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Vasto, August 25, 1850, appeared Giuseppe Monteferrante, age 42, farmer, domiciled in Vasto on Strada delle Luci (the street of lights), and Antonio Cieci, age 32, builder, domiciled in Vasto, and declared that on that day at 7 p.m. Maddalena Monteferrante, age 20 days, born in Vasto, died at the home of her parents. She was the daughter of Giuseppe Monteferrante, the first declarant, and and of Teodora Acquarola, farmer, domiciled with her husband.
My mom and dad came from two very different classes of Italian society. Dad's mom came from a very aristocrat family and mom's came from farmers and agricultural workers. When my mom's parents came to the US, they left their oldest son Giovanni in the care of my maternal grandmother's parents. I hea...