1861 Torre le Nocelle Death - Ilaria Guarciariello

Pedigree of Ilaria Guarciariello

Ilaria was my 3rd great-grandmother.  She was married to Vincenzo di Nuzzolo, son of Pasquale and Geltrude Maria di Stefano.

#75 Filed 4 Dicembre 1861
Name: Ilaria Guarciariello, 65, contadina, figlia dei furono Fortunato Guarciariello e Maria di Nuzzolo, contadini
Death: 4 Dicembre 1861 alle ore otto
Declarant: Ciriaco Ardolino, 45, contadino
Declarant: Gennaro di Carro, 66, contadino

1861 Torre le Nocelle Death - Angela Mazzariello

Pedigree of Angela Mazzariello

#39 Filed 26 Agosto 1861
Name: Angela Mazzariello, 24, contadina, figlia di Vincenzo Mazzariello e della fu Giuseppa Vozella, contadini
Death: 15 Agosto 1861 alle ore quattro della notte
Declarant: Vincenzo di Nuzzolo, 60, servente comunale
Declarant: Antonio Cirignano, 40, contadino

1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Silvano Todesca

Pedigree of Silvano Todesca

#38 Filed 13 Dicembre 1860
Name: Silvano Todesca, 68, scalpellino, figlio dei furono Giuseppe Todesca, scalpellino ed Elisabetta de Angelis
Death: 12 Dicembre 1860 ad ore diciotto
Declarant: Antonio Bianchino, 42, contadino
Declarant: Emidio Sullo, 36, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Giuseppe Petriello

Pedigree of Giuseppe Petriello

#37 Filed 6 Dicembre 1860
Name: Giuseppe Petriello, di giorni undici, contadino, figlio di Luigi Petriello, viaticale e Gaetana de Cristofaro
Death: 5 Dicembre 1860 ad ore ventitre
Declarant: Giuseppe Pizzano, 52, viaticale
Declarant: Gennaro Garofano, 58, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Rosaria Bianchino

Pedigree of Rosaria Bianchino

#36 Filed 21 Novembre 1860
Name: Rosaria Bianchino, di anni due, contadina, figlia di Antonio Bianchino ed Antonia Lombardi, contadini
Death: 20 Novembre 1860 ad ore ventitre
Declarant: Emidio Sullo, 36, contadino
Declarant: Gennaro de Carro, 60, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Giuseppe Cardillo

Pedigree of Giuseppe Cardillo

#35 Filed 18 Novembre 1860
Name: Giuseppe Cardillo, 52, contadino, figlio dei furono Ciriaco Cardillo e Carmina de Cristofaro, contadini
Death: 17 Novembre 1860 ad ore ventiquattro
Declarant: Ciriaco Cardillo, 38, contadino
Declarant: Antonio Colucciello, 50, proprietario

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Angelo de Angelis

Pedigree of Angelo de Angelis

#34 Filed 10 Novembre 1860
Name: Angelo de Angelis, 82, proprietario, figlio dei furono Gaetano de Angelis ed Anna di Iorio, proprietari
Death: 9 Novembre 1860 ad ore ventiquattro
Declarant: Francesco Iarrobino, 40, contadino
Declarant: Ciriaco Petriello, 45, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Giovanna Bianchino

Pedigree of Giovanna Bianchino

#33 Filed 29 Ottobre 1860
Name: Giovanna Bianchino, 36, contadino, figlia del fu Silvestro Bianchino e Maria Michele de Angelis, contadini
Death: 28 Ottobre 1860 ad ore ventitre
Declarant: Giovenale de Minico, 40, calzolaio
Declarant: Tommaso Bianchino, 45, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Alessandro Luongo

Pedigree of Alessandro Luongo

#32 Filed 16 Ottobre 1860
Name: Alessandro Luongo, 80, contadino, figlio dei furono Rocco Luongo e Carmina Vozella, contadini
Death: 12 Ottobre 1860 ad ore ventiquattro
Declarant: Domenico de Santis, 45, contadino
Declarant: Sabino di Stefano, 60, contadino

Those of you with a sharp eye will notice that Alessandro's pedigree chart shows Rosa Angela di Iorio to be his mother.  Here's the deal ...

Rocco Luongo's first wife was Carmina Vozella.  They had three children - Onorata (1772), Alessandro (1776/77) and Gennaro (1777/78).  Onorata died sometime between 1789 - 1794.  Alessandro and Gennaro were confirmed in Torre in 1782, at which point this Alessandro drops off the radar ... never to be seen again.

Mother Carmina died between 1778 - 1780 and Rocco went on to marry Rosa Angela di Iorio on 4 October 1781.  They had four children - Alessandro (1785/86), Giovanni (1787), Angela (1788/89) and Carmina (1790).  Giovanni, along with this second Alessandro were both confirmed in 1790.

In addition,  Rosa appears as mother on Alessandro's marriage record to Gesamunda Ardolino. Since marriage acts are notoriously more accurate than death acts ... I'm sticking with Rosa.  Subject to change on a moment's notice of course  ;-)

On another interesting note, since the name Carmina does not appear to be affiliated with either Rocco or Rosa's ancestors, Carmina Luongo (1790) was probably named after Rocco's deceased first wife.  

I've seen this happen quite often and thought it was done out of respect, but Flo says the tradition stems from superstition. By naming a child after a deceased spouse it's thought that said dead spouse (sorry!) will be appeased and look kindly upon the new marriage.  Ya gotta love Italian superstitions.

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Carmine Cefalo

Pedigree of Carmine Ciriaco Cefalo

#31 Filed 13 Ottobre 1860
Name: Carmine Cefalo, di anni uno, contadino, figlio di Nicolangelo Cefalo, calzolaio ed Emmanuella Cirignano
Death: 12 Ottobre 1860 ad ore ventiquattro
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Declarant: Arcangelo Lombardi, 50, calzolaio

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Carmine Alfonso Carideo

Pedigree of Carmine Alfonso Carideo

#30 Filed 8 Ottobre 1860
Name: Carmine Alfonso Carideo, di anni uno, contadino, figlio di Ciriaco Carideo ed Annamaria la Torella, contadini
Death: 7 Ottobre 1860 ad ore ventidue
Declarant: Emidio Sullo, 36, contadino
Declarant: Gennaro de Carro, 60, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Maria Pasqualina Giardiello

Pedigree of Maria Pasqualina Giardiello

#29 Filed 7 Ottobre 1860
Name: Maria Pasqualina Giardiello, di anni uno, contadina, figlia di Vincenzo Giardiello e Grazia Iarrobino, contadini
Death: 6 Ottobre 1860 ad ore ventitre
Declarant: Antonio Luongo, 45, contadino
Declarant: Silvestro Giardiello, 34, contadino

Maria's father Vincenzo died of typhoid in the prison in Montefusco on 26 May 1861.

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Ciriaco Carideo

Pedigree of Ciriaco Carideo

#28 Filed 22 Settembre 1860
Name: Ciriaco Carideo, 19, contadino, figlio di Costantino Carideo e Monica Bevilacqua, contadini
Death: 22 Settembre 1860 ad ore ventuno
Declarant: Ludovico Froncillo, 68, falegname
Declarant: Ciriaco Vozella, 38, ferraio

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - Fiorita Vozella

Pedigree of Fiorita Vozella

#27 Filed 8 Settembre 1860
Name: Fiorita Vozella, 35, contadina, figlia del fu Ciriaco Vozella ed Consolata Magno, contadini
Death: 8 Settembre 1860 alle ore sei della notte
Declarant: Arcangelo Pizzano, 55, mannese
Declarant: Ciriaco Pizzano, 50, contadino

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - The Murder of Pasquale Rotondi

Pedigree of Pasquale Rotondi

#26 Filed 7 Settembre 1860
Name: Don Pasquale Rotondi, 19, propietario, figlio del fu Don Baldassarre Rotondi e Donna Raffaella dello Iacono, proprietari
Death: 7 Settembre 1860 ad ore diciannove
Declarant: Gennaro de Minico, 66, scalpellino
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Sindaco: Pasquale Petriello

Pasquale, like his father Baldassarre, also died from a gunshot wound.  Since the shot came from afar the murder was never attributed to anyone.

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - The Murder of Baldassarre Rotondi

Pedigree of Baldassarre Rotondi

#25 Filed 7 Settembre 1860
Name: Don Baldassarre Rotondi, 43, proprietario, figlio dei furono Don Errico Rotondi e Donna Rosa Colletti, proprietari
Death: 7 Settembre 1860 ad ore diciannove
Declarant: Gennaro de Minico, 66, scalpellino
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Sindaco: Pasquale Petriello

Baldassarre died of a gunshot wound, but since his killer shot him from afar his murder remains unknown.  The following three mutilated the dead body of Don Baldassarre Rotondi:

Carmine Gianchini (probably Bianchino) of the deceased Giuseppe – opens him with hatchet blows to the belly

Nicola Rosato of the deceased Michele – stabs him with a pitchfork. (Nicola was born circa 1821 in Fontanarosa and was married to levatrice Fortunata Guarciariello.  After Fortunata's death he married Maria Carmina Bianchino, sister of the above accomplice, Carmine.)

Pasquale Laragione – slices him with a knife and robs money from his body. (No further info on Pasquale, nor does the Laragione surname show in Torre.)

Giuseppe, Costantino and Tommaso Carideo later went to Baldassarre's home and attacked his wife Raffaella dello Iacono.

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - The Murder of Francesco Rotondi

Pedigree of Giovanfrancesco Rotondi

#24 Filed 7 Settembre 1860
Name: Don Francesco Rotondi, 67, proprietario, figlio dei furono Don Carmine Rotondi, medico e Donna Camilla Nicoletti
Death: 7 Settembre 1860 ad ore diciannove
Declarant: Gennaro de Minico, 66, scalpellino
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Sindaco: Pasquale Petriello

Francesco was shot in the chest by Giuseppe Carideo, son of the deceased Tommaso Carideo.  Giuseppe's pedigree chart is below.

Pedigree of Giuseppe Carideo

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - The Murder of Carmine Carideo

Pedigree of Carmine Carideo

#23 Filed 7 Settembre 1860
Name: Carmine Carideo, 30, contadino, figlio di Giuseppe Carideo, viaticale e Carmina de Cristofaro
Death: 7 Settembre 1860 ad ore diciotto
Declarant: Gennaro de Minico, 66, scalpellino
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Sindaco: Pasquale Petriello

Giovanfrancesco Rotondi murdered Carmine in self defense.  For details please see the previous post.

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - The Murder of Michele Carideo

Pedigree of Michele Carideo

#22 Filed 7 Settembre 1860
Name: Michele Carideo, 50, contadino, figlio dei furono Tommaso Carideo ed Annamaria de Angelis, contadini
Death: 7 Settembre 1860 ad ore diciassette
Declarant: Gennaro de Minico, 66, scalpellino
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Sindaco: Pasquale Petriello

Michele was murdered in self defense by Giovanfrancesco (Francesco) Rotondi. Michele, accompanied by Giovanni di Nuzzolo, Marco la Torella, Domenico Cassano, Ferdinando Vozella and Carmine Carideo attacked the home of Francesco Rotondi.

Francesco escaped, but not before killing Michele and Carmine Carideo (Carmine was the nephew of Michele) and getting a piece of Giovanni di Nuzzolo.

Incidentally, Michele was married to Orsola Penna (daughter of Errico and Angela Rosa Cefalo) at the time of his death. Orsola went on to wed Pasquale Cheche in 1862 and Tommaso Carideo (nephew of first husband Michele and almost 30 years her junior) in 1876. None of her marriages produced children. Pedigree charts of all involved are below.

Pedigree of Giovanfrancesco Rotondi

Pedigree of Giovanni di Nuzzolo

Pedigree of Marco la Torella

Pedigree of Domenico Cassano

Pedigree of Ferdinando Vozella

Pedigree of Carmine Carideo

Relationship chart between Michele Carideo and nephew Tommaso Carideo - both spouses of Orsola Penna

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1860 Torre le Nocelle Death - The Murder of Carmine Rotondi

 Pedigree of Carmine Rotondi

These next several deaths were the result of the 1860 massacre in Torre le Nocelle.  The original records regarding those charged and detained are on file at the archives in Avellino.  Florindo has researched the massacre in depth and transcripts of the documents can be found on his site. Thanks go to Maria-Francesca for the translations.

#21 Filed 7 Settembre 1860
Name: Don Carmine Rotondi, 55, proprietario, figlio dei furono Don Errico Rotondi e Donna Rosa Colletti, proprietari
Death: 7 Settembre 1860 ad ore diciassette
Declarant: Gennaro de Minico, 66, scalpellino
Declarant: Giovanni Antonio Strollo, 40, sartore
Sindaco: Pasquale Petriello

Carmine Rotondi was murdered by Agostino Vozella of the deceased Giovanni Vozella and Giuseppe Angelo Carideo of the deceased Michele Carideo.  Agostino overtook Don Carmine and forced him to kiss their hands, then ordered Giuseppe Angelo to point the musket in Carmine's side, killing him.  Pedigree charts of Agostino and Giuseppe Angelo are below.  Agostino died on 7 December 1875 in the prison in Porto Longone, Livorno.

Pedigree of Agostino Vozella

Pedigree of Giuseppe Angelo Carideo

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