I am confused on what exactly the margin notes are telling me on their birth records.
The first brother was named Francesco Forforano on the birth record... Jan 1879. He was my great-great grandfather. The margin note is hard to read... I'll put what it looks like, but keep in mind the margin notes were both added in March and April of 1904, when he was 25,.... and weeks before he got married...
per ed insequito ad atti di (?)
riconoscimento ricevent (recognized/identified by the receiver?)
Salvatore Ferdinando
gaglio del 26 Marzo 1904 (March 26 1904)
Forforana Francesco
Proietto di padre e madre ignoti (foundling of father and mother unknown)
e stato riconoscuinto (and state recognized)
per figlio naturale da (the natural-born son of)
Taibi Paolino fu Fedele (Paolino Taibi, the son of the late Fedele)
Grigento April 8 1904 (Province of Agrigento on April 8, 1904)
23 Aprile 1904 sposo
con Carlino Carmela Giovanna
Girgenti May 10 1904 (he married Carmela Carlino on April 23 1904)
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On his marriage record it does not mention him as a foundling at all and lists his father as "Paolino Taibi" and his mother as unknown (di madre ignota.) His name on every record after birth is Francesco Taibi.
His brother was born as Angelo Rossinio, but was later documented as Angelo Taibi. His margin notes are shorter. They essentially only say he was recognized as the natural born son of Paolino Taibi... if I'm interpreting it correctly
I am guessing their real father recognized them at some point and took them back in? It wouldn't say the natural-born ("naturale") son of someone if it was an adoptive father, right? I'm also guessing Francesco needed to prove who his parents were before he got married, which would explain the timing of the margin notes?
So, why wouldn't it list his mother on the marriage record? Surely the father, if he were the real father, would know who the mother had been. Would they leave this name off on purpose for some reason? On Angelo's SSN application, it does list the father as Paolino Taibi, but his mother IS listed as Calogera Facciponte.
This is all confusing to me because the family stories don't quite match up to this information. As far as we were told, the brothers knew their mother (but claimed their father was a baron who was poisoned.) She was a courtesan or maybe just a mistress of the father (whichever it was, they were not married!) She had several kids with him, but "over 26 children" in total in her life with many men. The latter I'm guessing is true since my great-grandmother thought this was very shameful and was nearly dying by the time she confessed this to us.
So.... am I interpreting those margin notes correctly? Any ideas or theories?? Thank you so much for any and all help!
Sincerely,
Lauren
