diAvino, Rosa Birth #116

[dmurphy1940]

for a translation please.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... cc=2043434

[AngelaGrace56]

Birth No 116: Rosa de Avino
8 October 1876, 9.05 am, Frigento
Baldassarre de Avino, contadino, living Frigento, reported that at 8.15 pm on 6 October at a house in Contrada Cortiglio, No 1, his wife, living with him, Giacomina Capobianco, gave birth to a female baby who he presented and gave the name Rosa.

Witnesses: Giuseppe D'Avino, 23, and Gaetano Pugliese, 63, both contadini living in Frigento.

Angela

[dmurphy1940]

Thank you, Angela. This is the first time I have seen "de Avino"; it is usually di Avino or D'Avino. I wish they would stick to one version............

[AngelaGrace56]

Thank you, Angela. This is the first time I have seen "de Avino"; it is usually di Avino or D'Avino. I wish they would stick to one version............

Happy to help, Dolores

I also have not seen "de Avino" before. They possibly made an error. Hopefully it will become clearer, as you go back further in your records. I have this in my records too, especially with the name Di Milita. Recent records tend to say De Milita, but back in the early 1800's it is Di Milita. I would say that the correct name is "di Avino" but I tend to think that it is possibly more gramatically correct to spell the surname "D'Avino" - that way you don't have two vowels together. (But this is just my thinking, I've not studied Italian per se.) I notice in the Pagine Bianche both spellings exist ie D'Avino and di Avino.

Angela

[dmurphy1940]

Interesting, Angela.

I wonder why the names evolved over time? Maybe someone has some thoughts on this.