Abram Ceruti (abt. 1844 - abt. 1885)

Born about 1844 in Bahamas [uncertain]

Husband of Rosana (Cleare) Ceruti — married about 1872 in Bahamas [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1885 at about age 41 in Bahamas

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Marion Ceruti [send private message]

Biography

Abram Ceruti is part of a Bahamian family.

Abram Ceruti has African ancestry.

Abram was a Sailmaker.

Abram was born about 1844. This year is a guess that is based on the time when his children were born. He was a sailmaker by trade.^[1][2]

Abram married Rosana Cleare and the couple had at least two children, a daughter who passed away one week after birth and a son, the following year. Abram and Rosana lived in or near the Chapelry District of St. Agnes, Nassau, Bahamas, where his first two children were born.

The son could be John Alexander Ceruti, Sr.^[3] However, John Abram Ceruti could not be excluded as having been that son, based on citizenship application records^[4] More research is needed to confirm the son's identity, such as a death record or marriage record that specifies John's parents. (See research note no. 5,)

Abram's death date of 1885 is a guess based on the unproven assumption that the unnamed father of Rosana's child, born in 1886, must have been someone other than Abram.^[5] This could mean that Abram may not have been living in 1886, but it is not proof.

Based on the birth record of his second child in 1874, it is safe to say that Abram must have died sometime after 1873.^[6] These dates provide a rather large window of 12 years – between 1873 and 1885 – in which to search for Abram's death record, assuming it is available. If we could identify the birth of another child after 1874, if any, this could decrease the size of the haystack in which to search for the needle. A daughter named Eva is a possibility. See Research Notes.

Research Notes

1. According to immigration documents, John Alexander Ceruti had a sister, Eva. Were Eva's parents Abram and Rosana? If so, when was she born?

2. Who were Abram's parents? Abram was born in the same generation of Ceruti men who were born in the Bahamas in or around the mid 19th century, to include three known sons of Theodore B. Ceruti. These sons are Capt. Frederick Lin Ceruti Sr. (b. 1839), Theodore Bentley Ceruti (b. 1844), and Edward Burton Ceruti, Sr. (b. 1847). Given their birth years and the approximate year of Abram's birth, which is based on the births of his children, the possibility that Abram could have been a son of Theodore B. Ceruti cannot be excluded.

3. Dr. Marion Ceruti's cousins Burt and Frank Ceruti suggested without having described their reasoning, that Theodore B. Ceruti came to the Bahamas with a brother. Until recently, we had little to no evidence that this was true. However, with the discovery of so many members of the Ceruti family in the Bahamas, that have not assigned as direct descendants of Theodore B. Ceruti the idea that Theodore came to the Bahamas with a brother, while still not proven, is beginning to look more realistic. It is possible that the lack of direct lineal connections of Abram to Theodore B. Ceruti is because Theodore B. Ceruti was Abram's uncle, or at the very least, was not Abram's father.

4. Rosanna Ceruti had a son, unnamed, in 1886 in the Chapelry District of St. Agnes, Bahamas.^[7] The father's name was not listed in the record. Whereas this is not proof that Abram had passed away by that time, it could be a hint. If Abram had lived until about 1880, he could be the father of Eva Ceruti, (ca. 1877 - aft. 1919) whose profile is still disconnected from the Ceruti family tree.

5. A man named "John Abram Ceruti" applied for United States Citizenship sometime between 1907 and 1934. ^[8] If John Abram Ceruti were Abram's and Rosana's Ceruti son born in 1874, his age would have been between 33 and 50. Moreover, if John Abram Ceruti were the son of Abram and Rosana Ceruti b. 1874, this would negate the assumption that John Alexander Ceruti is the son who was 1874. More research is needed to determine the identity of the son born in 1874.

We seem to be long on possibilities and short on primary sources. Any help you could offer, please feel free to solve this mystery and all others listed on the Bahamas Triangle Page:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Ceruti_Family_Mysteries

Sources

1. ↑ * "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [1] entered 16 December 2019, Cerutie, 13 Dec. 1874. Male child, African descent, born at St. Agnes, Bahamas to Abram "Cerutie," a sail maker, and Rosana "Clear Cerutie." (The actual birth record is found on image 116 of 308 in the record.)
2. ↑ "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [2] entered 16 December 2019, Parents: Abram Ceruti, a sail maker, and Rosana Cleare Ceruti, born 1 Sep. 1873; Image 542 of 618.
3. ↑ "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [3] Image 116 of 308. entered 16 December 2019, Cerutie, 13 Dec. 1874. Male child, African descent, born at St. Agnes, Bahamas to Abram "Cerutie," a sail maker, and Rosana "Clear Cerutie."
4. ↑ John Abram Ceruti, Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Index to Declarations of Intent, 1907-1924, Citizenship Records.[4].
5. ↑ "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [5] Image 58 of 682. entered 16 December 2019, African Male Ceruti, first name not specified. b 8 May 1886 in the Chapelry District of St. Agnes, Bhamas. Rosanna Ceruti, mother. Father not specified. W. E. Thomson, Registrar. N.B. Abram Ceruti is NOT listed as the father. A line appears where the father's name should be. Maybe Abram is not living by 1886?
6. ↑ "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [6] Image 116 of 308. entered 16 December 2019, Cerutie, 13 Dec. 1874. Male child, African descent, born at St. Agnes, Bahamas to Abram "Cerutie," a sail maker, and Rosana "Clear Cerutie."
7. ↑ "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [7] Image 58 of 682. entered 16 December 2019, African Male Ceruti, first name not specified. b 8 May 1886 in the Chapelry District of St. Agnes, Bhamas. Rosanna Ceruti, mother. Father not specified. W. E. Thomson, Registrar. N.B. Abram Ceruti is NOT listed as the father. A line appears where the father's name should be. Was Abram still living in 1886?
8. ↑ John Abram Ceruti, Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Index to Declarations of Intent, 1907-1924, Citizenship Records.[8].

• "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [9] entered 16 December 2019, Cerutie, 13 Dec. 1874. Male child, African descent, born at St. Agnes, Bahamas to Abram "Cerutie," a sail maker, and Rosana "Clear Cerutie." (The actual birth record is found on image 116 of 308 in the record.)
• "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", FamilySearch [10] entered 16 December 2019, Parents: Abram Ceruti, a sail maker, and Rosana Cleare Ceruti, born 1 Sep. 1873; Image 542 of 618.
• "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", FamilySearch [11] Entered Tue Nov 21 14:17:38 UTC 2023) Entry for Ceruti, died 08 Sep 1873.