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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.
Very few works have been published in English on the topics of Italian heraldry, nobility and onomatology as these relate to genealogy. Yet all three fields depend upon genealogical research. This concise presentation is not intended as a historical treatise, but rather as a simple guide for those i...
