Maria Anna Piazza

Born: about 1775 - 1783 ~ Sutera or Mussomeli, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Married: Carmelo Faldetta: 9 February 1807  ~ Mussomeli, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Died: after 1841

Meaning of Piazza (pih-AHTS-uh): plaza, town square
Two downward arrow links are shown in the Heritage Path,
because Maria Anna had two daughters who were separate ancestors of Angela Bongiovanni.

 

      As yet, no primary record of baptism has been found for Maria Anna Piazza.  Her name, approximate birth and death dates, and the name of her husband Carmelo Faldetta are known from her marriage record and the baptism, marriage and death records of her children.

        Her surname is given in her marriage record (record 1 below) as Rotulo, and in her daughter Paola's baptism record (2) as Rizzona, possibly an ngiuria or nickname meaning 'curlyhead'. In her daughter Carola Maria's (Carolina's) baptism record (3), Maria Anna's surname is not given, but in Carolina's death record (4), she is named as Marianna Piazza.  And on the death record (5) of Paolina, her name is given as Anna Piazza.

 

1) The marriage record of Carmelo Faldetta and  Maria Anna Rotulo is in Latin. Some words are illegible or undecipherable, but the key elements are understood.   

From Matrimonii Ecclesiastici (Canonical [church] marriage records)

From Mussomeli Registri Ecclesiastici, Chiesa San Giovanni Battista Film 2013877
1807 Marriages, Page 365, Carmelus Faldetta Sutera et Maria Anna Rotulo, FamilySearch image 461/6628

Anno Dni Millmo Octingmo Septimo IX Ind 1807
                    
   Die nona Februarii




Carmelus Faldetta
Sutera
~
et
Maria Anna
Rotulo

~
Demo premis tribus diebus continuis festivis de preced
inglo Missar ~ ~ quarus prima fuit die 11. secunda fuit
die 18. tertia die 25 Januarii p. p. habito eff. nul
loque legmo, aut Canco impedim. detecto, Ego Sac Iratius
Cumbo de permi Archipr lica interrogavi Carmelum
Faldetta inn. fil. leg. & nat. qdm Joseph et Paulin
æ Faldetta
olim jug Civ Sutera; et Maria Anna pariter inn. fil. leg. & nat. qdm Leonardi et viv. Rosa Rotulo olim jug M. hus Te
æ Eorus
que mutuo consenso per verba de prin habito Solem Ma
trim conjunxi pnbus novis Testibus Vinc, Mancuso, et M. Jose pho Guarino.  Deinde juxta S:R:Eccl: bonadm nuptialis
in facie missa Sacmo eisde de lic. it imperitivi Rev
Sac. D, Franciscus Alimeda Obrenta est facultus M. C.
Epoli Agrna sub die 7 Febr 1807 et portata in hac Sph. C.
sub die 8 ejde Feb 1807

Year of our Lord One thousand Eighthundred seven IX Ind 1807
                    
   Day Nine of February




Carmelo Faldetta
Sutera
~
and
Maria Anna
Rotulo

~
~ ~ before mass on three consecutive feast days ~ ~ ~
~ ~ of which the first was day 11, the second was
day 18, te third was day 25 of January, ~ ~ ~ without
legal or Canonical objections found, I Priest Orazio
Cumbo with permission of the Archdiocese asked Carmelo
Faldetta single legitimate and natural son of the late    
                         Giuseppe and Paolina
Faldetta
once a married couple of the City of Sutera; and Maria 
       Anna likewise single legitimate and natural daughter of the late Leonardo and the living Rosa Rotulo, once a 
           married couple of Mussomeli, this place for their

mutual consent by their word.  Having it, in Solemn Mat-rimony I joined them before Witnesses Vincenzo Mancuso, and Master Giuseppe Guarino.  This with the approval sent  
               by Reverend Priest Don Francesco Alimeda 
        of the diocese of Agrigento on 7 February 1807 and 
 
 received on 8 February 1807

 

2) Maria Anna's daughter Paolina's record from church Baptismi (Baptism) records.

From Mussomeli Registri Ecclesiastici 2013876,  1817 Baptisms, Page 278, FamilySearch image 433 of 6580
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS86-SZV?i=432&cat=730190
Paulina Paschala Elisabeth Faldetta


Mr Carmelus
Faldetta
pr
Paulina
fa
 

 

Anno  Dni  Millmo  Octigmo  decimo  septimo  V Ind:      1817     278
             _____________________________________
                  Die vigesima Septima Maii
             _____________________________________
                           Eodem Die
Ego Sac: Antoninus Nigrelli ex Dni Archipti licentia bapti:
zavi infantem heri hora secunda circr natam ex Mro
Carmelo Faldetta et Maria Anna Rizzona jugbus cui impositum
fuit nomen Paulina Paschala Elisabeth. Pni fuere Paulus
filius Andreae Messina Caliato, et Elisabeth, uxor eusdem.

             _____________________________________
Master Carmelo
Faldetta
father
Paolina
d
aughter
Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred seventeen  Index V  1817    278
             _____________________________________
                  Day twenty-seventh of May
             _____________________________________
                    Same Day (as above)
I, Priest Antonino Nigrelli by authority of the Archpriest bapti-
zed an infant girl born yesterday at about the second hour, of Master
Carmelo Faldetta & Maria Anna Rizzona a married couple, the child was given the name Paolina Pasquala Elisabetta. Godparents were Paolo
son of Andrea Messina Caliato, & Elisabetta, wife of Andrea.

 

3) Maria Anna's daughter Carola Maria's baptism record.

From Mussomeli Registri Ecclesiastici 2013876,  1808 Baptisms, Page 67, Carola Maria Faldetta, FamilySearch image 258/3145
 67


Mr Carmelus Faldetta
          pr
Carola Maria
       fa
Anno Dni Millmo Octigmo Octavo XI Ind      1808
                     Die 20. Feb
i
Ego Sac: Petrus Messina Capps Sacr. huius P. E.
baptizavi infantem hodie hora 14 circa ex Mro
Carmelo, et Maria Anna Faldetta jug: natam
Cui impositum fuit nomen Carola Maria. Pni
fuere D. Franciscus fl Cajetani Minnella, et
Da. Maria filia qdm Mri Joseph Minnella.
 67


Mr Carmelus Faldetta
          pr
Carola Maria
       fa
Year of Our Lord One thousand eighthundred eight Index IX  1808
                  Day 20 of February

I, Priest Pietro Messina Sacramental Chaplain of this Parish
baptized an infant girl born today about hour 14 of Master
Carmelo, and Maria Anna Faldetta, married.
To which child was given the name Carola Maria. Godparents
were Don Francesco son of Gaetano Minnella, &
Donna Maria,
daughter of the late Master Giuseppe Minnella.

 

4) Maria Anna's daughter Carolina's record of death.

From Mussomeli Stato Civile Film 1963948, 1891 Deaths, No. 164, Carolina Faldetta               

RECORDS  OF  DEATHS  

   In the year one thousand eight hundred ninety-one on day four of April  
at hour eight-forty AM in the Town Hall
   Before me, Alfonso Alaimo, Secretary delegated by the Mayor with the act of 2 January 18-eighty-five, duly approved
Official of Civil Status of the town of Mussomeli, have appeared
VPaolo Casana, age fifty-five years, a stonemason domiciled
in Mussomeli, and Giuseppe Giardina. age sixty years,
a sharecropper domiciled in Mussomeli, who have declared to me that at hour three-thirty AM today in the house located at
Via Ospedale, no number given, has died Carolina Faldetta
age seventy-nine, a peasant sharecropper residing in Mussomeli,
born in Mussomeli of the late Carmelo once domiciled
in Mussomeli and of the late Marianna Piazza once domi-
ciled in Mussomeli; widow of Vincenzo La Greca.
   At this record were present the witnesses Vincenzo Costanzo,
age thirty-seven years, a day laborer, and Simone Riina, age
twenty-five years, a peasant sharecropper, both residents in this Town.   I read this record to all those assembled; it is signed by me only, the others are illiterate.
[signed]
             The Official of the Civil Status
            
        Alaimo

Number one hundred sixty-four

~ * ~

Carolina Faldetta

 

5) Maria Anna's daughter Paolina's record of death.

From Mussomeli Registri Stato Civile Film 1963948, 1895 Deaths, No. 88, Paolina Faldetta                 

RECORDS  OF  DEATHS  

     In the year one thousand eight hundred ninety-five on day six  of May  
at hour eleven-thirty AM
 
 Before me Alfonso Alaimo, Secetary delegated by the Mayor by act of two January eighteen eighty-five, duly approved
Officer of Civil Records of the community of
Mussomeli ________ have appeared Vincenzo Schifano, age 48, 1peasant sharecropper, living in Mussomeli   and Sebastiano Vullo age thirty-six, sharecropper, living in Mussomeli  who have declared to me that at hour ten AM and minutes ___ of today in the house located at
Via Mazzano Pace
at number ___ has diedPaolina Faldetta  of 2age eighty__, 1peasant sharecropper, living in Mussomeli ___, born in Mussomeli _______, daughter of the late Carmelo, domiciled in Mussomeli in life _, and of  the late  Anna Piazza,  domi-
ciled in
Mussomeli in life .  3Widow of Salvatore Lanza
   At this action have been present the witnesses Giulio DiFranco
of age
sixty, 1peasant sharecropper, and Francesco Genco age forty, 1peasant sharecropper, both residing in this Town.  This record was read to all those assembled, who hven't signed because they are illiterate   
            (Signed by)
The Official of the Civil Status
                    
A.Alaimo
          

Number eighty-eight

~ * ~

Paolina Faldetta















 
   1 Show the occupation or status.
   2 Show years, months, days or hours of
            the age of the deceased.
   3 If widower or husband, widow or  wife, or if
           single.

 

 

Maria Anna Rotulo/Piazza married Carmelo Faldetta in Mussomeli on 9 February 1807

Known Children

Carolina (Carola Maria) Faldetta  20 Feb 1808 ~ 4 Aug 1891
(Married Vincenzo La Greca)
                                                                                  
(ancestors of Robert Amico)

Maria Carmela Isabella Faldetta  14 May 1811 ~ bef 19 Aug 1860
(Married Giuseppe Spoto)
                                                                                                     
(ancestors of Angela Bongiovanni)

Paolina Pasquala Elisabetta Faldetta  26 May 1817 ~ 6 May 1895
(Married Salvatore Lanza)
                                                                                                     
(ancestors of Angela Bongiovanni)

Antonina Faldetta  7 Oct 1820 ~ ?

Rita Faldetta  6 Jul 1823 ~ ?
 

 

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