Maria Rosa Cavallo in Ricca was born in Busano, aboutan hour by car from Forno Canavese. I have no idea how she and brother Batista met Candidoand Quinta Ricca in Cavallo from Forno. That's right, a brother and a sister married asister and a brother. Well, I guess it made for fewer in-laws.....Here is some useful history that I have derived fromthe attached documents. Her tree entries, as usual on this site, are at the bottom of thepage.
Note that the handwriting is hers. I do not have theoriginal document; Grandma Catherine went to the Post Office in Peoria and made me a xeroxand mailed it.
Rosa was a truly remarkable woman, painfully young,endlessly courageous, with fiery red hair and eyes like the sky.
We may derive from the below information severalthings: |
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| TRANSLATION FOR THE ITALIAN-IMPAIRED:
>This passport consists of 20 pages. (Most of them blankfor visa stamps).
In the Name of His Majesty, Victor Immanuel III, by theGrace of God and the Will of the Nation, King of Italy: Passport, issued to:
NAME: Maria Rosa Cavallo, wife of Candido Ricca
DAUGHTER OF: The late Domenico
and of: Caterina Vignetto Note: I have Vignetti elsewhere.--Jim
BORN IN: Forno Rivara (name for the region inPiedmont).
DATE: 9 September 1875
RESIDENT OF: Forno Rivara (Aunt Jennie tells meshe grew up to age five in Sulla Bruā, meaning that Rosa and her little daughter livedwith Rosa's in-laws for three years, just imagine!).
IN PROVINCE: Turin.
OF STATUS: Married.
FEATURES OF THE PASSPORT BEARER:
Age: 25
Forehead: Normal
Eyes: Sky-blue
Nose: Aquiline<
Mouth: Normal
Hair: Red
Complection: Natural (not tanned)
Body Type: Proportional
SIGNATURE: Her signature. This entire document is inher handwriting.
DATE: 11 April, 1903 |
