Gaetano Bellanca
Born: 10 June 1827 ~Mussomeli, Caltanissetta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Married: 11 October 1849 ~ Mussomeli, Caltanissetta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Died:
8 Novenmer 1904 ~ Mussomeli, Sicily
 

Meaning of Bellanca (bell-AHN-kuh): from "blanca", white;
OR: from "bell'anca", beautiful hip

 

 

From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile Film 1438784, 1827 Births, No. 146, Gaetano Bellanca    

 

          
R E C O R D   O F   B I R T H 
 

NOTICE
 
of the day on which was adminis-
tered the Sacrament of Baptism

Number 146

In the year one thousand eight hundred twenty-seven on day ten
of the month of June at hour twenty
Italian time before
Us
Doctor Giuseppe
lo Rizzo,
Mayor
and official of the
Civil Status of the community of Mussomeli Di-
strict of
Caltanisetta Province of Caltanisetta
has appeared
Antonino Bellanca,
age twenty-six years, occupation
Villager
domiciled
here in
Mussomeli
,
 
                                     who has pre-
sented us a
boy that accordingly we have
visibly witnessed, and he has declared
that the same was born of
Maria Giadi-
na,
age thirty years, domiciled here,
and of
him, Bellanca, age as above, occupation as ab-
ove
,
domiciled here
on the day as above of the month as above
in the
current year
at hour five, in the house
of their own residency.

The same has also declared that he has given
the boy the name Gaetano.

The aforesaid presentation and declaration was
made in the presence of Giuseppe Cassaro,
age
twenty-nine years, occ-
upation
peasant sharecropper, a subject of the realm of the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, domiciled
in Mussomeli 
and of
Saverio Zaffuto age
thirty
,
occupation
peasant
sharecropper
,
a subject
of the realm of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,, living here,
                                                      witnesses assembled
for this registration, and provided by him, Mister
declarant

  This document, which we have created in progress
of the presentation, was inscribed on two registers, read
to the informant and to the witnesses, and today on
the day, month, and year as stated above, signed by
Myself
only, the
declarant and witnesses being
illiterate
.

(Signed by) G Lo Rizzo Mayor

Number 146

In the year one thousand eight hundred twenty-seven on day ten
of the month of
June
the Parish priest of this Main
Church
has returned to us on the day
stated above
of the current year,
                                       
the record,
which we had remitted to him
on day ten of the
month of as above of the year
 as above, the
opposite-written birth act, at the
bottom of which he has indicated that
the Sacrament of Baptism has
been administered to Gaeta-
no Bellanca


on the day as above.

Having seen that notation
after having it inscribed,
we have provided that it be preserved
in the register of documents
at page one hundred forty-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 record of birth,
and then we have signed it.

   (Signed by) Gpe Lo Rizzo Mayor

 

 

Baptism Record

From Mussomeli Registri Ecclesiastici Film 2013806, Chiesa San Ludovico, 1827 Baptisms, Page 461,
 Caietanus Bellanca, FamilySearch image 1369/3149
      

 

 

 

Antoninus
Bellanca
  Pr
Caietanus
  fil.

                                                                  461
      Anno Dni Millimo Octingmo Vigmo Septimo
               Die decima Junii                     1827
Ego Sacus Antoninus Morreale Capnus Sacralis huius
Matr. E. baptidzavi infantem hoc noct hora 5  cirer
ex Antonino Bellanca, et Maria Giardina, Pni fuere
Mansuetus fil. qm. Josephi Vitellaro, et Francisca
Salvatoris Spoto

 

 

 

Antonino
Bellanca
  Father
Gaetano
  son

                                                                  461
      Year A.D. Eight hundred twenty-seven
                 Day tenth of June                 1827
I, Priest Antonino Morreale Sacramental Chaplain of this
Main Church baptized an infant born this night about hour 5
of Antonino Bellanca, & Maria Giardina, Godparents were
Mansueto son of the late Giuseppe Vitellaro, and Francesca
daughter of the living Salvatore Spoto

 

 

      The 1849 civil record of the marriage promise reproduced below, for my Angela Bongiovanni's maternal great-great-grandparents Gaetano Bellanca and Paolina Tuzzeo, covers four pages.  The form is in two columns, on the left showing the Record of the Solemn Promise to celebrate matrimony, while the right-hand column is entitled 'Indication of the subsequent canonical [church] celebration of marriage'.  Only the left column of the record is translated below.  Essentially, the left column gives the details of the civil promise made at the Town Hall, while the right column simply confirms that the couple was married in church on 11 October 1849 in the presence of witnesses Don Tiburzio Amico and Francesco Noto, and that the civil and church records were cross-referenced. 
        This record is only the promise or contract to marry, but it contains much more information than the actual marriage record made by the church.  Click on the images at left to see the original documents. 

RECORD OF THE SOLEMN PROMISE
to celebrate matrimony

[p. 1] Number 56
Year eighteen hundred forty-nine, day seven of the month of October at hour twenty-four, before Us, Doctor Don Vincenzo Sorce Mayor and official of the Civil Status of the town of Mussomeli, district of
Caltanissetta, Province of Caltanissetta, have appeared in the Town Hall: Gaetano Bellanca, a bachelor age twenty-two, born in Mussomeli, district of Caltanissetta, Province of Caltanissetta, occupation peasant  villager, domiciled in Mussomeli, son of Antonino, age ______ occupation ______ domiciled ____, and of Maria Giardina age sixty, domiciled here; and Paolina Tuzzeo, a maiden, age twenty, domiciled here, daughter of Salvatore age deceased, occupation ___ domiciled ____, and daughter of Giuseppa Militello age sixty, domiciled here.
The couple,
in the presence of witnesses who will be mentioned below, and produced by them, have requested to receive their solemn promise to celebrate prior to the Church ceremony, according to the format prescribed by the Sacred Council of Trent for the marriage which
[p. 2]they plan between them
with the support of the parents of the bride and groom, who in our presence have lent their express and formal consent to this matrimony, which they have accordingly declared to Us.
   The notice of this promise was affixed to the door of the town hall of Mussomeli on Sunday the twenty-sixth day of the month of August of the current year.
 
 We seconded their request, after having read them all the consistent documents:
First, the birth record of the groom
Second, the birth record of the bride
Third, the marriage banns made in this Town where they both live, to which there have been no objections
[p. 3]Fourth, the death record of the father of the groom
Fifth, the death record of the paternal grandfather of the groom
Sixth, the death record of the father of the bride
Seventh, the death record of the paternal grandfather of the bride.

Page 3 continues: and having also read chapter six under the title of marriage of the civil laws regarding the respective rights and obligations of the spouses, we have received from each of the parties, one after the other, the declaration, that they solemnly promise to celebrate the marriage before the Church according to the format prescribed by the Holy Council of Trent.
      We made the record of all this
in the presence of four witnesses attending the solemn promise of marriage:
Michele Ferro,
age twenty-two, occupation Villager, subject of the realm of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, domiciled here;
Salvatore Mistretta,
age forty-five, occupation Villager
[p. 4] subject of the realm, domiciled here;
Ottavio Capodoci,
age forty-two, occupation Villager, subject of the realm, domiciled here;
Mariano Dilena,
age forty-five, occupation Villager, subject of the realm, domiciled here.

By regulation, this is inscribed on the two registers, we read it to the witnesses and the future bride and groom, to whom we have also given two consistent copies signed by Us, to be presented to the parish priest, to whom the celebration of the marriage pertains, and then it is signed by us alone, those attending and the witnesses having said they are illiterate.


The Mayor
[Signed]
Dr. Vincenzo Sorce

From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile Film 1438827    
1849 Marriages, No. 56, Gaetano Bellanca and Paolina Tuzzeo     

 

 

 

 

Gaetano Bellanca married Paolina Tuzeo on 11 October 1849, in Mussomeli

Known Children

Antonino Bellanca:  13 Sep 1852 ~ 28 Jan 1922
~ (Married Giuseppa Amico)
Salvatore Bellanca:  15 Oct 1855 ~ ? ~
(Married Giuseppa Sforza Spera)
Giuseppe Bellanca: 4 Jun 1860 ~ ?
Giovanni Bellanca: 15 Jun 1862 ~ ? 

Gaetano Bellanca:  5 Aug 1867 ~ 29 Jan 1868 
Gaetano Bellanca:  30 Jul 1869 ~ bef 1878 
Filippo Bellanca:  abt 1874 ~ 17 Aug 1875 
Gaetano Bellanca:  abt 1878 ~ 17 Sep 1879

 

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