Teresa Cordova (abt. 1798 - 1892)

Born about 1798 in Palermo, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Gilberto Bentivegna — married 20 Dec 1818 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1892 at about age 94 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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Biography

Donna Teresa de Cordova, from the House of Bourbon-Orleans, is the daughter of the Marquis Don Filippo de Cordova and Donna Caterina Vanni e Santa Colomba.^[1][2] She is born around 1798, based on her reported age at death.

Donna Teresa marries Don Giliberto Bentivegna in Corleone on 19 December 1818. Her parents have both died by this time.^[2]

They have at least seven children: Francesco (1820), Filippo (1823), Eleonora (1824), Carolina (1827), Rosa, (c. 1828), Giuseppa, (c. 1831), and Giuseppe (c. 1832).

Francesco is born in the 22nd hour and baptized on 4 March 1820. His godparents are I. U. D. Don Giuseppe Sarzana, represented by the procurator Don Stefano Bentivegna, and Donna Stefania Sarzana, wife of Don Giuseppe.

Filippo is the second son, born 3 January 1823. (Martino)

Eleonora Francesca Onofrio Giuseppa is born and baptized on 6 February 1824. Her godparents are also Don Giuseppe and Don Stefania Sarzona, a married couple.

Carolina is born and baptized on 24 February 1827. Her godparents are Vincenzo and Calogera Paulvarina, a married couple.

Rosa and Giuseppa are known from the 1834 census, the stato delle anime.

Giuseppe is born around 1832, based on his age in the 1834 stato delle anime.

The beginning of the 1834 stato delle anime is not labeled as to location, but based on future notations, is on western end of the Strada Grande. The first few pages of families listed are almost all nobility.

The second household appearing in the 1834 stato delle anime is that of Don Giliberto Bentivegna, father of the famous revolutionary brothers. Don Giliberto is reportedly 67 (he is 65); his wife, Donna Teresa, is 35 (b. 1799). The children are Don Francesco, 13 (he is 14), Don Filippo, 12 (he is 11), Eleonora, 10, Caterina, 8 (probably Carolina, who is seven), Rosa, 6 (b. 1828), Giuseppa, 3 (b. 1831), and Giuseppe, 2 (b. 1832).

Francesco's parents originally wanted him to become a priest as the Bentivegna family was very involved with the Roman Catholic Church and regularly donated large sums of money. Francesco became more fascinated, and involved, with his countrymen's aspirations of independence from their Bourbon rulers.

Teresa, possidente (landowner), dies at age 94 (b. 1798) on 17 February 1892 in her home on via Piazza Inferiore. Her husband Giliberto has predeceased her.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ LA STORIA DEI FEUDI E DEI TITOLI NOBILIARI DI SICILIA DALLA LORO ORIGINI AI NOSTRI GIORNI - VOLUME QUARTO RISTAMPA 2013. Lulu.com; ISBN 978-1-291-39080-3. p. 109–.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Processetti matrimoniali, Don Gilbertum Bentivegna and Donna Teresiam Cordova, page 39, 19 December 1818, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-99095-75?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Documenti matrimoniali 1817-1850 > image 23 of 299; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-32358-14658-49?cc=2051639 : accessed 10 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1882-1893 > image 2491 of 3063; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).

Baptism of Franciscus Josephus Stephanus Bentivegna, 4 March 1820

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12406-6970-87?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FM3:351041801,351041802,351544201 : accessed 31 January 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1819-1827 > image 101 of 406; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].

Baptism of Eleonora Francisca Honophria Josepha Bentivegna, 6 February 1824.

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12406-8337-72?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FM3:351041801,351041802,351544201 : accessed 24 January 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1819-1827 > image 245 of 406; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].

Baptism of Carolinam Bentivegna, 24 February 1827

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12406-5536-75?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FM3:351041801,351041802,351544201 : accessed 31 January 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1819-1827 > image 382 of 406; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].

Giliberto Bentivegna family, 1834 stato delle anime

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-94030-84?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-GP6:351041801,351041802,351652301 : accessed 6 August 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1834-1843 > image 4 of 357; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).

Death of Theresia Cordua, record no. 66, 17 February 1892

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11742-41606-62?cc=2046915&wc=MG3W-JWP:351041801,351041802,351085401 : accessed 26 February 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1889-1910 > image 81 of 546; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].

• Wikipedia entry for Francesco Bentivegna. Accessed 31 January 2015.