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I have a Luigi Cappadona on my family tree and I found a death record for a person of the same name. My Luigi was married to a Giovana Palazzolo (sp?)and their children were Carmelo (married to Venera Matafu-father was Francesco-Born 1807), Francesco and Nicolo. Can someone translate this record with as much detail as possible for me so I can help decide if this is the Luigi on my tree.
Record 24
Dated 5 June 1857 at 1 PM at the town office
Appearing before the official were Luciano Calabro, 35, laborer residing this town; and Francesco Matafu, 37, laborer residing this town, to declare that on 4 June at 2 PM, died at home at Contrada S. Nicollello, Luigi Cappadona, age 70, husband of Giovanna Piscaro(?)
The dialects of modern Italian all have their roots in the spoken form of Latin (Vulgar Latin), in use throughout the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin had, no doubt, its own local peculiarities before the fall of the Empire. The political instability that followed Roman rule kept Italy from re-uniting as ...
