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She died April 10 1880. The document is dated April 11, and in the body, just after 7:20, it says that she died "ieri", yesterday. In that field you have 3 possibilities: oggi, ieri and ieri l'altro (or l'altro ieri).
The father Marciano was dead: the name is preceded by "fu" which literally translates "was" and means deceased.
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...
