Maria Cascio (sometimes Castro) is a Corleone native resident, the daughter of Arcangelo (or sometimes just Angelo) Cascio and Anna Pomilla. Maria is born 15 August 1847 and baptized the next day. Her godparents are Mercurio Castro and Benedetta la Terrusa, a married couple.[1]
Maria marries Biagio Costa on 18 January 1874. It is the first marriage for either of them.[2]
Maria and Biagio have at least six children: Gioachino (1875), two daughters named Carmela (1878 and c. 1888), Anna (1883), and two sons named Angelo (c. 1884 and c. 1886).
Gioachino and Carmela are named after Biagio's parents, and Anna and Angelo after Maria's, as is traditional.
Gioachino is born 17 September 1875 and baptized two days later as Jacobum. His godparents are Leoluca Cascio and Bernarda Mirabile, a married couple.
The first daughter named Carmela is born 2 August 1878 and baptized the next day.Her godparents are Petrus Gagliano and Vincentia Grizzaffi, a married couple.
Maria's mother, Anna, dies at age 61 (b. 1819) on 23 November 1880.
Carmela dies on 27 September 1881 at three years of age. Her younger siblings are known from the Church records of their deaths in infancy:
Maria's father, Angelo, dies at 67 years of age (b. 1816) on 13 April 1883.
Biagio dies at age 46 (b. 1845) on 31 May 1891. Maria survives him.
Maria remarries on 12 October 1908, to Paolo Orlando, who is also a widower.
Baptism of Mariam Castro, 16 August 1847
Marriage of Blasio Costa and Maria Castro, record no. 252, 18 January 1874
Baptism of Jacobus Costa, 19 September 1875
Baptism of Carmela Costa, 3 August 1878
Death of Carmela Costa, record no. 318, 27 September 1881
Death of Anna Costa, record no. 80, 20 February 1883
Baptism of Antonina Cammarata, record no. 326, 3 July 1883
Death of Angelus Costa, record no. 201, 22 June 1884
Death of Angelus Costa, record no. 63, 6 March 1887
Death of Carmela Costa, record no. 292, 16 August 1889
Death of Blasius Costa, record no. 162, 31 May 1891
Marriage of Paulum Orlando and Mariam Castro, record no. 111, 12 October 1908
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