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R E C O R D O F B I R
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Notice
of the day on which
was administered the Sacrament
of Baptism |
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forty-seven
In the year one thousand
eight hundred thirty -six
on day
twenty-seven
of the month of
February
at hour
twenty-one
before Us
Gaetano
Piazza,
Mayor
and official of the Civil Record of the community of
Serradifalco
District of
Caltanisetta Province of Caltanisetta
appeared
Raimondo
Coniglio
age
thirty
occupation
Laborer living at
Strada
Calvario, who has
presented us a
boy
that accordingly we have visibly witnessed, and he has declared that the same
was born of
Maria Messina his
legitimate wife
age
twenty-four, living
here, and of
him, the declarant,
age
as
above, occupation
as above,
living at
as above
on day
twenty-seven of the
month of
February in the year
stated above
at
twenty-two
hours, in their
own house.
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
Leonardo
Avenia
age
thirty-three, occupation
landowner,
a subject of the realm, living
at
Strada Piconotti and of
Francesco
Messina
age
forty,
occupation
Sharecropper, a subject of the realm, living at
Strada
Calvario, 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 having said that they don't know how
to write.
The Mayor
(Signed by)
Gaetano Piazza |
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forty-seven
In the year one thousand eight
hundred thirty -six
on day
twenty-nine
of the month of
February the Parish
priest of
this town has returned
to us on the date
stated above of
the year stated
above,
the record, which we had remitted to him on day
twenty-eight of the month of
February of the year
stated above, the here-written birth act, at
the bottom of which he has indicated that the Sacrament of
Baptism has been administered to
Gaetano Coniglio on day
twenty-eight
of the month
stated above.
Having seen this document
after having it encoded, we have provided that it be preserved
in the register of documents at page
forty-seven
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)
Gaetano Piazza |
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From Serradifalco Registri Ecclesiastici Film 2012918,
1836 Baptisms, No. 47, Coniglio Cajetanus |
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Coniglio | die 28 Februarii 1836
No 47
Ego Sacerd s Nicolaus Romano Cappelanus
sacramentalis
baptizavi Infantem,
natam ex
Raimondi et Maria Messina ju-
galibus Cui impositum fuit nomen Cajetanus.
Patrini fuere
Paolina Calabrese uxor Josephi, et Petrus Migliore
filius
Magister Philippi ----
Martius 1836 |
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Coniglio | day 28 of February 1836
No 47
I Priest Nicola Romano, Chaplain of sacraments,
baptized an Infant,
born of
Raimondo and Maria Messina, ma-
ried, on Whom the name imposed was Gaetano.
Godparents were
Paolina Calabrese, wife of Giuseppe; & Pietro Migliore,
son of
Master Filippo ----
March 1836
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The 1861 civil
record of the
marriage promise reproduced below, for my paternal
great-grandparents Gaetano Coniglio and Maria Carmela
Calabrese, 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 25 May 1859 in the presence of witnesses
Girolamo Curatolo
and Giuseppe Sferanza,
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.
Unfortunately, the church marriage records for the years
1856 through 1865 are missing. |
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RECORD OF THE SOLEMN PROMISE
to celebrate
matrimony |
[p. 1]
Number
5
Year eighteen hundred
sixty-one,
day six
of the month of
October
at hour
fourteen,
before Us,
Notary Antonino LicalsiSenior
Councilman and Assistant to the Mayor
and official of the Civil Record of the town of
Serradifalco,
district of
Caltanissetta,
Province of
Caltanissetta,
have appeared in the Town Hall:
Gaetano
Coniglio, single adult
age
twenty-five,
born in
Serradifalco,
district of
Caltanissetta,
Province of
Caltanissetta,occupation
Sulfur
miner,
living in
Serradifalco,
son of
the late Raimondo,
age
______
occupation
______ living
____,
and
of Maria
Messina
age
forty-nine,
living
here;
and
Maria Carmela Calabrese, single minor,
age
eighteen,
born in
Serradifalco,
living
here,
daughter of
the late Felice age
___,
occupation
___ living
____,
and daughter of
Maria Burgio
age
sixty-one,
who lives
here.
The couple,
in the
presence of
witnesses who
will be
mentioned below,
and produced by them,
have
requested to receive
their solemn
pro-
[p. 2]mise to celebrate
prior to the
Church ceremony,
according to the
format
prescribed
by the Sacred
Council of
Trent for the
marriage which they plan between them
with the
support of the respective mothers of the
espoused, who
came together for the present record in
order to lend their express and formal
consent, which they have accordingly
declared.
The notice of this promise was affixed
to the door of the town hall of
Serradifalco on
Sunday the
eighteenth day of the
month of
August of the year
stated above.
We, in accordance
with
their request,
after having
read
them
all the
consistent
documents:
First,
the birth record of the groom
Second, the birth record of the bride
[p. 3]Third,
the marriage banns made in this Town
where they both live, to which there
have been no objections
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. |
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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:
Luigi
Giardina,
age
thirty-three,
occupation
Sharecropper
subject of the realm of the Two Sicilies, living at
Strada Cagnina;
Domenico
Difrancesco,
age
sixty-seven,
occupation
Sharecropper
[p. 4]
subject of the realm,
living at
Strada Mintina;
Pasquale
Giumento,
age
thirty-three,
occupation
Sulfur miner
subject of the realm, living at
Strada Vullotti;
Leonardo
Avenia,
age
fifty-three,
occupation
Courier subject of the realm,
living at
Strada Piconotti;
We have read
this record, which is inscribed on the two registers, to
the witnesses
and
the 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, the betrothed, the
mothers of the betrothed and the witnesses having said
they don't know how to write. |
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The Senior
Councilman of the Mayor
[Signed]
Antonino Licalsi
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From Serradifalco Registri Stato Civile Film
1466476,
1861 Marriages, No. 5 Gaetano Coniglio and Maria Carmela
Calabrese |
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Number
169 |
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Coniglio |
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In the year one thousand
nine hundred nine on day
eleven
of
October
at
hour
eleven
Before me
Sir Doctor Vincenzo Perito
Commissar of the Realm,
Officer of Civil Records of the community of Serradifalco
________ have
appeared
Salvatore Crinò
________, age
thirty-six _____,sulfur
miner___,
living in Serradifalco
_, and
Gioachino
Calabese,
age
thirty-three, _____,
a
broker _____,
living
in Serradifalco
______________,
who
have de-
clared to me that at the hour
ten
_____________ and minutes
thirty
_________
of
today
____,
in the house located at
Via Migliore
___at
number
twelve has died
Gaetano
Coniglio
___________,
of
age
seventy-four
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sulfur
miner ___, living
in Serradifalco
_____, born in
Serradifalco _______,
son of the late
Raimondo_,
a sulfur miner
_, who lived in
Serradifalco__,
and of
the late
Maria Messina
__________,
a housewife
________, who lived in
Serradifalco,
[Gaetano Coniglio
was]the
widower of
Maria Carmela
Calabrese
At this
certification have been present the witnesses
Vittorio Butera
____,
of age
thirty-five __,
a sulfur miner
_, and
Baldassare
Falzone_, of age
thirty-four _,
a plowman
______, both residing in this Town. The pre-sent
record was read to all those
assembled,
and
they have, with me, signed below
~Salvatore
Crinò
~Vittorio
Butera
~Gioachino
Calabrese
~Baldassare
Falzone
~Perito
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