Bernarda Cascio (1830 - 1866)

Born 26 Sep 1830 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Wife of Matteo Salemi — married 14 Jul 1864 (to 2 Feb 1866) in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Died 2 Feb 1866 at age 35 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Biography

Bernarda lo Cascio is born and baptized 26 September 1830. She is the daughter of Maestro Carmelo lo Cascio and Pietra Bordonaro. Her godparents are Pietro and Francesca Marsala, brother and sister.

Living on the strada Grande in 1834 are Maestro Carmelo lo Cascio, 32 (b. 1799, he is 35), his wife Pietra, 29 (b. 1805), and children Antonio, 6 (b. 1827), Maria Antonia, 8 (b. 1826), and Bernarda, 4 (b. 1840).

Two houses to the west on the strada di Favaloro (which is now called via Ostieri to the west of via Candelora, and via Mancaluso to the east), there is the family of Antonio Oliveri.

Bernarda marries Matteo Salemi on 14 July 1864. Her father has died by this time, and her mother is still living.

Bernarda and Matteo have at least one child, Maria Antonia (1865).

Maria Antonia is born and baptized 22 April 1865. Her godparents are Bernarda's siblings Leoluca Cascio and Maria Antonia, brother and sister.

Maria Antonia dies on 8 December 1865 at seven months of age. This record calls her parents Don/Donna.

Bernarda dies, reportedly at age 36 (she is 35) on 2 February 1866. This record calls her husband Matteo, who survives her, Don. Her mother survives her also.

Matteo dies at age 58 (b. 1810) on 22 August 1868.

Sources

Baptism of Bernardam lo Cascio, 26 September 1830

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12406-9233-75?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FMS:351041801,351041802,351550801 : accessed 22 Nov 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1827-1836 > image 161 of 327; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].

Carmelo lo Cascio family, 1834 stato delle anime

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-93910-57?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-GP6:351041801,351041802,351652301 : accessed 26 February 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1834-1843 > image 55 of 357; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].

Marriage of Mattheo Salemi and Bernarda Cascio, record no. 1597, 14 July 1864

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Baptism of Maria Antonia Salemi, 22 April 1865

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Death of Maria Antonia Salemi, 8 December 1865

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Death of Bernarda Cascio, 2 February 1866

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Death of Mattheus Salemi, 22 August 1868

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