Pietro Castro (or "Cascio") is born 4 December 1777 in Corleone and baptized the next day. He is the son of Angelo Castro and Biagia Grizaffi. His godparents are Maestro Pietro and Arcangela Ponzo, a married couple.[1]
Pietro marries Vita Salemi[2] on 10 October 1802. His father has died by this time and his mother is living.
Pietro and Vita have at least twelve children together: Santa Maria (1804), two sons named Giuseppe (1807 and 1817), Filippa (1809), two sons named Angelo (1810 and c. 1814), two daughters named Vincenza (1811 and 1824), Biagia (1815), Antonia (1820), Salvatore (1822), and Pasquale (1831).
Santa Maria is born and baptized 1 November 1804. Her godparents are Leoluca and Maria Saporito ("Sapurita"), who are not married.
The first son named Giuseppe is born and baptized on 26 August 1807. He is named after a paternal uncle. His godparents are Onofrio and Lucia di Giglio, a married couple.
He dies on 12 September 1808 at a year of age.
Filippa, named after her maternal grandmother, is born and baptized on 10 February 1809. Her godparents are Emmanuele Napoli and Anna Maria Vintaloro, wife of Giuseppe.
Filippa dies on 4 September 1809 at seven months of age.
The first son named Angelo, after his paternal grandfather, is born and baptized on 16 July 1810. His godparents are Antonio and Ignazia Cuniglio, son and mother.
Angelo dies on 7 October 1810 at five months of age.
The first daughter named Vincenza is born and baptized on 4 August 1811. Her godparents are Salvatore and Caterina Badami, father and daughter. She is presumed to have died before her sister is born in 1824.
The second son named Angelo is born around 1814, based on his reported age at death.
Biagia is born and baptized 3 April 1815. Her godparents are Paolo Patella and Felicia, wife of Nicolo' Patella.
The second son named Giuseppe is born and baptized 23 June 1817. His godparents are Gioachino and Antonia d'Amico, a married couple.
Antonia is born and baptized on 13 January 1820. Her godparents are Giuseppe and Rosaria Lione, a married couple.
Antonia dies on 14 September 1820 at eight months of age.
Salvatore is born and baptized on 2 June 1822. His godparents are Francesco and Calogera lo Bello, brother and sister.
The second daughter named Vincenza is born and baptized on 23 August 1824. Her godparents are Nicolo' and Antonina Billieri, brother and sister.
She dies at two years of age on 20 August 1826. The record of her death calls her their son, Vincenzo.
Maria Santa (as she's often called) marries Andrea Maniscalco on 23 April 1827.
Pasquale is born and baptized 11 January 1831. His godparents are Salvatore and Maria Catanzaro, father and unmarried daughter.
Pasquale dies, reportedly at age two (he is ten months old) on 4 November 1831.
In 1834, Pietro, 54 (b. 1780), Vita, 49 (b. 1785), and their children live on the strada di Santa Caterina. The children still at home are Angelo, reportedly 20 (b. 1810---he is 24), Biagia, 19 (b. 1815), Giuseppe, 16 (b. 1817), and Salvatore, 12 (b. 1822).
Angelo dies, reportedly at age 22 (he is 26) on 12 July 1836.
Biagia marries Giovanni Cutrone on 4 February 1838.
Giuseppe marries Giuseppa Profita on 18 January 1846.
Pietro dies, reportedly at age 76 (he is 80) on 1 September 1858. Vita survives him. The record of his death calls his mother Caterina Grizzaffi.
Salvatore dies the following month at age 36. He is married to Antonina Dragna.
Vita dies, reportedly at age 70 (b. 1795) on 5 November 1865. Based on her reported age at death, Vita is seven when she marries. I estimate she is 17 (b. 1785) when she marries, and is actually 80 when she dies.
Maria Santa dies, reportedly at age 60 (she is almost 65) on 23 August 1869, a widow.
Giuseppe dies on 31 August 1870 in his home in via San Pietro, Corleone, reportedly at age 50 (he is 53). He is married to Giuseppa Profita, with whom he has at least eight children.
Biagia dies at age 72 on 2 August 1887. She is survived by her husband, Giovanni.
Sources
↑ Baptism of Petrus Castro, 5 December 1777, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11631-195995-87?cc=2046915 : accessed 2 January 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1776-1779 > image 45 of 130; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-109999-57?cc=2046915 : accessed 19 February 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Documenti matrimoniali 1890-1899 > image 14 of 392; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
Marriage of Petro Castro and Vita Salemi, record no. 299, 10 October 1802