I'm trying to decipher the occupation of a witness to my grandparent's marriage act. The witness' surname comes up as a DNA match to me which I haven't yet connected.
The closest I can get is "vigoriente", which translates to "in force". Can anyone figure this out..?
Unknown occupation..?
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
The same person is listed on his marriage act as a "sensale" (broker). I did find out he married my grandmother's aunt; thereby the connection...
Could it be "negoziante" (dealer)..?
Could it be "negoziante" (dealer)..?
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
MarcuccioV wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 02:30 I'm trying to decipher the occupation of a witness to my grandparent's marriage act. The witness' surname comes up as a DNA match to me which I haven't yet connected.
The closest I can get is "vigoriente", which translates to "in force". Can anyone figure this out..?
Can you post a link to the image or at least post more of the image? It often helps to see handwriting in other words to see idiosyncrasies in the characters of the scrivener.
Researching Gibellina, Sicily surnames Bivona, Bonafede, Zummo, Ponzio, Bevinetto, Beninati, Fontana, Cipolla, Bruno, Manfrè, Lanfranca, and Navarra
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
Certainly -- in the meantime, see my last post...bbivona wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 03:50MarcuccioV wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 02:30 I'm trying to decipher the occupation of a witness to my grandparent's marriage act. The witness' surname comes up as a DNA match to me which I haven't yet connected.
The closest I can get is "vigoriente", which translates to "in force". Can anyone figure this out..?
Can you post a link to the image or at least post more of the image? It often helps to see handwriting in other words to see idiosyncrasies in the characters of the scrivener.
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
Is this suitable enough..?
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
Negoziante was what I was going to guess, but was hoping to see a little more of the document to be more sure. I'm not getting any more confident from the other image - can't really even read what comune it is, but negoziante seems plausible.MarcuccioV wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 03:52Certainly -- in the meantime, see my last post...bbivona wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 03:50MarcuccioV wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 02:30 I'm trying to decipher the occupation of a witness to my grandparent's marriage act. The witness' surname comes up as a DNA match to me which I haven't yet connected.
The closest I can get is "vigoriente", which translates to "in force". Can anyone figure this out..?
Can you post a link to the image or at least post more of the image? It often helps to see handwriting in other words to see idiosyncrasies in the characters of the scrivener.
Researching Gibellina, Sicily surnames Bivona, Bonafede, Zummo, Ponzio, Bevinetto, Beninati, Fontana, Cipolla, Bruno, Manfrè, Lanfranca, and Navarra
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
Commune is Valmontone (Lazio). I find this writer quite often around this time period. Very flamboyant script.bbivona wrote: 02 Dec 2021, 04:14
Negoziante was what I was going to guess, but was hoping to see a little more of the document to be more sure. I'm not getting any more confident from the other image - can't really even read what comune it is, but negoziante seems plausible.
I agree it is most likely "negoziante", based on the earlier occupation of "sensale". It makes sense.
Thank you, bbivona.
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
It's definitely "negoziante"
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Re: Unknown occupation..?
Thank you for the confirmation, Pippo.

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