OTD: April 4th

On this day, April 4 in...

... 1903, Vincenzo Misseri was born in Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

OTD: March 24th

On this day, March 24 in...

... 1883, Amelia Misseri was born in Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

... 1917, Carlo Misseri was born in Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

... 1932, Philippine Josephine Huguette Misseri was born in Sousse, Tunisia.

OTD: February 28th

On this day, February 27, in...

... 1788, Antonina Pasqua Maria Misseri was born in Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

... 1887, Maria Misseri was born in the Palermo area of Zisa, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

OTD: February 20th

On this day, February 20, in...

... 1838, Carlo Misseri was born in Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

... 1838, Cesare Misseri was born in Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

... 1900, Antonino Misseri was born in the Palermo area of Uditore, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

The Misseri Twins (1836 - 1838)

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.

A New Year! And the story of Carmelo Misseri (x4)

Happy New Year! Let's hope for a great year of researching the family. Hoping to find new stories, missing ancestors, and dates of people that are in the family. With a few hours on this holiday, some new discoveries have been made with distant Misseri's who died almost two hundred years ago.

Francesco Domenico Misseri (b. 25 Jan 1799) and Vincenza Bellia (4 Apr 1799 - 6 Sep 1856) got married on 8 Nov 1818 and started having children right away. But the family ran into bad luck in the mid 1830's. In 1833, they had child number six born on 12 Jul 1833. His name was Carmelo Misseri. However, we know he died because on 2 Dec 1834, they had child number seven, and they named him Carmelo Misseri. Unfortunately, Carmelo died on 1 Feb 1835. And you guessed it, another son was born, and they named him Carmelo too. But not just Carmelo; this time they added an extra name: Carmelo Angelo Misseri. Adding an extra name didn't seem to help because he died too, because their last known child, #12, was named Carmelo Misseri on 11 Aug 1840. All the death dates had been recorded for all the Carmelo Misseri's except Carmelo Angelo Misseri. We knew he died but just didn't know his death date until today. Carmelo Angelo's angel was looking out for him today and the death date was discovered when I was going through the FamilySearch collection called: Carini. Death Records 1831–1844.

• Carmelo Angelo Misseri died on 25 Feb 1836.

What is interesting about Francesco Domenico Misseri and Vincenza Bellia, is that they had two other sons: Carlo Misseri and Cesare Misseri and they were born after the third Carmelo and the last of the children, the fourth Carmelo Misseri. They were determined to have a son named Carmelo, which never came to fruition. Very sad, especially knowing that a third of their children were named Carmelo. I wish I knew who all the Carmelo's were named after. It must of have been someone important to Francesco and Vincenza. And with every new year, they must have had a lot of hope as the calendar changed from December to January.


Descendants of Francesco Domenico Misseri
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1-Francesco Domenico Misseri b. 25 Jan 1799, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. Between 1856 and 1887

    + Vincenza Bellia b. 4 Apr 1799, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 6 Sep 1856,
       Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, par. Giuseppe Francesco Bellia and Giovanna
       Lo Piccolo
                |--2-Cesare Rosario Misseri b. 27 Sep 1819, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |      27 Jul 1837, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Angela Giovanna Misseri b. 30 Apr 1822, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |      26 May 1886, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                | + Pietro Rosario Carmelo Randazzo b. 4 Oct 1815, Carini, Palermo, Sicily,
                |     Italy, d. 4 Apr 1882, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, par. Filippo
                |     Randazzo and Maria Anna Cottone
                |--2-Giuseppe Misseri b. 8 Apr 1824, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 28 Jul
                |      1894, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                | + Isabella Buffa b. 14 Apr 1824, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. After
                |    1866, par. Antonino Buffa and Rosa Jacona
                |--2-Antonino Salvatore Misseri b. 3 Mar 1826, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy,
                |      d. 20 Jul 1827, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Salvatore Misseri b. 22 Nov 1827, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 20
                |      Oct 1887, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                | + Rosaria Maria Armetta b. 27 Sep 1825, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |    After 1891, par. Vito Croce Armetta and Vincenza Nania
                |--2-Carmelo Misseri b. 12 Jul 1833, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 23 Jul
                |      1833, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmelo Misseri b. 2 Dec 1834, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 1 Feb
                |      1835, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmelo Angelo Misseri b. 7 Jan 1836, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |      25 Feb 1836, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carlo Misseri b. 20 Feb 1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 4 Apr
                |      1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Cesare Misseri b. 20 Feb 1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 4 Mar
                |      1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmela Misseri b. 28 Mar 1839, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 10 Apr
                |      1839, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmelo Misseri b. 11 Aug 1840, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 11 Oct
                |      1840, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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