Blind Marriage Help

[jrd01]

Hello, my great grandfather came to America from Italy in 1910, 2 years before my great grandmother came in 1912. This was a blind marriage. Due to being a blind marriage, do you think their marriage certificate would be found in the USA or Italy?

I'm not sure which country would officiate this and I can't find a marriage date either.

Thank you for the help.

[Italysearcher]

You will probably find it in Italy performed under a 'procura' (power of attorney) just before she left for America.

[adelfio]

What is the name and year of marriage record and the town in America ?

Marty

[arcturus]

What about the name and year of marriage record?

[jrd01]

What about the name and year of marriage record?

I don't have a year for the marriage, just that the wife Margherita came from Frigento, Italy to USA in 1912 and her husband Vincenzo was already in the USA. So, I would possibly guess sometime right before 1912, I'm going to look harder into Frigento's marriage records.

[Tessa78]

I responded to your PM...

According to the ship manifest, Margherita Calo was listed as single.

First Name : Margherita
Last Name : Calo
Nationality : Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence : Frigenoto, Italy
Date of Arrival : March 2nd, 1913
Age at Arrival : 24y
Gender : Female
Marital Status : Single
Ship of Travel : Italia
Port of Departure : Naples
Manifest Line Number : 0028

LIne 28 - leaving father, Francesco, in Frigento. Going to brother-in-law Raffaele di Leo in Waterbuty Connecticut.

https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/ ... cGciOw==/1

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Here is a naturalization card for Vincenzo Decarolis in 1929 - it lists the cerficate #, etc.
Filed in the Common Pleas Court in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Vincenzo's Declaration of Intent and Petition to Naturalize might have the date and place of his marriage to Margherita Calo' listed. I would definitely contact the town office in Waterbury to inquire.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1840474

T.

[mmogno]

More readable ship manifest
https://assets.libertyellisfoundation.o ... 221136.jpg
https://assets.libertyellisfoundation.o ... 221135.jpg

[jrd01]

Thank you for this information! Good to know the marriage must have took place in the USA. She came to Waterbury, CT. The vital records stated I must provide a marriage date to obtain the marriage document, therefore I will obtain her husbands Vincenzo's Naturalization documents in hopes of a specific date for marriage.