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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.
Contrary to popular belief, not all Italian given names have Christian or classical roots. Many names encountered in older records are almost whimsical, and some cannot be translated into Latin or any other language. In order to avoid possible mistranscription of a given name with which the research...