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While searching for another death record I came across this one for Maria Eleanora Maimone. I believe that she was a sister of my great-grandfather, Prospero. I anticipate that she passed at a young age
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 ...