[TI] Termini - Naming Tradition

[Melanie Holtz]

I just responded to you privately Tom, but to others the answer would be yes....but not usually.  I've run across Sicilian families who mixed up the names and those who avoided naming customs all together.  It's all about honoring someone when you name your child after them.  

Sincerely,

Melanie D. Holtz


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> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:55:20 -0400
> From: tcorso at lecom.edu
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Termini - Naming Tradition
>
> So to restate my question,
>
> Are there exceptions to the naming rule? Could the first daughter be
> named for someone other than the father's mother? Could there have been
> a close sister to the father that died recently, or died young and that
> is were the name came from?
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
> Corso, PhD
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:58 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Termini - Naming Tradition
>
> Melanie,
>
> My mistake. I meant to write down that Anna's parents were Agostino
> Corso and Domenica Longo. This is why I think it's the same family.
> Also, it looks like Domenica Longo died in Palermo in 1866. The death
> index lists her name and her parents as Antonino Longo and Maria Mandea
> (this looks close enough to Mantia to call it a match). The age matches
> to within 2 years also.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Melanie
> Holtz
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:41 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Termini - Naming Tradition
>
>
> Tom,
>
> You have a Maria missing who was born between Emmanuela and Francesco
> and died before 1863 when her name was reused.
>
> As for Anna, that looks like a different family since her father's name
> was Antonino not Agostino and they married in 1864 not 1845.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Melanie D. Holtz
>
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>> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:31:09 -0400
>> From: tcorso at lecom.edu
>> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> Subject: Re: [TI] Termini - Naming Tradition
>>
>> I have a general question about naming.
>> Most of the names of the children in my family lines seem to follow a
>> very strict naming tradition, however for the brother of my 2nd great
>> grandfather (Francesco Corso), there seems to be something strange.
>>
>> He was:
>> Agostino Corso (baptized in Termini in 1819, son of Antonino Corso and
>
>> Emmanuela Zarcone).
>> He married Domenica Longo (b. 1827, daughter of Antonino Longo and
>> Maria Mantia).
>> They married in Termini in 1845. The data I now have for the kids of
>> Agostino Corso and Domenica Longo is:
>>
>> 1848 - Antonino (Born in Termini, named after both grandfathers)
>> 1851 - Michele (Born in Termini, named after his uncle?)
>> 1854 - Emmanuela (Born in Palermo, named after her paternal
>> grandmother)
>> 1857 - Francesco (Born in Palermo, named after his uncle?)
>> 1861 - Michele (Born in Palermo, named after his older brother who
>> died)
>> 1863 - Maria (Born in Palermo, named after her maternal grandmother)
>>
>> There is one more notation in the Palermo index's, one for Anna
>> (daughter of Antonino Corso and Domenica Longo), married in 1864.
>> Where did she come from? If she was 18, then she would have been born
>> around
>> 1846 and thus would have been the first born. This fits time wise, but
>
>> the naming doesn't match, plus there is no record of her birth in
>> Termini. Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
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