Gaetano de Luca (abt. 1792)

Born about 1792 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Husband of Providenza Penzato — married 19 May 1819 (to before 1830) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Husband of Gaetana Ragusa — married 17 Jun 1830 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

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Biography

Gaetano de Luca is born around 1792 in Corleone, the son of Maestro Vincenzo de Luca and Francesca di Gregorio, who married in 1768. His birth year is based on his reported age in the 1834 census.

Maestro Gaetano marries at least twice, first to Providenza Penzato, daughter of the late Don Bernardo Penzato and Donna Concetta lo Curto, on 19 May 1819 in Corleone. His father has died.^[1]

Gaetano and Providenza have at least four children: Bernarda (c. 1818), Francesca (c. 1820), Vincenzo (1825), and Maria Concetta (c. 1827).

Vincenzo is born and baptized on 16 November 1825 in Corleone. His godparents are Don Giovanni and Carmela Piazza, brother and sister, both unmarried.^[2]

Maestro Gaetano remarries to Gaetana Ragusa, daughter of the late Don Nicolo’ Ragusa and the living Donna Bernarda Gristina, on 17 June 1830 in Corleone.^[3]

In the 1834 Church census, Maestro Gaetano de Luca, 41 (b. 1792), heads a household on the Strada di Listi with his wife, Gaetana, 40 (b. 1793), and children Bernarda, 15 (b. 1818), Francesca, 13 (b. 1820), Maria Concetta, 6 (b. 1827), and Vincenzo, 8 (b. 1825).^[4]

Vincenzo becomes ordained as a priest and serves in Corleone.

Can(cus) Vincenzo de Luca, a notable instructor in the college and deputy judge of the Church’s foreign court, dies 29 April 1902 in Corleone. He was 76 (b. 1826).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Cajetani de Luca and Providentia Penzato. (1819, May 19). Record no. 745. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT6S-4JG?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-VZ9%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351561001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1798-1832 > image 445 of 592; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Baptism of Vincentium de Luca. (1825, November 16). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PN8-M4?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-FM3%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351544201 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1819-1827 > image 323 of 406; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Marriage of Cajetani de Luca and Cajetana Ragusa. (1830, June 17). Record no. 1602. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT6S-F4F?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-VZ9%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351561001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1798-1832 > image 563 of 592; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Gaetano de Luca family. (1834). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-94082-76?cc=2046915&wc=MG3M-GP6:351041801,351041802,351652301 : accessed 29 August 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Stato delle Anime 1834-1843 > image 98 of 357; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ Death of Vincentius De Luca. (1902, April 30). Record no. 94. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69D9-Z84?cc=2046915&wc=MG3W-JWP%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351085401 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1889-1910 > image 341 of 546; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).