I am still plugging away and researching the records from Grumo Appula in Bari. I have noticed an interesting thing the clerk or town official who was registering the births of foundlings (babies usually left at the church because the mother decided she could or would not care for the newborn child).
The clerk or town official gave a surname of the month the baby was born in; for example, in 1839, two babies were given the following surnames: Aprile and Ottobre.
- Luigi Aprile, born on 12 April 1839, record #79
- Florinta Ottobre, born on 25 October 1839, record #174
Foundlings are usually given unique names that set them apart from the rest of the local community. But, in all my time of researching various records, I have not come across the names of calendar months being used as surnames.
