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Maria Carmela Marone's First Husband

I was looking for something else in the Laurenzana civil marriage records, but stumbled across some important information.

Today I discovered that Egidiantonio Sarli was not Maria Carmela Marone's first husband, but her second. Maria's first husband was Giovanni Laraja (1811-1841), son of Gerardo Nicola Laraja ( a carpenter) and Gaetana Marone. 

I also discovered that Giovanni Laraja and Maria Carmela Marone had a daughter in 1841 whom they named Maria Giovanna. She was born two days after her father Giovanni died. She died in 1844 at the age of 3. 

Here is the documentation:

familysearch: Laurenzana birth record 1811 #220 
Giovanni Laraja b. 31 October 1811, Laurenzana
parents: Gerardo Nicola Laraja age 57, carpenter, & Gaetana Marone

familysearch: Laurenzana marriage record 6 Oct 1839 #38 
Giovanni Laraja age 28, son of Gerardo Nicola Laraja, carpenter & Gaetana Marone
to Maria Carmela Marone age 18, dau of Vito Nicola Marone & Rosa Robortaccio.

familysearch: Laurenzana death record  23 Sep 1841 #244
Giovanni Laraja age 30, son of Gerardo Nicola Laraja & Gaetana Marone; husband of
Maria Carmela Marone.

familysearch: Laurenzana birth record 25 Sep 1841 #204
Maria Giovanna Laraja b. 25 Sep 1841, Laurenzana
parents: deceased Giovanni Laraja & Carmela Marone age 20.

familysearch: Laurenzana death record 11 Oct 1844 #230
Maria Giovanna Laraja age 3, dau of deceased Giovanni Laraja & Carmela Marone.

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