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Dated June 24, 1883 at 7:50 a.m. in the town hall of Frigento. Appearing were Marciano Di Rita, age 61, a peasant, and Nicolangelo Capobianco, age 46, a peasant, both residents in the town. They reported that at 11:25 P.M. yesterday, in the house at #19 via Limiti, Olimpia Stanco had died. She was age 47, a housewife, and the daughter of dec Francesco (Stanco), a property owner, and dec Saveria Grilla, a housewife. She was the wife of Michele Arcangelo Caruso. Only the town official signed the document, as all other parties were illiterate.
My mom and dad came from two very different classes of Italian society. Dad's mom came from a very aristocrat family and mom's came from farmers and agricultural workers. When my mom's parents came to the US, they left their oldest son Giovanni in the care of my maternal grandmother's parents. I hea...