Info on Orsola Argenza and Michele Picciani

[mtucker812]

Hello. I am looking for any and all information that can be given to me regarding my 2nd great grandmother and grand father. My family has very little information on them. Here is what we do know.

My great grandmother's name was Orsola Argenza (or some form of that last name not sure the correct spelling)
Her birth year was between 1862-1866
Ship manifest shows her coming over under this name to rejoin with Husband Michele Picciani
Residence was listed as Forenza and she departed for the US out of Naples and arrived in Boston, MA March 12,1903.

My great grandfather's name was Michele Picciani
His Birth year was around 1856


I show 2 children that I know of. Francesco born in 1885 and Luigia born in 1894. Not sure if there were other children.

I would love to know where they both were born, lived, who their parents were and if they had other children etc. Any and all information would be very appreciated.

[Farassino]

Hi,

You have posted another request but I notice that you did not reply or made any comments regarding your previous one after yesterday’s findings.
https://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/topic/57206

We are, of course, very willing to help you find what you need, but every thread posted should be followed up by the requester before opening a new one.

BTW
I got the marriage link for Michele and Orsola ready to be published and also the one for their first born child.

[mtucker812]

Sorry about that! I thought I had replied! I look forward to reviewing the information you have found on Orsola and Michele

[Farassino]

Ok. Thanks.

Here, as promised, the link to the marriage between Michelangelo Picciano, 24yo and Orsola Argenza, 21yo in Forenza. May 7. 1882. #30
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 61&lang=en

Marriage banns: #27
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 56&lang=en

And this should be the first born child.
Filomena Picciano February 24, 1883 #44
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 18&lang=en

I’m sure that there is more to be found online.
Let us know if you need anything translated.

[Farassino]

Excuse my typo.
Marriage was in 1881.

[mtucker812]

Thank you for the links. Would it be possible to translate the 3 documents?

[mtucker812]

One more thing I did notice- My Great great grandparent's cemetery headstone shows the years of birth for Michele as 1856 (but no Month or day) and for Orsola as 1866 (again no month/day)
So the age matches Michele when married but not for Orsola. That would put Orsola as 15.

[PippoM]

This is the birth record for Michelarcangelo in 1857:

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 76/0Z2A1JD

and this is the birth certificate for Orsola Argenzo, born in 1861:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 6-22774-52

[mtucker812]

I am questioning the info for Orsola. I attached her and Michele's gravestone and her date of birth shows 1866.

[PippoM]

It often happened that immigrants didn't know when they were exactly born, or declared different dates. In this case, their children had the date written on the stone, and it was even more likely that didn't know when their mother was born.
However, the marriage record says she was 21 in 1882, so, that should be correct.

[mtucker812]

That makes a lot of sense! Thank you for clarifying.

[nanalyly]

I hope your search uncovers more about Orsola Argenza and Michele Picciani, as tracing family history can be both fascinating and rewarding.