro, Filippa Lovatro* had died. She was age 68 and the daughter of deceased Lorenzo Lovatro, and deceased Marina Pusateri. She was the widow of Antonino Candioto. Witnesses to the declaration were Agostino Corso, age 38, and Giuseppe Dichiara, age 38, both porters in the town. Only the town official signed the document.
I'm wondering if this surname became Lovato, as I can't find Lovatro.
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