Clorinda Lotti Luchecci (1863 - 1935)

Born 21 Jun 1863 in Pino, Corsica (France)

Ancestors

Wife of Jose Manuel Chompré Real — married 30 May 1889 in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1935 at age 72 in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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Biography

Name: Clorinda's name in an index of births in Corsica was Marie Angele Clorinde Lotti.^[1] In Venezuela and Puerto Rico Clorinda was known as Clorinda Lotti or Lotti Luchecci.

Born: In Pino, Corsica on 21 June 1863.^[1] Her parents were Mauricio Lotti and Marie Dominique Lucchesi.^[2][3]

Marriage: To Jose Manuel Chompré (Real) on 30 May 1889 in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.^[4] Witnesses: Aurelio Battistini, Margarita L. de Battistini (Margarita Lotti), Virgilio Casalta, and Amelia Ch. de Casalta (Amelia Chompre). Casalta was from Corsica. Margarita Lotti and the Battistini family may also have been of Corsican origin.

Children: Clorinda and Jose Manuel had at least seven children between 1892 and 1904. All were probably born in or near Ciudad Bolivar. The first known child was Felipe in 1892. The other children were Jose Manuel (1893), Antonio (1895), Rosa Amelia (1896), Oscar Mauricio (1898), Alejandro (1900), and Sara (1904). Clorinda and all seven children eventually migrated to Puerto Rico, home of two of Clorinda's Corsican brothers.^[5]

Conflict in Ciudad Bolivar, 1903: Venezuela's "Guerra Libertadora" started in 1901 and reached its bloody culmination in Ciudad Bolivar in July 1903. Rebels were based in Ciudad Bolivar for part of the conflict. There were naval battles in the Orinoco River and a government assault on Ciudad Bolivar in 1903 that killed hundreds of rebels, if not more. Clorinda and her family probably lived in the region at that time, but I don't know the war's effect on them.^[6][7] Samples-1044 02:27, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Death of husband, 1908: Jose Manuel's funeral occurred at the cathedral in Ciudad Bolivar on 26 August 1908. He had received the last rites sacrament.^[8] Comment: I estimate his age as 46. His cause of death is not known, but family lore is that he was shot by thieves. Samples-1044 02:44, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Return to Corsica: As of 1911 or so, Clorinda and her four youngest children were residing in Pino, Corsica. They were living with her father, Mauricio Lotti. The children were Rosa Amelia, Mauricio, Alejandro, and Sara. ^[9]

Arrival in Puerto Rico, 1912: Clorinda and her four youngest children reached Puerto Rico in January 1912. They had sailed from Barcelona, Spain after living for some period with her father in Corsica. She told an immigration official that she intended to live initially with her brother, Dionisio Lotti, in Peñuelas.^[9]

1920: In the federal census of 1920 Clorinda was recorded as a widow living with four adult sons and her youngest daughter. She was in Rucio, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. Brothers Dionisio and Alejandro were coffee farmers in Rucio. The five children were Felipe, Antonio, Mauricio, Alejandro, and Sara.^[10]

1930: At age 66 Clorinda was recorded as living with the family of her youngest daughter Sara in Ponce. ^[11]

Death: 27 August 1935 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Archives of Corsica: As of early 2021, go to http://archives.cg-corsedusud.fr/Internet_THOT/FrmSommaireFrame.asp. Click on Etat civil. Select the commune of Pino in the drop-down list. Enter the years of interest. Then click on the appropriate button below "Voir le document." See image 5 out of 9 for the period 1863-1873. Her brothers Denis and Alexandre are on the same page.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com: Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962. Original data: Selected Crew List and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ FamilySearch.org: "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch. See [1].
4. ↑ FamilySearch.org: Registros parroquiales, 1714-1940, Iglesia Católica, Santo Tomás Apóstol, Ciudad Bolívar. FHL digitized fim 1935217, image 457.
5. ↑ This summary of Jose Manuel's children is based on a variety of records. They are Venezuelan baptisms, U.S. immigration records, and civil records of Puerto Rico.
6. ↑ Wikipedia: Revolución Libertadora (Venezuela)
7. ↑ Article in the Chicago Daily Tribune during July 1903: "City is Captured Amid Slaughter; Venezuelan Army Drives Rebels from Ciudad Bolivar in Three Days' Battle"
8. ↑ FamilySearch.org: Registros parroquiales, 1714-1940, Iglesia Católica, Santo Tomás Apóstol, Ciudad Bolívar. See FHL digitized film 1935152, image 213.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Ancestry.com: Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962. Original data: National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 10/07/1901 - 06/30/1948; NAI Number: 2945834. Search for Clorinda Lotti. See [2]. This is a two-page record with a gold mine of information.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch. See [3].
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch. See [4].
12. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch. See [5].