The next record in the Farindola records mentioning midwife Maria Giuseppa Marcella was the birth of my great grandfather Cesidio Marcella who was born on February 11, 1995 in Case Bruciate in Farindola.
Translation –
Number 20 of the Book of Births of the Commune of Farindola (1895):
The year 1895, day 13, of February at the 11th hour, in the municipal house.
In front of me Paolo Colaiezzi Assessiore, Civil State Official of the Comune of Farindola, there appears Maria Giuseppa Marcella, of 48 years, midwife, living in Farindola, that admits to me that on the 15th hour, in the 15th minute, of the 11th day of the current month, in house address Casa Bruciate, number (blank), to Elisabetta Russi (Rossi) wife of Filippo Marcella, with whom she resides.
There was born a baby of the masculine sex that she presents to me and who has been named Cesidio.
To the above in this document were present the witnesses Angelo Ferromossa, of 38 years, tailor, and Quirico Cirone, of 52 years, contadino, both residents of this commune.
The registrant announced that the birth above is provided by the aforementioned, explained in the action that the husband of Russi (Rossi) is ill.
The act has been read to all that are present, because the attendees are illiterate, under signed by:
(P Colaiezzi)
In the Margin: Addition to record – day 7/1/1980, died in Chester USA, act no. 1, (atto di morte Farindola 1981) Pescara, 7/12/1983, signed the Cancelliere of Farindola.
I translated this record in 2016. An image of his birth record can be found in my previous post below:
This week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Nurture. I am picking my second great grandmother Elisabetta Rossi, a mother in a blended family, and mother of my great grandfather Cesidio Marcella.
Elisabetta Rossi was born in Vallecerosa, Arsita, Teramo, Italy in 1866 to Giuseppe Antonio Rossi and Anna Antonia Ricci. Prior to 1893, her parents and Elisabetta moved to Farindola. In late 1893 she married my second great grandfather Filippo Marcella in Farindola.
Filippo was a widower, as his first wife, Maria Antonia Lacchetta had passed away 6 months earlier. Filippo’s first wife had had 11 children to Filippo. However, only 5 were alive at the time of his second marriage. The other 6 never saw their first birthday. Those he brought to his union with Elisabetta were Maria Grazia, Raffaele, Pasqua, Filomena, and Serafina.
Filippo was 23 years older than Elisabetta. A little over a year after their marriage, with her husband’s other children probably all still at home, Elisabetta gave birth to my great grandfather Cesidio Marcella. Maria Domenica, Antonia Vincenza, and little Antonio Andrea followed. All 4 of Elisabetta’s children survived to adulthood and raised families of their own as did the 5 surviving children of Filippo’s first wife.
Elisabetta outlived her husband, who passed away in 1916, and was able to see the births of her grandchildren, her husband’s grandchildren, and some of her own great grandchildren.
Elisabetta Rossi’s father and his family were from nearby Penne in Pescara. Her mother’s family is a bit more of a mystery because they tended to move around Abruzzo more than any other branch I have researched there. I would love to find out why.
Grazie e pace Elisabetta!
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On this day 124 years ago in Farindola, Italy, Elisabetta Rossi married Filippo Marcella. They were the parents of my great grandfather Cesidio.
Elisabetta Rossi was born in 1866 in Valleceraso, Bacucco, Teramo, a neighboring town, to Giuseppe Antonio Rossi and Anna Antonia Ricci.
The valley outside Bacucco (Arsita), Teramo
Her parents had moved to Farindola before the marriage of their oldest child, Elisabetta. Elisabetta’s father was originally from Penne, Pescara, having been born there. I was able to trace back to 6th great grandparents in the Rossi line born around 1740 in Penne. Giuseppe’s father Domenico was literate and I have a few of his signatures saved. The one below is from his son’s marriage to Elisabetta’s mother, Anna Antonia Ricci, in Bacucco in 1865.
Anna Antonia Ricci was born in Castiglione Messer Raimondo, Teramo. However her parents were also born and married in Penne, Pescara. I was able to trace the Ricci back to the mid 1700s in Penne too, to another set of 6th great grandparents. The Ricci married a member of the Delle Monache family through which I was able to trace to a set of 7th great grandparents born around 1700. They were Anastasio Delle Monache and a lady named Lorenza.
My great great grandmother Elisabetta Rossi was the oldest child and had at least 7 siblings: Antonio, Palma, Domenico, Maria Carmina, Giovanni, Anna Domenica, and Girolamo.
Elisabetta married Filippo Marcella, a man who was a widower, and also 23 years older than she was. Coincidentally, I noticed on the birth records of Filippo’s children to Elisabetta that his age somehow decrease with each record!
Filippo was born in 1844 in Trosciano, Farindola, Pescara to Massimo Nicola Marcella and Maria Carolina Colangeli. Through miracles of modern Google Earth, this is a clipped image of Contrada Trosciano in Farindola.
Filippo’s first wife was Maria Antonia Lacchetta, the daughter of Filippo Lacchetta and Maria Salzetta. Maria Antonia had passed away in April of 1893 and Filippo Marcella was left with small children to raise. We don’t know the circumstances of her death but she had given birth to at least 11 children in 20 years. Some of the children didn’t survive a few days or past infancy.
Filippo’s children with Maria Antonia were: Carmela (died in infancy), Cesidio (died in infancy), Maria Grazia, Donato (died in infancy), Bambino (stillborn), Andrea, Carmine, Raffaele, Pasqua, Filomena, Serafina.
Elisabetta’s first born was my great grandfather Cesidio. Her other children were Maria Domenica, Antonia Vincenza, and Antonio Andrea.
Filippo Marcella was the fourth of ten children. He had two sets of twin sisters. The first set passed away in their childhoods. He also had a brother that passed away in his childhood. The siblings that survived to adulthood are as follows: Maria Giustina, Maria Giuseppa (midwife)*, Domenico**, Nicola (Antonio), and the second set of twins Serafina and Maria Domenica.
Filippo’s ancestry, so far, has been traced back to the early 1700s. His father’s ancestors were born in Farindola to at least that point in history. His mother’s ancestors encompass at least three midwives, not including his sister, and a line traced to Montebello di Bertona. Filippo passed away at #137 Trosciano, Farindola in 1916.
Pecorino di Farindola
*Maria Giuseppa married Panfilo Zenone. This is one way we are related to the Zenone cousins.
**Domenico is the sibling of Filippo through which we are related to the Romagna cousins and again to the Zenone cousins.
Sources:
Antenati San Beniculturali – Archivio di Stato di Pescara (Farindola, Penne, Montebello di Bertona)
Archivio di Stato di Teramo records on Family Search (Bacucco (Arsita) and Castiglione Messer Raimondo)
Gran Sasso D’Italia, overlook near Farindola
Elisabetta Rossi was born in 1866 in Valleceraso, Bacucco, Teramo, a neighboring town, to Giuseppe Antonio Rossi and Anna Antonia Ricci.
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