Abandoned Child
Abandoned Child
Hello, I was told that my great grandmother Giovanna Garofano was orphaned at birth. I found this birth record that may be a match! However, I'm not grasping the full situation by translating only certain words. I cannot determine who presented the baby; the role of the Oynirio branch; why the mother agreed not to be named; and was the baby found with the listed clothing items? Any help would be appreciated! Thx, Nadine
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Re: Abandoned Child
Ospizio (not Oynirio) Filiale = orphanage.
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תחי ישראל
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תחי ישראלRe: Abandoned Child
Thank you for the clarifying the named orphanage!
Re: Abandoned Child
On 28 December 1893 in the office of the Comune of Nicosia Calogera Mitra, 24 yo, peasant, living in Villadoro, declared that at 5 hours on 27/12/1893 in a house in Via Maestra a woman not allowing to be named gave birth to a girl to which the Official gave the name Giovanna Garofano.
Witnesses: Billone Giuseppe, 41 yo,
Solano Antonino, 26 yo.
The baby was left to the declarant to be brought to the orphanage of Nicosia with a copy of the birth act and the listed cloths with which she was presented.
There is no indication of who was the declarant, often in these cases it was a midwife, but here it's said peasant, it could be anyone knowing the mother.
The reason for the mother to not give the name could be various, usually the parents were not married (and in this case they could marry later and legitimize the child; the list of cloths were useful to identify the child later) ;
or one of the two parents was married.
Witnesses: Billone Giuseppe, 41 yo,
Solano Antonino, 26 yo.
The baby was left to the declarant to be brought to the orphanage of Nicosia with a copy of the birth act and the listed cloths with which she was presented.
There is no indication of who was the declarant, often in these cases it was a midwife, but here it's said peasant, it could be anyone knowing the mother.
The reason for the mother to not give the name could be various, usually the parents were not married (and in this case they could marry later and legitimize the child; the list of cloths were useful to identify the child later) ;
or one of the two parents was married.
Re: Abandoned Child
Thank you very much for taking the time to translate this record!
