Leoluca Provenzano (1886)

Born 11 Sep 1886 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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Biography

Leoluca Provenzano, son of Giovanni Provenzano and Lucia Ligotino, is born 11 September 1886 in Corleone and baptized the next day. His godparents are Leoluca Grizzaffi and Giuseppa Crescimanno, who are both unmarried.^[1] He is named after his paternal grandfather.

On 12 September 1886 in Corleone, Giovanni Provenzano, age 37 (b. 1849), contadino, reports the birth of his son, Leoluca, to his wife, Lucia Ligotino, in their home on via San Giovanni, #24. Witnesses are Rosario Schillaci, 35 (b. 1851), and Stefano Russo, 34 (b. 1852), contadini. They testify to the identity of Giovanni, who cannot read or write.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Leoluca Provenzano. (1886, September 12). Record no. 226. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-ZBY?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SP6%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351287601 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1884-1888 > image 227 of 398; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Atti di Nascita, Leoluca Provenzano. (1886, September 12). Record no. 424. "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997B-VKVQ?cc=2051639&wc=MCTM-DTL%3A351055601%2C352253401%2C352269501 : 22 May 2014), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1882-1893 > image 1261 of 3063; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).