Antonina Abruzzo's Ancestors |
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In 1728, marriage banns were read at the mother church of Sciacca on January 4th, 6th and 11th for Santo to marry Giovanna Tigano. She was born and baptized as Joanna Rosa Felicia on the morning of October 16, 1712, in the mother church Nine Sciacca mother church baptism records have been found for the children of Sancto and Joanna Abbruzzo as follows — Agata Anna was born and baptized on the evening of February 5, 1729, with the middle name after her paternal grandmother and died at 3 months old on May 12, 1729; Antonina Petra was born and baptized on December 23, 1730, but died 10 days later on January 2, 1731; Francesco, named after his paternal grandfather, was baptized as Franc’us Leonardus on February 5, 1732, and died at 13 years old on November 13, 1745; ancestor Antonina; Anna Maria, named after her paternal grandmother, was born and baptized on the evening of June 3, 1739, and died at 3 months old on September 6, 1739; Onofria was named after her maternal grandfather, was born and baptized as Honuphria Antonia Maria on the morning of September 7, 1740, and died at 7 months old on April 19, 1741; Onofria Maria was born on the morning of April 24, 1743 and baptized that same day; another Francesco was born and baptized as Francius Antonous on October 14, 1746, but probably died young; and another Francesco was born on the morning of August 22, 1750, and baptized as Francisus Maria that same day.
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Nine St. Michele baptism records have been found for the children of Francesco and Anna Abruzzo as follows — Onofria Anna Franisca, named after her paternal grandmother, was born on October 10, 1689, and baptized the next day; Filippo, named after his paternal grandfather was born and baptized as Philippus Sebastianus on the evening of January 21, 1692; Michele was born and baptized as Michael Angelus on the evening of July 20, 1694; Rosa was born and baptized as Rosalia Margarita Angela on the morning of October 16, 1696; Gabriel Francesco was born and baptized on the evening of September 18, 1698; ancestor Santo; Antonina Brigida was born and baptized on November 1, 1704; Ignazio was born on July 31, 1707, and baptized as Ignatius Joannes, the next day; and Maria, who was born on August 30, 1710, and baptized the next day as Margarita Josepha, after her maternal grandmother. There was another daughter born probably after Maria name Caterina, but a baptism record for her has not been found.
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Ten Sciacca baptism records have been found for the children of Onofrio and Antonina Tigano, all but one were baptized in the mother church there. Their ten children baptisms are as follows — Giuseppe, named after his maternal grandfather was born and baptized as Joseph Calogerus Accursius on the evening of April 6, 1691; Francesco was born on the evening of September 24, 1692, and was baptized as Francesus Ignazius Baltassar the next day; Leonardo, named after his paternal grandfather, was born on the evening of February 6, 1695, and was baptized as Leonardus Albertius Paulus the next day; Petra Antonina Joanna Isabella, named after her paternal grandmother, was born on the evening of October 18, 1697, was baptized the next day, but died on September 1, 1700, less than a month before her third birthday; Petra Cosma Damiana was born on October 22, 1700, was baptized the next day and married Francesco Montagnino on January 18, 1716; Antonia Anna, named after her maternal grandmother, was born on October 1, 1703, and baptized the next day; Giovanna was born and baptized as Joanna Rosaria on September 18, 1706, but died at 5 years old on March 24, 1712; Carlo, was born and baptized as Carolus Antoninus in the St. Michele parish on the evening of March 3, 1709, and died 7 months later on October 6, 1709; another Carlo was born and baptized as Carolus Paulus Franciscus on February 21, 1711, but he also died less than 2 months later on April 10, 1711; and ancestor Giovanna.
The only documented information for Antonina’s parents, Giuseppe and Antonia, is that they both were deceased when their daughter ancestor Antonina was married in 1690. It is not known when Antonina and Onofrio died, but they were both alive when their daughter ancestor Giovanna was married on January 12, 1728. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about them. |
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Only five St. Michele baptism records have been found for the children of Philippo and Honiphria de Abruzzo as follows — ancestor Francesco, named after his paternal grandfather; Giuseppe, named after his maternal grandfather, was born and baptized as Joseph Paulus Joannus Baptrista on the morning of January 26, 1667, but probably died young; ancestor Calogero, was given the male version of his paternal grandmother’s name; Antonino was born and baptized as Vitus Antonius on the morning of May 29, 1671, grew up to marry Laria Gagliano in Sciacca on February 18, 1697; and Giuseppe, who was born and baptized as Joseph Antonius on the morning of November 18, 1674. It is not known when Filippo and Onofria died, but it is documented that they were both deceased when their son, ancestor Francesco was married on August 15, 1688. For now, this is all that is known about them. |
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Eleven mother church baptism records have been found for the children of Leonardo and Petra Tigano as follows — Angela Maria was born and baptized on May 5, 1669; Giuseppa was born and baptized as Josepha Angela on May 24, 1670; ancestor Onofrio; Giovanni was born and baptized as Joannis Joseph on the evening of March 9, 1674; Anna was born and baptized as Anna Maria Josepha on March 23, 1676; Mathea Anna Maria was born and baptized on September 21, 1677; Giuseppe was born on October 13, 1680, and baptized the next day as Joseph Joannes Nuntius, who may have died as a child; Francesco Antonino was born and baptized on July 18, 1682; Maria Angela was born and baptized on June 27, 1683; another Giuseppe born on September 5, 1686, and baptized the next day as Joseph Jacobus; and Antonino, who was born and baptized as Antonius Paphnutius on June 12, 1689. It is not known when Pietra died, but it was sometime within the 6 month span between the birth of her last child and December 30, 1689, the date a marriage contract was filed for her husband to remarry. Her exact date of death is unknown because church burial records are missing after 1674 up to September of 1690.
Leonardo died and was buried in the Convent of St. Francisco Church cemetery, outside the city on November 8, 1708. (Mouse over and click on his Latin burial image lower left to enlarge in a new window/tab.) His mother church burial record does not list his wife or parents, but states he was 65 years old, which is only three years under his actual age. It is not known what became of his second wife Angela and their two children. At this time, nothing else is known about them. |
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Eleven St. Michele baptism records have been found for the children of Francesco and Calogera d’ Abruzzo as follows — Carlo Antonino was baptized on November 5, 1614; Antonino Vincenzo on August 23, 1616; Margarita Francesca, named after her maternal grandmother, was baptized on November 12, 1618; Nunzia Calogera was born on August 15, 1620, and baptized the next day; Vito was born on October 14, 1621, and baptized as Vitus Calogerus the next day; Luis Calogerius Accursius was born and baptized on November 14, 1626; Caterina was born and baptized on January 21, 1629; Margarita Angela was born on February 7, 1630, and baptized the next day; ancestor Filippo; Maria was born and baptized on December 12, 1633; and another Vito, who was born and baptized as Vitus Accurius on March 18, 1636.
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Giuseppe Currao and his wife Antonia Festina’s ancestries are unknown, but they lived and raised a family in the St. Michele parish of Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy. Giuseppe’s surname has been spelled many different ways, Currau, Carrao, Corrao, but mostly Currao.
Ten St. Michele baptism records have been found for the children of Joseph and Antonia Currao as follows — Filippo was born and baptized as Filippus Vincezius on September 17, 1631; Vincenza was born in the evening of May 21, 1633, and baptized as Vincenzia Joanna the next day; ancestor Onofria; Dominico was born and baptized as Dominicus Calogerus on September 14, 1638, but may have died young; another Dominico was born and baptized as Dominicus Phius on May 10, 1641; Vita Brigida was born on September 11, 1644, and baptized the next day; Francisca Crispina was born and baptized on February 9, 1647; Vito was born and baptized as Vitus Philippius on September 27, 1649; Antonino was born and baptized as Antoninus Nunzius on March 25 1652; and Antonia Rosalia was born on August 17, 1654, and baptized the next day. It is not known when Giuseppe and Antonia died, but it is documented that they were still alive on April 13, 1665, the day their daughter, ancestor Onofria was married. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about them. |
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Nine mother church baptism records have been found for the children of Joseph and Maria Tigano as follows — ancestor Leonardo; Calogero born on the evening of October 29, 1642, and baptized the next day as Calogerus Dominius; Innocenzia was born and baptized as Innocentia Francesca on December 5, 1644; Francesca was born on March 21, 1647, and baptized the next day as Francesca Beneditta; Grazia was born and baptized as Gratia Aloysia on November 18, 1650; Gaetano was born on May 15, 1656, and baptized the next day as Gaetanus; Accursio was born on September 24, 1657, and baptized the next day as Accusicus Michael Francescus; Vincenzo was born on the evening of December 29, 1660, and baptized the next day as Vincenzius Liberalis Thomas; and Angela Catharina, who was born on October 17, 1664, baptized the next day and died unmarried at 40 years old on October 22, 1701. It is not known when Giuseppe and Maria died, but they were both still alive when their son ancestor Leonardo was married on June 11, 1664, but deceased when their youngest daughter Angela died in 1701. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about them. |
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![]() Giacomo Vitrano was born on May 2, 1622, and baptized that same day with the Latin name of Jacobus Antonino, in the mother church parish of Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy. (Mouse over and click on his Latin baptism record upper right to enlarge in a new window/tab.) He was the second son of ten known children born to Pietra Pardo and her husband Vincenzo Vitrano. He is also the brother to ancestor Anna Vitrano who married Stefano Costanza.
Nine Sciacca baptism records have been found for the children of Jacobi and Angela Vitrano, which sometimes is spelled Vetrano. Their first child, ancestor Pietra was baptized in the St. Vito parish and the other eight in the mother church parish. These baptism records are as follows — Filippa was born and baptized as Philippa Anna Francesca on January 21, 1652; Michele was born on October 14, 1653, baptized the next day as Michael Antoninus Vincenzius, and married Ninfa Venezia in Sciacca at St. Michele’s church on February 8, 1682; Anna Catherina was born and baptized on September 11, 1655; Gaetana was born and baptized as Gaetana Anna Jacoba Vita on October 19, 1657; Vincenzo was born and baptized as Vincenzius Antoninus Carlus on December 14, 1659; Giovanna was born and baptized on January 14, 1662, as Joanna Vincenzia and as a 28 year-old spinster married ancestor Vincenzo Muscarneri as his second wife; Antonino Leonardo was born and baptized on December 22, 1664; and Calogera Antonina was born and baptized on October 19, 1672.
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Accursio Abruzzo’s ancestry is unknown, but he married and raised a family in the mother church parish of Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy. On August 14, 1579, Accursio married Margarita Catania at the Sciacca mother church. (Mouse over and click on their brief Latin church marriage image left to enlarge in a new window/tab.) Only three mother church baptism records have been found for the children of Cursio and Margarita di Abruzzo, as follows — ancestor Francesco; Giuseppe was baptized on July 29, 1588; and Angela Flaminia, who was baptized on February 7, 1591. They probably had other children, but these are the only baptism records found for them. It is not known when Accursio and Margarita died, but it is documented that he was alive when his son ancestor Francesco was married on February 8, 1614. For now nothing else is known about them. |
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Only four St. Michele baptism records have been found for the children of Vin’o and Margarita Armenia as follows — ancestor Calogera; Caterina on May 14, 1596, who grew up to marry Leonardo Gagliano at the Sciacca St. Michele church in 1622; Leonardo Giovanni on November 12, 1598; and Leonarda on November 9, 1599. On some these record their surname was spelled Armania. It is possible that Margarita died after her last child was born and Vincenzo married again. Because burial records are not available for research this far back, this may just be a coincidence. There is a St. Vito marriage record for a Vincenzo Armenia, son of the deceased Giovanni, who married on December 10, 1601, Isabella (Bella) Abruzzo, the daughter of ancestors Geronimo and Bartola Abruzzo. On their marriage record it does not say he was a widower, so this is very uncertain. But if this is the same Vincenzo, he went on to have other children with Bella. It is not known when Vincenzo and Margarita died, but it is documented that Vincenzo died sometime between ancestor Calogera’s marriage on February 8, 1614, and her sister Caterina’s marriage on July 25, 1622. For now nothing else is known about them. |
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Calogero Trapani and his wife Itria, whose surname is unknown, were probably not from Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy, but they lived there for a time. Their ancestries are unknown, but by late 1621, they were living in Sciacca. The only documentation found for them are baptism records which are probably for their younger children. A baptism record for their older child, ancestor Maria or a marriage record for them have not been found in the available Sciacca records. The three mother church baptism records found for the children of Magistro Calogero and Itria Trapani are as follows — Giuseppe, born on the evening of October 11, 1621, and baptized that night as Joseph; Rosalia was born and baptized on September 5, 1625; and Antonia, who was born and baptized on October 27, 1628. It is not known when Calogero and Itria died, but they were both alive on February 27, 1639, the day their daughter ancestor Maria was married. Unfortunately, at this time, nothing else is known about them. |
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Antonino Catania’s ancestry is unknown, but he lived and raised a family in the mother church parish of Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy. Eight mother church baptism records have been found for the children of Antonino or Antonello Catania. None list a mother’s name, so it is not certain that these children are all from the same Antonino, as some baptisms are very close together. They are as follows — Calogero Baldassaro in June of 1548; Vito on July 21, 1552; Beatrice Cunsula on September 4, 1559; Giovanni Francesco was baptized as Joanni Franco on March 17, 1561; another Vito, who was baptized as Vito Joannus on June 16, 1563; ancestor Margarita, who was baptized only 5 months after her brother Vito; Francesco was baptized as Franco Joseppi on October 7, 1565; and Catinella who was baptized on July 13, 1566. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about Antonino Catania. |
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