"fu" in matrimonio annotation

[oilman19]

I have in a matrimonio annotation "Carmina Angiello con Simone Signore fu Gennaro".
Would someone please verify that this indicates that Gennaro is deceased at the time of the wedding.

Thank you

[liviomoreno]

Yes, Gennaro is deceased

[oilman19]

Grazie.

[nickintexas]

Saw the topic title & it piqued my curiousity...this is what I found:

fu: short for figlio (figlia) del fu: son (daughter) of
the who-was-in-life. For example, Giovanni
Valente fu Nicola: Giovanni Valente, son of the
now deceased Nicola Valente. (Fu is the third-
person singular, simple past tense (preterit)
of the verb to be: he or she or it was.) Furono:
short for figlio dei furono.


figlia del (della) fu: daughter of the now deceased man
(woman).
figlio (figlia) di: son (daughter) of the living.
figlio del (della) fu: son of the now deceased man
(woman).
figlio (figlia) dei furono: son (daughter) of the now-
deceased parents. For example, Nunziata DiRenzo
figlia dei furono Giuseppe, e Maria Vittoria
d'Alessandro: Nunziata DiRenzo, daughter of the
now-deceased (father) Giuseppe (DiRenzo), and of
the now-deceased (mother) Maria Vittoria
d'Alessandro.

[oilman19]

Thank you for the extended translation.