Elizabeth Di Siena Marriage Act translation

[luvfamily]

Please may I have this one translated? Much appreciated.


Gloria


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[Tessa78]

This is a PROMISE to MARRY

Record #10
Dated 5 October 1856
Erasmo di Massa, of age, age 26, peasant farmer; son of Gaetano di Mass and of Cecilia Tummolo(?)
AND
Elisabetta di Siena, of age, age 24, daughter of deceased Raffaele di Siena, and of Cecilia Viccarone.

T.

[luvfamily]

Thant you Tessa. Things sure are different in Italy. Would this be like our wedding banns here in America?

Gloria

[Tessa78]

Thant you Tessa. Things sure are different in Italy. Would this be like our wedding banns here in America?

Gloria

To quote Trafford Cole in Italian Genealogical Records (a great resource!)...

"The marriage ceremony was actually the last step in a long bureaucratic process. It was first necessary to make out a document in which the couple declared their intent to be married; it was call the atto di solenne promessa di celebrare il matrimonio. Then the bann, called notificazione, was written (found in the Pubblicazione records). Finally, several weeks later (after the posting of the notificazione on consecutive Sundays), the actual marriage was performed."

T.

[luvfamily]

Very interesting. Thank you for explaining it to me.

Gloria