La Barbera, Paolo help reading

[stokkster1]

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1 ... cc=2051639

I am having a bit of a hard time reading this

Paolo LaBarbera B May 9 1871 to Giuseppe and Rosa Bonfilgio?? Giuseppe age 24 and Rosa age 20 Married Rosina Fratello Nov 12 1899 or Dec 11 1899? Is his birth date correct and marriage date which one? is month first or day?

[erudita74]

You have the name Rosa Bonfiglio correct and the ages. The bride was Rosaria and not Rosina. The month comes first followed by the day, so the marriage was Nov 12, 1899. I looked for the marriage record, but it seems that the 1899 marriage records are missing. As to the date of the birth- I have an issue. The record is dated at the town hall on May 2, 1871 at 9 a.m. Then where it states in the record the actual day of the birth, there is a space and then what looks like the word "sei" for six followed by the time of 10 a.m. The record at the town hall could not be dated several days before the birth took place. So I hope someone else takes a look at this record too. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me, but I really don't think so.

Erudita

[Btindyrr]

A forum that was very interesting.

[Btindyrr]

A forum that was very interesting.

[carubia]

I see the same thing, Erudita. The record is dated 2 May but the report says that the baby was born 6 May. The next record was dated the 8th and the previous 25 April, so it could be that the record was really from 7 or 8 May and the date of birth was 6 May, or that the date of birth was on or before 2 May.

[liviomoreno]

... The month comes first followed by the day, so the marriage was Nov 12, 1899...

The day comes first followed by the month, so the marriage was Nov 12, 1899