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I have this Atti Di Matrimonio for a sibling of my ggf. I'm hoping his age is 29. I am also struggling with date of marriage, her age, and her mother's name. I believe I have everything else figured out.
Thank you so much.
Jim
This is what I see. Don't know if T will agree-
Nov 26, 1891
age 29 groom
bride-I was going to say 23, but the first letter is formed differently and I don't know what else it could be-T- what do you think?
bride's mother Nunziata Papiro
Jim
What looks to you like the letter L looks to me to be the loop coming down from the letter q in questa. Of course, just to make life difficult, both surnames exist in your town.
Peg
Peg,
I actually thought that dot was a blemish on the document. I haven't any strong feelings about this name.
I may never know until I find the birth act of the bride or the matrimoni of Antonio and Nunziata.
Thank you for your help.
Jim
Jim
Researching surnames Ianniello, Tamburrino, Mattora/Martora/Mattori & Scialla in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Campania.
T
I originally was going with 23 as the date of the marriage until I looked at the height of the t in what we agree is the age of Maria. I thought the second t was so much shorter than the other letter Ts in the document and that was why I changed my mind and went to 26 as the date.
As to the surname- I still see Papiro and that is my first choice, but hopefully Jim will find another document which will settle this once and for all. I see how you can see Papale, but I still think there is a dot and not just a blemish over what I see as the letter i, but that is my personal opinion and, as I told Jim, I could be wrong.
Jim
Out of all the towns in which I have done microfilmed research, I just can't believe how much variation there is in the formation of the individual letters throughout a single document in this town. Sorry if my perceptions are adding to the confusion.
Peg
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...