Hello, I apologize if this post is a duplicate. I tried submitting this yesterday and it doesn't appear to have gone through.
I could really use some help translating this handwritten document. I believe this is a marriage document and not the intent to marry but I can't be sure. This is for my great-grandparents, Francesco Mazzei & Maria Bianco. I know they are from Caraffa di Catanzaro and it looks like the marriage took place on March 6th, 1871, but that's about all I can make out. Any help with the vital information would be greatly appreciated since I have no other information about them other than their names. It would be great to find some other clues. Here are the links:
Record #5 (page 1): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9943-RD8Q
Record #5 (continued page 2): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8943-RD69
Thank you,
Laurie
Need assistance in translating marriage document.
Re: Need assistance in translating marriage document.
Welcome to the forum, Laurie!
#5
Dated 6 March 1871 in Caraffa di Catanzaro at the town office, before the official... were present D. Domenico Marinaro [son of Raffaele] age 27, pharmacist; and Domenico Mancuso [son of Vincenzo], age 37, bottlemaker(?), both residing in this town, to give witness.
Appeared
Francesco Luigi Mazzei unmarried, age 28, laborer, son of Serafino, laborer and of Elisabetta Donato, farmer; residing in this town.
AND
Maria Teresa Bianco, unmarried, age 22, spinner residing in this town, daughter of deceased Pietro Paolo and of [living] Elisabetta Sulla, farmer, residing in this town,
...with the intention of uniting in marriage. They presented their birth acts and certificate of publication of marriage banns with no opposition.
Only the witnesses signed with the official as the others did not know how to write.
T.
#5
Dated 6 March 1871 in Caraffa di Catanzaro at the town office, before the official... were present D. Domenico Marinaro [son of Raffaele] age 27, pharmacist; and Domenico Mancuso [son of Vincenzo], age 37, bottlemaker(?), both residing in this town, to give witness.
Appeared
Francesco Luigi Mazzei unmarried, age 28, laborer, son of Serafino, laborer and of Elisabetta Donato, farmer; residing in this town.
AND
Maria Teresa Bianco, unmarried, age 22, spinner residing in this town, daughter of deceased Pietro Paolo and of [living] Elisabetta Sulla, farmer, residing in this town,
...with the intention of uniting in marriage. They presented their birth acts and certificate of publication of marriage banns with no opposition.
Only the witnesses signed with the official as the others did not know how to write.
T.
Re: Need assistance in translating marriage document.
Thank you Tessa. That was very helpful

