As I continue to go through the records (I'm currently working through the Death records) in Carini, Palermo, I wanted to follow up on a story that I wrote on New Year's Day.
On the 1st of the year, I wrote about the four Carmelo Misseri's who all died as infants in Carini. It must have been so hard on the parents, Francesco Domenico Misseri (b. 25 Jan 1799) and Vincenza Bellia (4 Apr 1799 - 6 Sep 1856). Time doesn't stop when tragic events happen and for Francesco and Vincenza, after the third Carmelo (7 Jan 1836 - 25 Feb 1836) died, Vincenza gave birth to a set of twins: Carlo Misseri and Cesare Misseri on 20 Feb 1838. I'm sure she must have been exhausted and thrilled at the same time when her 9th and 10th babies were born. But by early Spring, the cruel world was out to cause more pain for Francesco and Vincenza because on 4 Apr 1838, both Carlo and Cesare died on the same day. Let me repeat that, they were born on the same day, and they died on the same day. They were just over 2 years old when they were buried.
I have to image that Francesco and Vincenza were extremely tough individuals to endure all the hardship in their lives when trying to build a family. They had a total of twelve children and only three lived to adulthood. Let's hope they were surrounded by a great support system to help them through all their disappointments in life.
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