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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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one
hundred eighty-seven
In the year one thousand
eight hundred thirty -five
on day
twenty-seven
of the month of
August
at hour
twenty
Italian time
before Us
Francesco
Cinquemani,
Mayor
and official of the civil record of the community of
Mussomeli
District of
Caltanisetta Province of Caltanisetta
has
appeared
Rosalia
Lupo
age
_____
occupation Wheelkeeper living
in this
Town, who has
presented us a report
that accordingly we have visibly witnessed, and he has declared that the same
was born by
the Community
Administrative Commission of the Town of Mussomeli of . . . . .
age
Community
living
Administrative Commission
and of
in
accordance with Article 26 of the
age
Civil Code
occupation
she reported
living at
to the Mayor and Official of the
Civil Record that
on day
this day at the
of the
month of hour
sixteen in the year
there was found in the
at
hour
wheel of
foundlings, a
in the house
baby boy of recent birth wrapped in swaddling clothes,
without a blemish
The same has also declared that
she has given to
or visible sign
the name
of any kind.
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We have given him the name Giusto Sforza
~ the Commission: Francesco
Cinquemani, Mayor
Emmanuele Petix; Giuseppe Minelli;
deputy Salvadore Genci Secretary . . . .
The aforesaid presentation and declaration was made in the
presence of We,
after having recorded
age
the said report occupation
have
directed that
a subject of the realm, living
at it be placed
in the volume of documents at page ____ and of
. . . . the
Registrar of the Tribunal
age
Civil,
occupation
. . . . . . . .
a subject of the realm, living at
We have today signed this
document, which is recorded in the two registers of the Civil
Record, on the day, month,
witnesses attending
the present act, and by him, Mister
and year
as above.
provided.
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 Us
alone.
[Signed by]
Francesco
Cinquemani Mayor |
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| Number
one
hundred eighty-seven
Year one thousand eight
hundred thirty-five
on day
twenty- eight
of the month of
August
the Parish
priest of
this town
Mussomeli
has returned to
us on the day
stated above of
the year stated
above,
the record,
which we had remitted to him on
day
twenty-seven of
the month stated
above, of the year
____ the birth act
written opposite, at
the bottom of which he has indicated that the Sa-
crament of
Baptism has been ad-
ministered to Giusto Sforza
Spera
on day
as above.
Having seen this document
after having it encoded, we have provided that it be preserved
in the register of documents at page
one hundred
eighty-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 re-
[second page]
gisters in the margins of the corr-esponding birth
record,
and then we have signed.
[Signed by]
F.
Cinquemani Mayor |
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The 1861 civil
record of the
marriage promise reproduced below, for Giusto Sforza and
Salvatrice Spoto, 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 16 August 1960 in the presence of witnesses
Salvatore Valenza
and Domenico Frisa,
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 |
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Number
35
Year eighteen hundred sixty,
day
sixteen
of the month of
August
at hour
twenty-four,
before Us,
Don Giuseppe Langella,
Adjudicator
and official of the Civil Record of the
Town of
Mussomeli,
district of
Caltanissetta,
Province of Caltanissetta,
have appeared in the
Town Hall:
Giusto
Sforza, bachelor
age
twenty-five,
born in
Mussomeli,
district of
Caltanissetta,
Province of
Calta-
nissetta, occupation
villager,
living in
Mussomele,
son of an
unknown father,
age
______
occupation
______ living
____,
and
of an
unknown mother,
age
______,
living
______;
and
Salvatrice Spoto, maiden,
age
nineteen,
born in
Mussomeli,
living
here,
daughter of
Giuseppe, age
forty-five,
occupation
villager living
here,
and daughter of
Maria
Carmela
Faldetta
age
deceased, who lived
___.
The couple,
in the
presence of
witnesses who
will be
mentioned below,
produced by them,
have
asked me 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 father of the bride who
in our presence has declared his express
formal cansent.
The notice of this promise was affixed
to the door of the town hall of
Mussomeli on
Sunday the twenty-second day of the
month of
July of the
current year.
We, in accordance
with
their request,
after having
read
them
all the
consistent
documents:
[p. 3]First,
the birth records of the groom
Second, the birth record of the bride
Third,
the marriage banns made in this Town, to
which there have been no objections
Fourth, the death record of the mother
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:
Lodovico
Lombardo,
age fifty,
occupation
Villager
subject of the Realm, living
in Mussomeli;
Giuseppe Castrogiovanni,
age
thirty-four,
occupation
Villager;
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subject of the Realm,
living
here;
Salvatore
Vaccaro,
age
twenty-three,
occupation
Villager
subject of the Realm, living
here;
and of
Salvatore Lombardo,
age
twenty-eight,
occupation
Villager subject of the Realm,
living
here;
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
since those assembled for this
record and the witnesses are illiterate. |
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The Adjudicator
[Signed]
G. Langella
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From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile Film
1438828, 1860 Marriages, No 35, Giusto Sforza and Salvatrice Spoto |
In the year one thousand eight
hundred sixty-seven on day nineteen of July at hour
ten-thirty ante meridian in the Town Hall before me Raimondo Mis-
tretta, Secretary of the Town of Mussomeli, District and
Province of Cal-
tanisetta, delegated Official of the Civil Staus for
records of death, by the Mayor
by act of twenty-two May one thousand eight hundred sixty-six,
approved on the 1st of
June of said year; appeared Vincenzo Genuardi son of the
living Sebastiano, age
sixty, occupation Villager, living in Mussomeli; and Giuseppe
Mar-
tone son of the living Salvatore, age forty-three, occupation
Villager, living
here, who have declared to me that at the hour of ten post
meridian on yester-
day, has died, in his own house, Giusto Sforza, husband of
Teresa Tuzzeo; age
thirty-one, occupation Villager, living in and born in Mussomeli
of an unknown Father and an unknown Mother.
[signed] Raimondo Mistretta Secretary |
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Nunber Four hundred
thirty-five |
| Giusto Sforza |
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