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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.
I've made several cousin connections using ancestry.com. With many of them we will simply exchange an email here and there on ancestry.com and compare some notes. I find that most people go to ancestry.com mainly to have a DNA test, an aren't that interested in building a family tree, making connect...