Michele was born about 1796 [1], son of Calogero Abbruzzo and Pietra D'Antoni[2]. He married Margherita Cottone in 1822 when he was 26 and she 41 [3]. He was widowed 7 months later. In 1840 at age 44 he married 28-year-old Girolama Maggio [4].
Per his 1822 marriage record, Michele was a farming field hand, like his father. In his 1840 marriage record, he is a peasant farmer who doesn't own land. Michele was named for his maternal grandfather, Michele D'Antoni.
Birth year: based on his stated age at marriage, 26 in 1822.
Marriage 1822 to Margherita Cottone: Antenati. https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua20007185/LzkQzgg ... Marriage completed by 28 July 1822, in Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento. ... Michele Abruzzo, 26, born and living in S. Margarita, field hand, son of Calogero Abruzzo, 60, field hand, living in said commune, and of Pietra d'Antoni, 48, living here, AND Margherita Cottone, 41, born and living in S. Margarita, daughter of the late Filippo Cottone and of the late Maria Aversa.
Marriage 1840 to Girolama Maggio: Antenati. https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua20007208/LNDrEmp ... Marriage completed by 28 January 1840. In Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, Sicily. ... Michiele Abruzzo, widower of Margarita Cottone, 44, born and living in Santa Margarita, peasant, son of the late Calogero Abruzzo and of the late Pietra d'Antoni, AND Girolama Maggio, 28, born and living in S. Margarita, daughter of the late Audenzio and of the late Margarita Ferraro.
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