Amadeo Vecchio

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Born: about 1758 ~ Serradifalco, Caltanissetta, Kingdom of Sicily
Died: before 1828

Civil birth records were not made in the island portion of the Kingdom of Sicily ('lu Regnu') before 1820, and no church baptism record has been found for my 4th-great-grandfather Amodeo Vecchio. His birth year is estimated from his age given on the birth records of his children. Because of factors probably associated with the cholera epidemic of that time, civil death records for 1831 and 1832 are missing for Serradifalco. An epidemic struck Sicily that year and almost 600 residents of Serradifalco perished, about one out of every eight people.

From Matrimonii Ecclesiastici (Canonical [church] marriage records)

From Serradifalco Registri Ecclesiastici Film 2013010, 1774 Marriages, Page 71, Amadeum lo Vecchio and Calogera Grottadauria

Anno

do^mi 1774 die 23 Maij premissis denunciatibus tribus diebus . .
die 1. 3. et 8 Maij, null^e detecto imped^to Ego d: Joseph . . . . . .
. . . . Amadeum Vecchio innu^t f: l: C. et nat quondam . . . . . .
viv. Joann^ae ol^im jug^s huius Ter^ae et Calogera Grottad'auria
nat qd Cataldi et Petrae ol^im jug^s huius Ter^ae . . . . . . . . . . . . habito consensus per verba . . . . . . . . . . .. . . conjunxi et ad testibus Sancto Vaccari, et d: Paulinus . . .ac Petri d'Aloysii, et . . . . . R.V.R.E. benedixi

Year

AD 1774 day 23 May, announced at Mass three times . .
day 1. 3. and 8 May, with no objections. I Don Giuseppe . .
. . . . Amadeo Vecchio single, legitimate son of the late . . . .
and living Giovanna of this town,& Calogera Grottad'auria . .
daughter of the late Cataldi & Pietra of this town . . . . . . . . . . . . spoke their consent . . . . . . . . . . .. . I joined them; witnesses Santo Vaccari, & Don Paulino . . . Pietro d'Alessi, and . . . . . R.V.R.E. I blessed them.

Amadeo Vecchio married Calogera Grottadaurea on 23 May 1774 in Serradifalco

Known Children

Grazia Maria lo Vecchio: 19 Oct 1778 - ?
Giuseppa lo Vecchio: 15 Oct 1786 - 7 Jul 1864 (Married Pietro Vincenzo Cimino)
Teresa lo Vecchio: abt 1788 - 30 May 1828 (Married Pasquale Aquilina) ancestors of Mary Montione
Leonardo lo Vecchio: abt 1790 - 28 Jan 1876 (Married Maria Calabrese)

	--	Origins	Genesis	Generations:	1	2	3	4
	--	Heritage	Gaetano & Rosina