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She died April 10 1880. The document is dated April 11, and in the body, just after 7:20, it says that she died "ieri", yesterday. In that field you have 3 possibilities: oggi, ieri and ieri l'altro (or l'altro ieri).
The father Marciano was dead: the name is preceded by "fu" which literally translates "was" and means deceased.
Why is it difficult for most persons to read a Latin document? You may think that it is because they never studied Latin in school. The real answer is that some of the words appear unfamiliar to you. On the positive side, you probably already know enough Latin words to pick out a few of them in a d...
