Dammiano in Maratea/PZ/Basilica

[esantin]

Dear all,

I'm looking for details of Giovanni Dammiano and his wife Teresa who emigrated to Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, around 1876.

All I know till now is that they were from Maratea/PZ/Italy, had a son called Nicola on October 8th 1873 in Italy (see https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... ,246520801) and at least another daughter called Maria, probably born in Rio de Janeiro. This daughter married José Domingos Gomes on August 3rd 1895, in Sumidouro/RJ/Brazil.

Any help will be extremely appreciated.

Regards,
Edinei

[adelfio]

Marriage publication of Giovanni Dammiano and Maria Teresa Dammiano
Index #198
1872 Dec 15th in the town of Maratea appeared Giovanni Dammiano age 34 coppersmith resides in Maratea son of deceased Nicola Dammiano and Fortuna Schettino post bans to marry Maria Teresa Dammiano age 28 farmer resides in Maratea daughter of Giuseppe Dammiano and Anna Maria Fiorenzaro

PG LINK TO RECORD
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... ,246428501

Marty

[esantin]

Thank you very much for the marriage document, Marty. It's interesting to note that it states the marriage was between Dammiano & Dammiano, so probably the groom and bride were (close?) relatives.

I'll keep the research and, if I find something else related to this couple, I'll come back and post it here.

Thank you again,
Edinei

[esantin]

Hi again,

Only a small comment: It seems that the surname of the mother of Maria Teresa Dammiano is Fiorenzano, and not FiorenzaRo, since looking for the latter surname in Basilicata (using this website: http://italia.indettaglio.it/ita/cognom ... icata.html) gives no results, while for the former it gives.

Edinei

[Tessa78]

Yes, you are correct that the spelling of the surname of the bride's mother is Fiorenzano.
Here is the death act of Anna Maria Fiorenzano in 1890.
#32
Death on 27 February 1890 at 1:06 AM at the house in Borgata Massa.
Anna Maria was age 76, the daughter of deceased Biase [Fiorenzano] and of deceased Carminella Riziere(?)
She was the wife of Giuseppe Dammiano
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... ,246419901

Additional information from the marriage record that Marty posted:
Giuseppe Dammiano (bride's father) was a coppersmith [ramaio]
Banns of marriage were posted on 8 December on the door of the town office.

EDIT TO ADD***

Birth act of Mariateresa Dammiano in Maratea in 1844
#71
Presentation made by the midwife, Teresa Brando, 70, daughter of Marcantonio.
Child was born on 2 July 1844 at 4 PM to
Anna Maria Fiorenzano, age 24, and to her husband Giuseppe Dammiano, age 23, property owner.
Child was given the name Mariateresa Dammiano
Baptism on same day at the Parish church of San Biase (right column)

Right side of image
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0


T,

[Tessa78]

Additional information from the marriage record that Marty posted:
Giuseppe Dammiano (bride's father) was a coppersmith [ramaio]
Banns of marriage were posted on 8 December on the door of the town office.

Quick correction to my above post...
The record is a publication of banns of marriage, not a marriage record.
The banns were posted on the 8th AND on the 15th of the month of December in 1872.

Here is the actual marriage record...
#62 - dated 19 December 1872
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... ,246347901

T.

[esantin]

Wow, thank you very much for the documents and the explanations, Tessa78.

And thank you for pointing out the "Archivio di Stato di Potenza" too...

Regards,
Edinei

[esantin]

One additional comment:

According to the death act of Anna Maria Fiorenzano, she was born around 1814 (=1890-76). However, according to the birth act of her daughter Maria Teresa Dammiano, she was born around 1820 (=1844-24). Hence, there is a difference of ~6 years between the two documents.

I suppose the most accurate date is the one on the birth act of her daughter, since the person registering her death could have indicated a wrong age (let's say, the person indicated 76 years old instead of 70).

If some of you have a different thought on this subject, I would be happy knowing it.

Regards,
Edinei

[Tessa78]

According to the marriage record for Giuseppe Dammiano and Anna Maria Fiorenzano in 1837...
Giuseppe was age 18, son of Giovanni Dammiano and of Teresa Matteo/Maffeo(?)
Anna Maria was age 24, daughter of Biase Fiorenzano and of Carmina Ruggiero.
Marriage took place on 13 October 1837.

This record clears up her birth year as she would have had to present her birth act for the marriage. (1837-24=1813)
It also gives a clearer record of her mother's surname
http://antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/ ... 5.jpg.html

T.

[Tessa78]

Using the ages for Anna Maria and Giuseppe in the marriage record I posted above, I was able to locate her birth act...

Birth Act #127... of Anna Maria Fiorenzano
Dated 18 October 1813 in Maratea
Birth on 17 October at 4AM at the home on Strada S. Angelo
To Biase Fiorenzano age 40, and his wife, Carmina Ruggiero, age 30
Child was given the name Anna Maria Agata Fiorenzano
http://antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/ ... ewsIndex=0

AND***
Birth Act of Giuseppe Dammiano in 1819
#53 -
Dated 29 April 1819
Birth on 28 April
To Giovanni Dammiano, age 43, laborer; and to his wife Teresa Mazzeo, age 24.
Child given the name Giuseppe Francesco Gaetano

http://antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/ ... ewsIndex=0

T.

[esantin]

Thank you for all your help, Tessa78!

Below I post the birth act of Giovanni Dammiano, husband of Maria Teresa Dammiano...

Birth Act #97 of Giovanni Dammiano
Birth on 4 September 1839
To Nicola Dammiano age 31, and his wife, Fortuna Schettino, age 30
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... 2.jpg.html

Regards,
Edinei

[esantin]

Marriage Act #24 of Nicola Dammiano and Fortuna Schettino
Nicola was age 21, son of Biase Dammiano and Orsola Altieri(?)
Fortuna was age 24, daughter of Giovanni Schettino and Vincenza Faraco(?)
Marriage took place on 23 October 1836
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0

Could someone confirm the surnames above? Here is index entry which could be helpful:
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... 1.jpg.html

Regards,
Edinei

[adelfio]

Altieri and Faraco look good to me

Marty

[Tessa78]

I also agree that the surnames are Altieri and Faraco, both found in Maratea.


T.

[esantin]

Thank you for the replies, Marty and Tessa78.

I send attached a family tree with the ancestry of the couple Giovanni Dammiano & Maria Teresa Dammiano with the data I have collected so far.

Besides the son Nicola, as I mentioned in the first post, this couple had at least another daughter called Maria, probably born in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.

Regards,
Edinei