Elisabetta la Greca
Born: 11 January 1853 ~Mussomeli, Caltanissetta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Married: 21 and 30 September 1877 ~ Mussomeli, Caltanissetta, Kingdom of Italy

Died: 20 Jul 1925 ~ Mussomeli

 

Meaning of la Greca (luh-GREH-kuh): the Greek

 

 

        From about 1820 through 1865, civil birth records in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies reported the details of all births on the left side of a two-page form, reproduced below.  The left side of the record refers to Angela Bongiovanni Coniglio's great-grandfmother Elisabetta la Greca's birth.  The right side references her baptism, but it is not a baptism certificate.  It names no priest or godparents, but simply states that the birth was reported to the church and the church confirmed that the child had been baptized. 
      The translation, after the image of the actual record, has been condensed to one page. 
      The church baptism record follows.  Because of the high infant mortality rate, babies were baptized within a few days of their birth.

From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile Film 1438786, 1853 Births, No. 6, Elisabetta la Greca     

 

R E C O R D   O F   B I R T H  

Notice of the day on which
was administered the Sacrament
of Baptism

Number 6

In the year one thousand eight hundred fifty-three on day eleven of the month of January at hour eighteen before Us Dr. Don Vincenzo Sorce, Mayor and official of Civil Status of the community of Mussomeli District of Caltanisetta Province of Caltanisetta appeared Vincenzo la Greca age thirty-four, occupation peasant villager living in Mussomeli, who has presented us a girl that accordingly we have visibly witnessed, and she has declared that the same was born of Maria di Piazza age thirty, living here, and of Signor la Greca, age as above, occupation as above, living here on day as above of the month of Aas above in the current year at hour fifteen, in their own domicile

The same has also declared that they have given the girl the name Elisabetta

  The aforesaid presentation and declaration was made in the presence of Salvatore Amico age twenty-six, occupation peasant villager, a subject of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, living in Mussomeli and of Ludovico Giannini age twenty-six, occupation peasant villager, a subject of the kingdom, living in Mussomeli, witnesses attending the present act, and provided by him, Mister Declarant

  This document, which we have created as required, was inscribed on two registers, read to the informant and to the witnesses, and on the day, month, and year as stated above, signed by Myself only, the declarant and witnesses saying they are illiterate.

The Mayor
(Signed by)
Vincenzo Sorce

Number 6

In the year one thousand eight hundred fifty-three on day eleven of the month of April the Parish priest of this town has returned to us on the day stated above  of the year stated above, the record, which we had remitted to him on day twelve of the month as above of the current year the birth record presented here, at the bottom of which he has indicated that the Sacrament of Baptism has been administered to Elisabetta on the day stated above.

  Having seen this document after having it encoded, we have provided that it be preserved in the register of documents at page six

  We have also acknowledged to the Parish priest the receipt of the same, and we have created the present record which was inscribed on the two registers in the margins of the corresponding birth record, and then we have signed.

(Signed by) Sorce

 

Baptism Record

From Mussomeli Registri Ecclesiastici Film 2013876, 1853 Baptisms, Page 39, Elisabetha la Greca      

                       Anno Dni 1853            39


Vincentius la Greca
Pr.

Elisabetha fa.
 

                        Die undecima Januarii
Ego Sac. Antoninus Nigrelli ex licentia Rev Parochi baptizavi

infantem
hodie natum hora 15 ex Vincentii la Greca et Maria
Piazza jugbus,  Cui impositum fuit nomen Elisabetha. Patrini fuere
Franciscus Genco Carabello f. Antonini, et Philomena Castiglione
fa Vincentii
Sac. Antoninus Nigrelli

                    1853 AD             39


Vincenzo la Greca,
father

Elisabetta dghtr
 

                      Day eleven of January
I Priest
Antonino Nigrelli approved reverend Pastor, baptized
an infant
born  today at hour 15 of Vincenzo la Greca and Maria
Piazza, married.
She was given the name Elisabetta. Godparents were Francesco Genco Carabella
son of Antonino & Filomena Castiglione daughter of Vincenzo.
Priest Antonino Nigrelli

 

       Elisabetta la Greca and Vincenzo Lanza were married in a civil ceremony in Mussomeli's Town Hall on Friday, 21  September 1877, with Councilman Alessandro La Rizza officiating.  Their church marriage record, which follows, shows that they were not canonically married until 30 Septembr 1877.


RECORDS OF CIVIL MARRIAGE


Year 1877, day 21 September
at hour 11:15 AM, in the Town Hall
of Mussomeli, District and Province of Caltanissetta, open to the public. 
      Before me Alessandro La Rizza, Councilman, assistant to the Mayor who is away. 
   
Official of the Civil Record, dressed in official garb, have appeared in person: 
1st: Vincenzo Lanza, age 25; *villager,
born in Mussomeli, living in Mussomeli, son of the late Sal- vatorelate resident of Mussomeli, and of Paolina Faldetta,
a resident of Mussomeli; 2nd: Elisabetta La Greca,
age 23, *commoner, born in Mussomeli,  living in
Mussomeli,  daughter of Vincenzo, a resident of Mussomeli,
and of Maria di Piazza, late resident of Mussomeli, who
asked that I join them in marriage; to this effect they presented me with documents
as
described below, and through examination of these and those already produced when requesting banns, all of which, supported by my review, I insert in the volume of attachments to this register, resulting in no objection to the celebration of their matrimony, I have read to the couple articles one-thirty, one-thirty-one and
one-thirty-two of the Civil Code, and
asked the groom if he intends to take as wife here-present Elisabetta
La Greca
, and of her if she intends to take as husband here-present
Vincenzo Bellanca; and as they have each answered yes
with full understanding, and as have the witnesses indicated below,
I have pronounced in the name of the Law that
the couple is joined in marriage. at this certification were present:
Salvatore Vaccaro
age 23, *Villager, and
Francesco Schifano
age 30, *Villager,
both living in this Town. 
This record is presented with the certification
of
the marriage banns  published on day 17
and 24 of this past month of June 
 The above matrimony has received the consent of the parents of the betrothed, as explained in the request for banns.
 This document was read to those assembled, and is signed
by me alone, because they said they are illiterate.
                 

The Official of the Civil Record
[Signed]  
Alessandro La Rizza
 
 


Number
sixty-two
~*~

 Vincenzo Lanza
 
Elisabetta La Greca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   * Indicates the occupation.

From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile Film 1963947, 1877 Marriages, No. 62, Vincenzo Lanza and Elisabetta La Greca        

 

Matrimonii (Marriages)

        This is the church marriage record of Vincenzo Lanza and Elisabetta la Greca.  Not all the Latin words are decipherable, but the critical information is.  The date given on the church marriage record is consistent with the statement on the right of the civil contract.


 

9
Vincentius
Lanza
et
Elisabetha
la Greca

Anno Dmi Millesmo Octagesimo Septagestimo septimo /1877/  214
                    Die tricesima Septembris

Denuntiationibus praemissis tribus continuis diebus Festivus quasum
prima die 6. secunda die 9. tertia die 16 Septembris inter Missae Paro-
ochialis solemnia habita est, nulloque impedimento detecto,
da mea licentia, Sac. Caietanus Minella. Vincentium Lanza c, fil,
n. defuncti
Salvatoris et Paulinae Faldetta; et Elisabeth La Greca in,
filia Vincentii Defunctaeque Mariae Piazza interrogavit, comunque
mutuo consensa habito, solemnitis per verba de praesenti matrimonio
coniuxit
praesentibus testibus notis Mr. Salvatore Mingoia et Caieta-
no Nola.
Postea eus ex sita S. Matris Ecclesiae in Missae celebratione
bene-
dixit.

                     Oeconomus Curatus

                 Sac Sanct Nigrelli

From Mussomeli Registri Ecclesiastici Film 2013877, Item 2,  1877 Marriages, Page 214 No. 9, Vincentius Lanza and Vincenza la Greca

 

 

9
Vincentius
Lanza
et
Elisabetha
la Greca

Year AD OneThousand Eight hundred Seventy-seven /1877/    214
                    Day thirtieth of September
Marriage banns were posted on three consecutive Feast days,the
first on day 6, the second on day 9, the third on day16 of Septemberi during
solemn Parochial Mass, without any objections found.
By my authority,I, Priest Gaetano Minella asked for the solemn
word of Vincenzo Lanza, bachelor, natural son of  the late
Salvatore
and of the late
Paolina Faldetta; and Elisabeta La Greca, unmarried
daughter of Vincenzo and of the late Maria Piazza and receiving
their mutual consent I joined them in matrimony. The witnesses
present were Maestro
Salvatore Mingoia and Gaetano Nola.
Afterwards I blessed them at Mass in the Holy Mother Church

I blessed them.

                        Acting Pastor
                
   Holy Priest Nigrelli

 

From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile 1925 Deaths, No. 129, Elisabetta La Greca     

RECORDS  OF  DEATHS  

Number One hundred twenty-nine

~ * ~

Elisabetta
La Greca

   In the year one thousand nine hundred twenty-five on day twenty-one of July  
at hour ten in the Town Hall
   Before me, Pietro Giudice, Secretary of the Town
delegated by the Mayor with the act of 2 August 1923, approved

Official of Civil Status of the town of Mussomeli, have appeared Salvatore
Barba
, age fifty-three years, a stonemason domiciled
in Mussomeli, and Giuseppe Messina. age sixty-seven years,
a day laborer domiciled in Mussomeli, who have declared to me that at
hour ten yesterday in the house located at
Via Santa Lucia, has died Elisabetta La Greca
age seventy-two, a peasant sharecropper residing in Mussomeli,
born in Mussomeli of the late Vincenzo once domiciled
in Mussomeli and of the late Maria Piazza once domiciled in
Mussomeli; wife of Vincenzo Lanza.
   At this record were present the witnesses Salvatore di Pasquale,
age seventy-seven years, a day laborer, and Matteo Mendola, age
sixty-nine years, a day laborer, both residents in this Town.
   I read this record to all those assembled; it is signed with me only by Barba,
the others being illiterate.

[signed]
Salvatore Barba, son of the late Giuseppe
            
THE OFFICIAL OF CIVIL STATUS P. Giudice

 

Elisabetta la Greca married Vincenzo Lanza in 1877, on 21 September in a civil ceremony,
and on 30 September in the church of San Giovanni Battista


Known Children

Salvatore Lanza  15 October 1879 ~ 24 August 1956
~ (Married Paolina Bellanca)
Giuseppe Lanza  25 April 1885 ~ ?
Vincenzo Lanza  10 January 1891 ~ 22 March 1975
~ (Married Salvatrice Castello)
Maria Lanza  about 1887 ~ 27 July 1892
Angelo Lanza  February 1887 ~
6 July 1895
 

 

 

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