Maria Grazia Cinquemani (1824 - 1874)

Born 10 Feb 1824 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Wife of Emmanuele Soldano — married 21 Jan 1844 (to 6 Jun 1874) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1874 at age 50 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Biography

Maria Grazia Cinquemani is born and baptized 10 February 1824, the daughter of Maestro Paolo Cinquemani and Brigitta Sala (or L'Ala). Her godparents are Francesco and Maria Anna Inserra, brother and sister.

In 1834, Maria Grazia, reportedly 11 (she is ten this year), and her sister Giuseppa, who is seven, live with their parents on the strada di Sabatino. (I believe that is approximately here, on what is now via Giuseppe Spatafora.)

Her father, Maestro Paolo, dies at age 43 (b. 1794) on 20 July 1837, at the height of the first recorded cholera outbreak in western Europe.

Maria Grazia marries Maestro Emmanuele Soldano, a shoemaker (calzolajo) on 21 January 1844. Her mother is still living.

Grazia and Emmanuele have at least nine children together: Giuseppa (1844), Giuseppe (1846), Paolo (1849), Maria Carmela (1851), Vincenzo (1856), Francesco (1859), Salvatore (c. 1864), Carmelo (1867), and Carmela (c. 1870).

Giuseppa is born 12 November 1844 in her parents' home in the via del Collegio, Corleone, named after her paternal grandmother, as is traditional for the first born daughter. Francesca Paola de Luca, the midwife, age 40, reports her birth. Maria Grazia is 19. Emmanuele is a 25 year old calzolajo (shoemaker). Giuseppa is baptized the same day. Her godparents are Leoluca Paparcuri and Paola Liggio, a married couple.

Giuseppe is born and baptized 21 December 1846, named after his paternal grandfather, as is traditional for the first born son. His godparents are Rafaele di Martino (who is married to Lucia Soldano) and his maternal grandmother Birgitta L'Ala, wife of the late Paolo Cinquemani.

Paolo is born 23 May 1849 in his parents' home in Costello inferiore, Corleone. His birth is reported by the midwife, Francesca Paola De Luca, age 45. Paolo is born and baptized Paulus 23 May 1849. His godparents are Seraphinus lo Curto and Francisca Paula Gagliardo.

Maria Carmela is born and baptized on 29 November 1851. Her godparents are Vincenzo Provenzano and Apollonia Liggio, a married couple.

Vincenzo is born 31 July 1856 in via Favaretta, Corleone, when Maria Grazia is 32 years old. He is born and baptized Vincentium on 31 July 1856. His godparents are Franciscus Colletti and Liboria Zangaro.

Francesco is born and baptized on 5 March 1859. His godparents are Salvator Birrittella and Josepha Orlando.

Maria Carmela dies at age 10 (b. 1852) on 19 May 1862.

Based on his age at death, I've estimated that Salvatore is born in 1864.

Carmelo is born 10 June 1867 and baptized the following day. His godparents are Joseph and Josepha Soldano, unmarried brother and sister (probably his own brother and sister).

I have estimated that Carmela is born a few years before her mother's death.

Maria Grazia dies at age 50 (b. 1824) on 6 June 1874. She is survived by her husband and her mother.

Giuseppe marries Biagia di Gregorio on 25 April 1876.

Vincenzo marries Barbara Tufanio on 6 July 1879.

Giuseppa marries at least twice. Her first husband, Giuseppe Paparcuri, a brickmason, dies on 17 July 1883 in the Bagno hospital in Alghero, Sardinia. She remarries the following year to Giuseppe Fiducia, also a widower. Emmanuele is still living, but Maria Grazia has passed away by this time.

Paolo and Maria Grazia Bernarda Paparcuri marry 20 February 1884.

Salvatore is known only from his death record, at age 21. A fallegname (a joiner/carpenter) by trade, he dies at 1 Via Rue Del Piano, Corleone, on 22 May 1885.

Carmela marries Giuseppe Cascio in New York on 11 February 1900.

Paolo and Maria Grazia Bernarda have five children; his family immigrates to New York around 1905-6, including my ancestor, Lucy Soldano.

Sources

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Paolo Cinquemani family, 1834 stato delle anime

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Baptism of Mariam Carmelam Soldano, 29 November 1851

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Baptism of Franciscus Soldano, 5 March 1859

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