12-12-2012, 17:20
Thank you for the record, and so quick.
I was very excited to find this record today which not only tells us who Speranza was, but also confirms that Vincenso was 'Italian'.
Can you tell me if Romain implies 'from Italy' as we know it today, or more literally from Rome? I had thought that he might have been from Genoa. In fact, 3 years prior to this marriage, in 1587, a Vincenzo Genuisi/Genovese married Antonina Attard in Casal Attard. They do not appear to have had children and I guessed that Antonina may have died in childbirth and remarried to Speraza Debono (in 1590). But this gives rise to a conflict between the `name' Genuisi and the term Romain in the notarial acts.
Incidentally, I asked about the reasons behind these notarial contracts because there is a note in the Status Animari for Casal Attard 1722 which indicates that a descendent of Vincenzo, Gio Maria Serra was a slave which is even more difficult to understand now!
Thanks again
Francis
I was very excited to find this record today which not only tells us who Speranza was, but also confirms that Vincenso was 'Italian'.
Can you tell me if Romain implies 'from Italy' as we know it today, or more literally from Rome? I had thought that he might have been from Genoa. In fact, 3 years prior to this marriage, in 1587, a Vincenzo Genuisi/Genovese married Antonina Attard in Casal Attard. They do not appear to have had children and I guessed that Antonina may have died in childbirth and remarried to Speraza Debono (in 1590). But this gives rise to a conflict between the `name' Genuisi and the term Romain in the notarial acts.
Incidentally, I asked about the reasons behind these notarial contracts because there is a note in the Status Animari for Casal Attard 1722 which indicates that a descendent of Vincenzo, Gio Maria Serra was a slave which is even more difficult to understand now!
Thanks again
Francis