Dr. Ilia Galleani 1897-1979

[JamesM]

Here are a couple of items I found of Dante Tessieri and his father Serafino.
Both have a stamp with 93. I wonder if that indicates the year.

I have also come across a bit more information.
Dante also had two daughters, Iris and Sara born after Carlos in Argentina

[Tessa78]

Very interesting artifacts. Yes, the '93 appears to be a date.
Not sure, but this looks like something similar to a "wire" of money, only using stamps.
It appears that Dante is in the port city of Cecina, and his father is in Pisa. The card is instructed to pay the sum of 10 Lire.
It is difficult to read the printed parts as when I enlarged the image, it blurs considerably.

Finding more children for Dante Tessieri seems to indicate that he never returned to Maria.
I truly believe that Ilia's natural father is Luigi Galleani, but that will be difficult to verify with documentation.

On another note, I think your thoughts about where Cossyra was born have credence. I checked (page by page) in the baptisms for May - August in Pantelleria and did not find any child with that given name, or Maria Rallo as a parent.

T.

[JamesM]

Sorry about the clarity of the images. I couldn't find anything with higher resolution.

Interesting Dante Tessieri seemed to be a scholar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Tessieri

Dante's son, Carlos was a doctor. Sara was a mathematician. Iris a mathematician and author.
Ilia has many of these traits too. We may never know.

I searched all the births through 1901 for Cossyra but found nothing.
Cossyra is the ancient name that the Romans used for the island of Pantelleria. With that I assumed she was born there.
Also with a name as unique as Cossyra, I thought it would be easy to locate her in immigration records. So far nothing.

[Tessa78]

Yes, I agree. We may never know Ilia's true paternity, and she does have the same traits as Dante's other children.

I also thought the name Cossyra would be an easier search. However, many of our searches depend on the transcription of the names for the database, and gross misspellings are not uncommon.

T.

[JamesM]

T,

You gave me the link for Dante's birth.
Are you able to read the date on it?
I can't make it out

James

[Tessa78]

The date of the record is 25 May 1867 at noon in the Palazzo of the town.
The presentation of the child to the official was made by the father Serafino Tessieri (son of deceased Giuseppe)... and he declared that the child was born at 5 AM on the 21st of the current month at his home, to his wife Lucia Mattei (daughter of Valente). The child was given the name Dante Giovanni.

T.

[odettemcg]

I am Cossyra's granddaughter.
Ilia was her half sister.
Nonna was born in Alexandria, Egypt.
For more information read the book about Luigi's life, available from amazon in English or Italian

[odettemcg]

I should also clear some of the other questions
Maria Rallo had two husbands before Galleani
Salvatorre & Ilia were their children, the rest were Galleani's.