Alessandro Montessori (abt. 1832 - 1915)

Born about 2 Aug 1832 in Ferrara, Provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Husband of Renilde Stoppani — married 7 Apr 1866 in Monsanvito, Ancona, Marche, Regno d'Italia

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1915 at about age 83 in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy

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Biography

Alessandro Montessori has Italian Roots.

Alessandro Montessori was the father of Maria Montessori.^[1][2] He married Renilda Stoppani in 1866.^[3]

Alessandro was sent to Chiaravalle in 1865 by the Ministry of Finance, and by 1870 was employed at a tobacco works in the town.^[4] His daughter was born into a lower middle class family.

Marriage

Alessandro was a widow at the time of his marriage to Renilde. His former spouse was Maria Cavallazzi. He was 32 at the time of the marriage to Renilde. His father was alive but his mother was already deceased. His father was living in Bologna.^[5]

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Death

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215063592/alessandro-montessori Gravestone

Research Notes

Birth and death dates: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215063592/alessandro-montessorii to be confirmed with primary source.

Sharon Caldwell has contacted the Montessori family through the Association Montessori Internationale, for details and permission to use information about the family of Maria Montessori (22 February 2018).

Maria Montessori Writes to Her Father: Letters from California, 1915. Montessori Pierson Publishing Company, 2015.

Sources

1. ↑ Trabalzini, P. “Maria Montessori through the Seasons of the ‘Method.’” NAMTA Journal 36, no. 2 (2011), p.6]
2. ↑ Kramer, Rita. Maria Montessori: A Biography [1976]. Radcliff Biography. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1988 p.23
3. ↑ Kramer, p.23
4. ↑ Trabalzini, p.6.
5. ↑ Family Search Pertinent information extracted and translated by Frank Santoro
6. ↑ Allegati filed in Monsanvito FamilySearch
7. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q9-9HC2?cc=2046896&wc=MCTZ-TM3%3A351012501%2C358507102%2C358507103 FamilySearch]

• Kramer, Rita. Maria Montessori: A Biography [1976]. Radcliff Biography. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1988
• Standing, E. M. Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. New York: Penguin/Plume, 1998.
• Trabalzini, P. “Maria Montessori through the Seasons of the ‘Method.’” NAMTA Journal 36, no. 2 (2011).
• "Italia, Ancona, Ancona, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1862-1929," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q3-FGW3?cc=2046896&wc=MCTZ-Y38%3A351012501%2C358507102%2C358551501 : 20 May 2014), Ancona > Monte San Vito > Pubblicazioni 1924-1929 Matrimoni 1866-1929 > image 243 of 2028 (Alessandro Montessori / Renilde Stoppani); Tribunale di Ancona (Ancona Court, Ancona).
• "Italia, Ancona, Ancona, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1862-1929," Maria Montessori, 31 Aug 1870, no. 114; images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q3-8D4Y : 20 May 2014), Ancona, Chiaravalle, image 134 of 1932; Tribunale di Ancona (Ancona Court, Ancona).