Meaning of
Smiraglia [smear-AHL-yuh]: probably a variation of
Miraglia, admiral
I have not found
any records of baptism or marriage for my
great-great-grandmother Luiggia Smiraglia, but I know
her name and approximate birth year from her husband's and children's
death records. On her husband's canonical (church)
death record, her name is given in Latin, as Aloysia. His civil record
gives his wife's name in Italian, Luiggia. Her
surname is given on her husband's death record as
Smiraglia, and on the death record of her daughter
Maria Burgio as Miraglia.