Baiamonte death record

[jml1991]

Having some trouble translating the attached 1775 death record of my ancestor, Nicolo Baiamonte, from Prizzi, Sicily. I can see that he was the widower of Rosa Scoma and the husband of Santa Cannariato. However, a few questions:

1. Am I right in reading that his age was estimated to be about 90?
2. What is the word following Santa Cannariato's name?
3. Is there any other pertinent info, such as his profession, or his burial site?

Any help much appreciated!

[erudita74]

Yes, he was about 90 at death. He was the widower of Rosa Scoma in the first place and the husband of Santa Cannariato in the last place.

As to what follows the surname Cannariato, I'm deciphering Burdellanti. I can't find it as a surname, although it may have been at some point and now be obsolete. I have never seen an occupation in a church record, but the content of a church record was at the discretion of an individual priest, so you just never know. I have only found reference to the word burdellanti in a pdf file about proverbs in Bagnara, in Reggio Calabria. On p. 89, the author defines the word as "chi fa chiasso oltre misura." To me this means-who makes noise or roars in such a magnitude that it is beyond measurable

https://www.bagnaracalabra.biz/wp-conte ... RI2006.pdf

Hopefully someone else will have some other idea, as I can't say I am on the right track with this.

The burial appears to have been in the church.

Erudita

[bbivona]

The word following Cannariato is difficult. I could also read it as Bordellino, which is a surname that appears in the town of Burgio, which is about 18 miles from Prizzi.

[erudita74]

The reason I believe the ending is "ti" is because above it you have the last part of the word ul-timo for "ultimo loco." The handwritten "ti" at the beg of the line above it, and the ending of this name, look like an exact match.

Erudita

[bbivona]

I'm not saying my reading necessarily right, but I don't see the ending as an exact match for the "ti" in ultimo loco. If you look at the last letters of the word in question, I believe that there is an "n" in the second-to-last place, which is a very close match to the "n" in Cannariato. If that character is "n" then what follows doesn't match the "ti" in ultimo. If that whole charcacter is "n", which I believe it to be, then I believe that what follows is just a single letter, and almost certainly a vowel. While not conclusive, the fact that the surname Bordellino appears near that town, would at least help support it, while Burdellanti doesn't seem to appear as a surname anywhere. Burdellanti is capitalized, so it is presumably a name, although even as a word and not a name, it doesn't seem to make any sense in this context. You just don't see surnames that only appear one time.

[mmogno]

Marriage Nicola & Santa Cannariato
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cat=975783

Left, bottom
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cat=975783

[jml1991]

Great help and very interesting discussion! I have not seen Burdellanti or Bordellino in any of the other family records (Santa Cannariato was the daughter of Giovanni Cannariato and Francesca Tessitore). So if it is a surname (and anything is possible in researching genealogy, I have found!), its origin is mysterious. However, I am very intrigued by the discussion and by the possibility that it may be a nickname, perhaps related to the definition that you provided, Erudita. Perhaps Santa was known for having an exceptionally loud voice??? I have come across a few other records in which a nickname was included along with the actual name.
Thanks so much for the info and discussion! It really does help!

[erudita74]

Glad you found the discussion intriguing, but sorry that there is currently no definitive answer about what follows the surname Cannariato in the record. Interesting though that her mother Francesca's surname was Tessitore, which translates to the occupation "weaver."
Erudita

[carubia]

You asked if there was any other pertinent information. You seem to be reading it pretty well already, so you probably noticed this, but for all 3 people named in the record their (deceased) fathers' names are also given.

FWIW, I agree with Erudita that it looks like Burdellanti (or Burdellenti). The fact that one doesn't find it as a name in 19th c. civil records is not too significant. I see all kinds of strange, unique surnames in 18th c., and early 19th c., Sicilian records, especially for women.

[jml1991]

Thanks so much for another perspective. It will be interesting to see if it appears again in another record.