Rosalia Formica (abt. 1792 - 1837)

Born about 1792 in Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Wife of Antonino Cascio — married 4 Jul 1813 in Santissimo Rosario, Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

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Biography

Rosalia was born around 1792 ^[1], daughter of Maestro Pietro Formica and Dorotea Rotolo ^[2]. She married Antonino Cascio in 1813 ^[3] and they had at least 8 children. Rosalia died in 1837 ^[4]. She may have been one of the victims of the 1837 cholera epidemic.

Sources

1. ↑ See Birth note below.
2. ↑ Parents are named in her marriage record.
3. ↑ See Marriage note.
4. ↑ See Death note.

• Birth year: based on her reported age at death, 45 in 1837. This is pretty consistent with her age at births of her children, which compute to birth years of 1791 and 1794 (for Giuseppe and Liboria).
• Marriage 1813 to Antonino Cascio: Image of the source record is attached; record is from the church S.S. Rosario in Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, Sicily. 4th entry on the right, dated 4 July (7 July?) 1813. ... Antoninum Cascio, single, legal and natural son of the late Josephi and Vita Armato, his then wife, AND Rosaliam Formica, also single, legal and natural daughter of Maestro Petri and Dorotea Rotulo, his wife, ...
• Death 1837: Ancestry.com. "Italy, Select Deaths and Burials, 1809-1900." https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/400165:9905?tid=&pid=&queryId=db621207354eabfefd19219fee6f7acf&_phsrc=cxC618&_phstart=successSource ... Rosalia Formica, female, 45, born 1792 in Santa Margarita, died 4 Sept 1837 in S. Margarita, Sciacca, Girgenti. Parents: Pietro and Dorotea Rotalo [sic]. FHL film # 1568674, p60.