lowercase g gm in front of name

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lowercase g gm in front of name

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I have been coming across the prefix g gm- (with the m superscript) on several early 1800's death certificates. Example, the 1814 death certificate of Domenico de Laurentiis: ...Domenico de Laurentiis da g gm (could be q qm) Nicola e Domenica Angiolino...

Is this a title? Or is it an abbreviation for an additional given name?

Thanks!
Patti

url for this document: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... cc=1482817
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Hi,
the link is abt pag 1, but it are no the Death act of Domenico de Laurentiis, so I cannot read, if you can say me the page it is better... however I believe that is the abbreviation of "quondam"; this word used before a name means: deceased;
so= son of late Nicola and of late Domenica Angiolino
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As Suanj said, the abbreviation is qm, singular (to indicate that the person is deceased) or qqm, plural (to indicate that both persons, after the abbreviation, are deceased)
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Thanks Livio, yes, qqm!
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