Pietro (d'Ambrosio) d'Ambrosia (abt. 1545 - bef. 1610)

Born about 1545 in Malta

Descendants

Died before 1610 before about age 65 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

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Biography

Pietro d'Ambrosia was born, likely on the Island of Malta,^[1] about 1545, of unknown parentage; and died at Lipari, Messina, Kingdom of Sicily, before the census of 1610 was enumerated.^[2] The name of his wife is unknown.

Documentation for Pietro D'Ambrosia

• Genealogical proof to establish that Mariano D'Ambrosio, husband of Francesca Rodriguez, is the son of Pietro D'Ambrosio.
• There is a Lipari marriage record dated 21 November 1615 for Mariano D'Ambrosia and Francesca Rodriguez. No parent names are documented in the record.
• A time frame for the estimated birth of Mariano D'Ambrosia is 1587 to 1597, assuming an age of 15 to 25 at the time of the marriage.
• A Lipari death record for Mariano D'Ambrosia has not been found.
• There are no Lipari baptism records for children of a D'Ambrosia family during the time frame of the expected birth of Mariano D'Ambrosia.
• There are four Lipari baptism records for children of Giovan Francesco D'Ambrosio and Caritella Lazaro ranging from 1560 to 1574, though none are for a child named Mariano.
• There are two Lipari baptism records for children of Pietro D'Ambrosia and an unnamed wife ranging from 1565 to 1572, though none are for a child named Mariano.
• There is a baptism record for a child of Mariano D'Ambrosia and Francesca Rodriguez named Pietro, which is suggestive of a family relationship between the child and his paternal grandfather.
• Mariano D'Ambrosio, husband of Francesca Rodriguez, is the son of Pietro D'Ambrosio.^[3]

Children, born at Lipari, Provincia di Messina, Kingdom of Sicily:^[4]

1. Francesco Gennaro di Lambrosa, bap. 10 June 1565; no sponsor is listed.
2. Catarinella de Ambroso, bap. 3 April 1572; sponsor was Gio: Battista Gatto.
3. (likely) Mariano L'Ambrosa, b. ca. 1590; m. Francesca Rodrigues.

Sources

1. ↑ Several of the baptismal registers denote different male d'Ambrosio's coming from the Island of Malta, such as his contemporary Bernardo d'Ambrosi.
2. ↑ G.A.M. Arena, Popolazione e distribuzione della ricchezza a Lipari nel 1610 (Società di Storia Patria Messina 1992, Incontri Meridionali 1-2) (Rubbettino, 1995).
3. ↑ Lambrosa Family Chart, found at Ustica Genealogy.
4. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Battesimi 1559-1696, FHL film 1,338,513.