The birth records for 1884, 1885, and 1886 are missing, so I can't get you the birth record of the child who died in 1885 at 4 days of age.
Here is a birth record for a Pia Corona born on March 3, 1887 at 3.am. in the house at Piedi il Paese to Sante Corona and Maria Domenica Ferranti. At the bottom of the record, in the handwritten section, it states that Sante did not announce the birth himself (it was customary for the infant's father to present the newborn at the town hall and to announce its birth, in the presence of witnesses). This was believed to be a symbol of the father's masculinity, as he was basically announcing to his town that he, and no other male, had indeed fathered this infant. But, in this case, Sante was unable to make the declaration about the birth and present the infant himself. In his place, the midwife did so. His reason for not doing so was that he was away from the country. Since he was a day laborer, and it was March, a winter month in Italy, he may have been working abroad, such as in one of the South American countries at the time, as the seasons there were reversed. Otherwise, a day laborer may have simply been working in another Italian town, as he was not always able to get work in his own town.
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I should add that there is a marriage notation stamped in the margin of this birth record, but all that is visible is the month of April.
Erudita
