It is not unusual for the mother's and godmother's surnames to be omitted within a baptismal record. The title of Magistro within this record was also a sign that the family was wealthy.
Baptismal Record of
Giuseppe Gaspare Agostino Tessitore
Giuseppe Gaspare Agostino was
baptized on 18 February 1767 in the Parish of San Giorgio Martire in Prizzi. He was the son of Magistro Salvatore Tessitore and Anna [no
surname given], a married couple. Salvatore was the son of the deceased Magistro
Agostino [Tessitore]. The child’s godparents were Magistro Gaspare Butera and
Innocenzia [no surname given], the wife of Giuseppe Orlando.[1]
[1]
Parish of San Giorgio Martire, Prizzi,
Palermo Province, Italy, “Registro di Battesimi [Register of Baptisms], 1767,” unnumbered,
p. 394, 18 February 1767, baptismal record for Giuseppe Gaspare Agostino Tessitore;
digitized images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ :
accessed 1 January 2014).
2 comments:
When Italian males had multiple given names like this, is there any rule of thumb which one is generally used? In this example, would this person more likely be called Giuseppe or Agostino (or is there no general rule)?
More often then not they used one of their middle names but there was no one rule. I researched one family who gave six girls the same first name. Only one did not have a middle name and she was the only one called by this popular family name.
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