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October 15, 1864 appeared Angelantonio Monteferrante, father of the deceased, age 28, domiciled on Saint Mary Street, and Camillo Cascioli, age 50, mason, domiciled in Cortanuova Street, who declared that on October 14, 1864 at 4 a.m. Rosa Monteferrante died, age 2, domiciled with her father, daughter of the first declarant, and of Filomena Monteferrante, who is domiciled with her husband.
The greatest exodus of modern history has been that of the Italians. Since 1861, more than twenty-four million departures have been recorded. In the space of just over a century a number almost equivalent to the amount of the population at the time of the unification of Italy emigrated abroad. It wa...