Cristoforo De Franceschi

…formula as the 1816 baptism. /research-log/ 10 Sept 2026 hit February 1833 Vodnjan, Liber Copulatorum — DGS 005497894, image 214 Giuseppe De Franceschi's death bracketed. The weaver is «Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe» in March 1818 and November 1828, and «fu Giuseppe» on 12 February 1833 — so the father of the priest, the ploughman and the weaver died between November 1828 and February 1833. Also Don Stefano officiates a second time, in…

…March 1818, house 312 — «Pietro De Franceschi q.m Gio. Maria, vedovo della q.m Veniera Franzin q.m Domenico», aged 42, marrying Lorenza Tesser q.m Ambrogio, widow of Andrea Manzin, which puts his birth about 1776 and his father's death before 1818; «+ Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe, tessitore» and «+ Pietro De Franceschi di Giuseppe, agricoltore» as witnesses in March and September 1818, both signing with a cross — brothers, and a different Pietro from the widower; «Don Stefano De Franceschi, Sacerdote» as…

…and a weaver turn out to be brothers. On 17 August 1820 the clerk writes the witness in full — «D.n Stefano De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Sacerdote» — the same patronymic already recorded for «+ Pietro De Franceschi di Giuseppe, agricoltore» and «+ Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe, tessitore», both of whom sign with a cross. Don Stefano witnesses four marriages in these openings (7 June and 20 August 1819, 17 August and 13 November 1820), twice beside a canon of the chapter, never as officiant — the parroco who signs…

…Benedetto. /research-log/ 9 Sept 2026 hit 1825–1826 Vodnjan, Liber Copulatorum — DGS 005497894, images 196–198 Pietro had a brother. 25 January 1826, house 224: Michiela, «figlia di Cristoforo De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria e di Maria Luigia Manzin q.m Domenico», marries at 26 — the same dead father as the Pietro who remarried in 1818, so Cristoforo is his brother and the eldest Vodnjan line now carries two sons. It also means two men named Cristoforo De…

…De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria e di Maria Luigia Manzin q.m Domenico», marries at 26 — the same dead father as the Pietro who remarried in 1818, so Cristoforo is his brother and the eldest Vodnjan line now carries two sons. It also means two men named Cristoforo De Franceschi are alive in the town at once — this one q.m Gio: Maria, and the weaver di Giuseppe — told apart only by the father's name. And 10 July 1826: «Ant.o De Franceschi fu Vittorio» witnesses at a wedding celebrated by the archpriest at Svetvinčenat — a…

…sister, and the eldest line becomes a family of three. 7 February 1828, house 366: Michiela Damiana, daughter of the late Domenico Pastrovicchio and «della vivente Veniera De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria», marries at twenty — and the witness is «Cristoforo De Franceschi fu Gio: M.a, Agricoltore», her uncle. So Gio. Maria De Franceschi, dead before 1818, is now shown with three children — Pietro, Cristoforo and Veniera — none of whom has a baptism on any film this archive can reach; the register found them by naming…

…no De Franceschi on them. /research-log/ 9 Sept 2026 hit Late 1828 into 1829 Vodnjan, Liber Copulatorum — DGS 005497894, images 203–204 Cristoforo the weaver, named in full at last — «Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe, Tessitore», witness 25 November 1828 — which is what safely separates him from the other Cristoforo, fu Gio: Maria, the ploughman who witnessed his own niece's wedding ten months earlier. Two men, one name, one town, one volume. Don…

…1818 a De Franceschi stands as witness, and both times the clerk writes a cross before the name — the mark of a man who cannot write his own. 30 March 1818, entry 14, house 391, at the wedding of Lorenzo Bilucaglia and Domenica Giacometti: «+ Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Tessitore» — a weaver. 14 September 1818, entry 25, house 457, at the wedding of Domenico Coffetti and Maria Zoghil da Gimino: «+ Pietro De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Agricoltore» — the father of the child baptised in…

…17 August 1820, the clerk writes him out in full: «D.n Stefano De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Sacerdote» Di Giuseppe. The same patronymic, in the same hand, in the same book, as «+ Pietro De Franceschi di Giuseppe, agricoltore» and «+ Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe, tessitore». They are brothers. A priest, a ploughman and a weaver, sons of one Giuseppe De Franceschi of Vodnjan — and the two who worked with their hands could not sign their names while the third was writing in the register. (doc…

…Bortolan was this archive's word, not the register's, and it has been changed above. Pietro had a brother, and the first line widens 6· 25 Gennaro 1826· № domus 224 Sponsa — Michiela, figlia di Cristoforo De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria e di Maria Luigia Manzin q.m Domenico, giugali Cattolica· d'Anni 26· Celibe Testes — Giacomo De Marchi fu Ant.o· Manzin Manzin fu Dom.co, Agricoltori «q.m Gio: Maria» — the same dead father as the Pietro…

…born about 1776 → his son Gio: Maria, married 1821· Cristoforo × Maria Luigia Manzin q.m Domenico → his daughter Michiela, born about 1800, married 1826 And here is the trap this parish sets. There are now two men called Cristoforo De Franceschi alive in Vodnjan at the same time: this one, q.m Gio: Maria, and the weaver, di Giuseppe, who signed with a cross in 1818. They are not the same man and they are not in the same family. The register keeps them apart by the father's name and by…

…7 Febraro 1828· № domus 366 Sponsa — Michiela Damiana, figlia del fu Domenico Pastrovicchio q.m Matteo e della vivente Veniera De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria, giugali Cattolica· d'Anni 20· Celibe Testes — Cristoforo De Franceschi fu Gio: M.a — Agricoltore Giovanni Fabro fu Matteo — Sarto One entry, and the eldest Vodnjan line acquires a sister and a third child. Veniera De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria is della vivente — alive in February 1828 — widow of…

…a sister and a third child. Veniera De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria is della vivente — alive in February 1828 — widow of Domenico Pastrovicchio. Her daughter is twenty, born about 1808. And standing as witness at that daughter's wedding is Cristoforo De Franceschi fu Gio: Maria: her own brother, at his niece's marriage. So the children of Gio. Maria De Franceschi, dead before 1818, now number three:· Pietro, born about 1776 — remarried 1818, father of the Gio: Maria who married in 1821·…

…He lived there, and the 1824 entry named his town only because the wedding did not. (doc) The weaver, named in full 44· 25 Novembre 1828· № domus 344 Testes — Giovanni Prenis di Lorenzo, Falegname Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Tessitore Ten years after he signed with a cross in March 1818, Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe, weaver, is a witness again — and this time the clerk writes the patronymic out, which is what makes him safely separable…

…in full 44· 25 Novembre 1828· № domus 344 Testes — Giovanni Prenis di Lorenzo, Falegname Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Tessitore Ten years after he signed with a cross in March 1818, Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe, weaver, is a witness again — and this time the clerk writes the patronymic out, which is what makes him safely separable from the other Cristoforo, fu Gio: Maria, the ploughman who witnessed his niece's wedding earlier the same year.…

…the altar in 1833. Seventeen years apart, the register uses the same three words about him. (doc) February 1833 — Giuseppe is dead, and the licence is routine 13· 12 Febbraio 1833· № domus 332 Testes — Cristoforo De Franceschi fu Giuseppe — Tessitore Subscriptio: «D.n Stefano De Franceschi, De Par. lic., li congiunse e benedisse nella Chiesa della B. V. del Carmine» 14· 13 Febbraio 1833· № domus 437 Testes — Pietro De Franceschi fu Pietro —…

…Subscriptio: «D.n Pietro Bradamante, De Par. lic., li congiunse e benedisse nella Chiesa della B. V. della Trovesa» Two consecutive days, and three things come out of them. Giuseppe De Franceschi is dead. The weaver was «Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe» in March 1818 and again in November 1828. Here he is «fu Giuseppe». The father of the priest, the ploughman and the weaver therefore died between November 1828 and February 1833 — a date this archive did not have and can now…

…both dead by 1830. Three children named in this register — Pietro (b. c.1776), Cristoforo the agricoltore, Veniera (b. c.1781). None of the three has a surviving baptism Vodnjan deaths 1815–1833· film 005497894, images 471–575 Cristoforo De Franceschi Vodnjan «+ Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Tessitore», a weaver, witness 30 March 1818; signs with a cross; brother of Don Stefano the priest; witnessed again 25 November 1828, house 344, with the patronymic written out in…

…— Pietro (b. c.1776), Cristoforo the agricoltore, Veniera (b. c.1781). None of the three has a surviving baptism Vodnjan deaths 1815–1833· film 005497894, images 471–575 Cristoforo De Franceschi Vodnjan «+ Cristoforo De Franceschi di Giuseppe — Tessitore», a weaver, witness 30 March 1818; signs with a cross; brother of Don Stefano the priest; witnessed again 25 November 1828, house 344, with the patronymic written out in full Vodnjan deaths 1815–1833· film 005497894,…

…six years on. inf, not doc: the house differs (764 in 1824, 456 in 1830), and the register uses «q.m Pietro» of more than one man Vodnjan deaths after December 1830· film 005497894, images 562–575, then film 005497895 Cristoforo De Franceschi Vodnjan «Cristoforo De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria», husband of Maria Luigia Manzin q.m Domenico — brother of the Pietro who remarried in 1818; not to be confused with Cristoforo di Giuseppe the weaver; recorded as agricoltore when he…

…in 1824, 456 in 1830), and the register uses «q.m Pietro» of more than one man Vodnjan deaths after December 1830· film 005497894, images 562–575, then film 005497895 Cristoforo De Franceschi Vodnjan «Cristoforo De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria», husband of Maria Luigia Manzin q.m Domenico — brother of the Pietro who remarried in 1818; not to be confused with Cristoforo di Giuseppe the weaver; recorded as agricoltore when he witnessed his niece's wedding in February 1828…

…di Giuseppe the weaver; recorded as agricoltore when he witnessed his niece's wedding in February 1828 Vodnjan deaths 1815–1833· film 005497894, images 471–575 Michiela De Franceschi Vodnjan Daughter of Cristoforo De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria and Maria Luigia Manzin; married 25 January 1826, house 224, aged 26 Vodnjan deaths 1815–1833· film 005497894, images 471–575 Antonio De Franceschi Vodnjan «Ant.o De Franceschi fu Vittorio»,…

…6B47-Q98M Antonius Surname not indexed M y b. 1824· d. 26 Jun 1828· of Kraljevina Hrvatska Kraljevina Hrvatska Antonii De Franceschi lead 6B47-8CZ7 Cristoforo De Franceschi Franceschi M y b. 1824 Pietro De Franceschi Maria Malusa in 6YBR-9ST4 Domenico Franceschini Franceschini M y b. Jan 1824· d. Jan…