Category: Wetnurses

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Wetnurses

A wet nurse breastfeeds infants who are not fed by their own mothers. Before the advent of infant formula, an infant who could not be breastfed would very likely die from inadequate nutrition. In Catholic nations, infants surrendered soon after their birth were assigned to wet nurses in the community by the Catholic Church. These foundlings would often grow up in the households of their wet nurses, and take their wetnurse or her husband's surname as their own in adulthood.

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Person Profiles (30)

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Vincenza Canali 13 Nov 1813 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 26 Oct 1847

Brigitta Cascio 18 Oct 1810 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 16 Oct 1863

Giuseppa Cascio 16 Apr 1825 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - bef 14 Dec 1859

Lucia Cascio 28 Jun 1823 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 22 Nov 1902

Anna Felicia Castro 30 Jan 1814 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 24 Apr 1887

Biagia Castro 28 Jun 1818 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 09 Sep 1875

Rosa Castro 09 Sep 1818 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 25 Sep 1853

Carmela Cinquemani 22 Feb 1825 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Vincenza Collura abt 1822 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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Giuseppa D'Anna abt 1806 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Francesca Paola Di Fisco abt 1797 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 26 Jul 1837

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Ignazia di Giglia abt 1828 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Antonina Di Leo abt 1798 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 23 Mar 1874

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Bernarda Firrantello bef 1770 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 02 Mar 1827

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Francesca Maria Grizzaffi 10 Jun 1793 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 11 Jan 1863

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Maria Lipari 04 Jan 1792 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 01 May 1868

Gaetana lo Giudice abt 1811 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Maria lo Monaco abt 1818 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia - bef 1878

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Francesca Mancuso abt 1798 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Maria Maniscalco abt 1818 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 11 May 1899

Bernarda Mannina abt 1826 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

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Antonia Merendino abt 1810 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 07 Sep 1853

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Apollonia Pennino abt 1771 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Biagia Piazza abt 1781 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - aft 1830

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Lucia Raineri abt 1811 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 29 Mar 1887

Giuseppa Rizzotto abt 1812 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

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Giuseppa Saccaro abt 1804 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 02 Oct 1873

Lucia Salemi abt 1827 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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Carmela Terrusa abt 1797 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - bef 1860

Rosa Terrusa abt 1781 Corleone, Palermo, Sicily - 20 Nov 1869

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