Stefano De Franceschi

…di Pietro De Franceschi q.m Gio: Maria e della q.m Veniera Francin q.m Domenico», aged 29 — the same parents as the 1821 bridegroom, so a younger brother of Gio: Maria, born about 1803. And on 26 January 1833 the priest's signature reads «D.n Stefano De Franceschi, De Parochi lic., li congiunse e benedisse nella Chiesa Parrocchiale» — he married them himself, which retires this archive's repeated claim that he was never the officiant. The claim was of 1819–1832 and was stated as though it covered a book…

…to the year, in a Latin ruling with a cause-of-death column. A query for De Franceschi deaths 1826–1836 across the whole of Croatia returns eight dated records and none from this parish. First entry read: 11 March 1829, house 325, «Maria, figlia di Stefano De Franceschi e di Bonetta Vellico q.m Antonio» — a child of one of the eight households reconstructed from the baptism index, which now has a burial and a house number. Images 546–548 read; the target is Giuseppe De Franceschi, bracketed by his sons' patronymics…

…dead Vodnjan, Liber Defunctorum — DGS 005497894, images 546–550 Two of the eight reconstructed households now have a burial, a house number and — in one case — a generation above them. 11 March 1829, house 325: «Maria, figlia di Stefano De Franceschi e di Bonetta Vellico q.m Antonio». 23 July 1829, house 48: «Pietro, figlio di Dom.co De Franceschi q.m Pietro e di Zacchera Cerlon di Franc.o» — which names Domenico's own dead father, a Pietro, where the baptism index had only a bare pair of…

…/research-log/ 10 Sept 2026 hit House 325 gets its family Vodnjan, Liber Defunctorum — DGS 005497894, images 558–559 11 September 1830, house 325: «Bonetta Vellico q.m Antonio, Moglie di Stefano De Franceschi di Domenico q.m Pietro», aged 57 — born about 1773 — of pulmonary consumption, eighteen months after her daughter died in the same house. The two different words matter: di Domenico means his father was alive; q.m Pietro means his…

…1,508-row catch harvested the day before was read for parent-pairs instead. It gave four households the archive did not have — Sebastiano Giachin × Domenica De Franceschi (1817–1832), Giuseppe Forlani × Lucia Michiela De Franceschi (1848–1857), Stefano De Franceschi × Maria Forlanichio (1858–1860) and Domenico De Franceschi × Mattea Delcarro (1858–1865) — plus two children for households already standing: Teresa Domenica, 1820, to Pietro and Maria Malusà, and Lucia, 25 July 1826, to Gio Maria and Lucia…

…day the policy changed, rather than left contradicting the pages above it. site-wide 10 Sept 2026 correction «Never once as the officiant» A claim taken back This archive said That Don Stefano De Franceschi appears in the Vodnjan marriage register nineteen times as a witness and never once as the officiant — a point this archive made repeatedly, because it fixed his standing under the parroco Giovanni Tromba. What is On 26 January 1833 he…

…register nineteen times as a witness and never once as the officiant — a point this archive made repeatedly, because it fixed his standing under the parroco Giovanni Tromba. What is On 26 January 1833 he married a couple himself: «D.n Stefano De Franceschi, De Parochi lic., li congiunse e benedisse nella Chiesa Parrocchiale». How it happened True of every entry from 1819 to the end of 1832, and stated as though it were of the whole book — while sixty openings of that book were still unread. A…

…Sept 2026 correction Reading a formula as a personal arrangement A claim taken back This archive said That «De Parochi lic.» — by the parish priest's licence — was the particular standing Don Stefano De Franceschi held at Vodnjan, and that the register used «the same three words about him» seventeen years apart, at a baptism in 1816 and at an altar in 1833. What is It is the register's standard formula for any priest deputising for the parroco. The…

…BAPTIZATORUM IN ECCLESIA S. BLASII DIGNANI», and entry 149 of 4 December 1816 gives house 376, «Pietro De Franceschi di Giuseppe, agricoltore», «Maria Malusà q.m Matteo di Antonio», condition civile — and the baptising priest is «D. Stefano De Franceschi, de Parocho licentia». A priest of the name at Vodnjan, and five lay households. The one death on that reel, Mathaeus De Franceschi son of Anton, house 32, 7 August 1819, is in the Liber Defunctorum of Castellier — Kaštelir, under Vižinada —…

…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 witness on 7 June 1819, with the page signed by Giovanni Tromba S.T.D., parroco e preposito del Capitolo — so Don Stefano was a priest of the town, not the parish priest; and «la fu Domenica De Franceschi», mother of a bride aged 40…

…Reading on: 1819 and 1820 Vodnjan, Liber Copulatorum — DGS 005497894, images 183–187 A priest, a ploughman 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…

…is to resolve records to their film and read the catalogue's item list — remembering that a film can carry more than one parish. 10 Sept 2026 «Never once as the officiant» minor /fiume-1626/ That Don Stefano De Franceschi appears in the Vodnjan marriage register nineteen times as a witness and never once as the officiant — a point this archive made repeatedly, because it fixed his standing under the parroco Giovanni Tromba. On 26 January 1833 he married a…

…marriage register nineteen times as a witness and never once as the officiant — a point this archive made repeatedly, because it fixed his standing under the parroco Giovanni Tromba. On 26 January 1833 he married a couple himself: «D.n Stefano De Franceschi, De Parochi lic., li congiunse e benedisse nella Chiesa Parrocchiale». True of every entry from 1819 to the end of 1832, and stated as though it were of the whole book — while sixty openings of that book were still unread. A claim about a…

…apart, the same three words. 10 Sept 2026 Reading a formula as a personal arrangement minor /fiume-1626/ That «De Parochi lic.» — by the parish priest's licence — was the particular standing Don Stefano De Franceschi held at Vodnjan, and that the register used «the same three words about him» seventeen years apart, at a baptism in 1816 and at an altar in 1833. It is the register's standard formula for any priest deputising for the parroco. The very next…

…of baptisms, seventy of marriages, seventy-eight of deaths, and until today this project did not know they existed. «LIBER BAPTIZATORUM IN ECCLESIA S. BLASII DIGNANI» 149· 4 Decembre 1816· № domus 376 D. Stefano De Franceschi (de Parocho licentia) Domenica Maria De Franceschi, nata li 1.mo Decembre Catholica· Femina· Legitima Pater: Pietro De Franceschi di Giuseppe, agricoltore Mater: Maria Malusà q.m Matteo di Antonio Patrini: Pietro Ved… di Raffael × Maria…

…A grandfather: Pietro is «di Giuseppe». A mother with three generations of her own: Maria Malusà, daughter of the late Matteo, son of Antonio. And a status: civile. And look who is holding the child. The baptising column reads «D. Stefano De Franceschi, de Parocho licentia» — Don Stefano De Franceschi, by licence of the parish priest. A priest of this surname was serving at Vodnjan in 1816, and he is not baptising only his own kin: on the facing page, on 1 January 1817, he baptises a Mescheni child…

…mother with three generations of her own: Maria Malusà, daughter of the late Matteo, son of Antonio. And a status: civile. And look who is holding the child. The baptising column reads «D. Stefano De Franceschi, de Parocho licentia» — Don Stefano De Franceschi, by licence of the parish priest. A priest of this surname was serving at Vodnjan in 1816, and he is not baptising only his own kin: on the facing page, on 1 January 1817, he baptises a Mescheni child whose mother is Michiela De Franceschi di…

…to sign. Those are the two columns of two different books and they may simply be asking different questions — but this archive is not going to quietly publish the flattering one. (doc for both readings; the reconciliation is unresolved) Don Stefano De Franceschi, placed — and then given a father 15· 7 Giugno 1819· № domus 718 Sponsus — Antonio, figlio di Domenico Belci q.m Andrea e Domenica Giachin q.m Domenico Sponsa — Natalia, figlia del q.m Stefano Codalovich q.m…

…№ domus 718 Sponsus — Antonio, figlio di Domenico Belci q.m Andrea e Domenica Giachin q.m Domenico Sponsa — Natalia, figlia del q.m Stefano Codalovich q.m Ant.o e di Vita Tromba q.m Cristoforo· d'Anni 20 Testes — Don Stefano De Franceschi — Sacerdote Martino Fioranti fu Giò. — Artista Joannes Tromba Sac. Theol. Doct. Parochus Capitulique Praepositus In the baptism of 4 December 1816 he appears as «D. Stefano De Franceschi (de Parocho licentia)» — he baptised the…

…d'Anni 20 Testes — Don Stefano De Franceschi — Sacerdote Martino Fioranti fu Giò. — Artista Joannes Tromba Sac. Theol. Doct. Parochus Capitulique Praepositus In the baptism of 4 December 1816 he appears as «D. Stefano De Franceschi (de Parocho licentia)» — he baptised the child by the parish priest's leave, which told us he was a priest but not which one, or whose. Here he is again, thirty months later, signing as a witness in his own right and styled simply Sacerdote.…

…up at a neighbour's wedding. He is also, so far, the only literate De Franceschi in Vodnjan — the only one whose name is written without a cross in front of it. (doc) And then, on 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,…

…the fourth's siblings, all of it out of a book no index touches. (doc) 26 January 1833 — and this archive was wrong about him 1· 26 Gennajo 1833· № domus 177 Subscriptio sacerdotis copulantis: «D.n Stefano De Franceschi, De Parochi lic., li congiunse e benedisse nella Chiesa Parrocchiale» He married them himself. Joined them and blessed them in the parish church. This archive has said, on this page and in its commit messages, that Don Stefano…

…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 — Agricoltore Subscriptio: «D.n Pietro Bradamante, De Par. lic., li…

…dead 1828×1833· Don Stefano, priest· Pietro, agricoltore· Cristoforo, tessitore· Maria Francesca, b. c.1805 The death register, opened 54· 11 Marzo 1829· № domus 325 «Maria, figlia di Stefano De Franceschi e di Bonetta Vellico q.m Antonio, giugali» — LIBER DEFUNCTORUM in Ecclesia S. Blasii Adignani The third book on the film. Deaths 1815–1833 run from about image 471 to 575, in a Latin-headed ruling — Tempus mortis· Nrus domus· Nomen…

…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, images 471–575 Don Stefano De Franceschi Vodnjan «D.n Stefano De Franceschi di Giuseppe, Sacerdote» — priest of the chapter of Vodnjan under the parroco Giovanni Tromba. Witnessed nineteen marriages 1819–1832, and on 26 January 1833 married a couple himself, «De Parochi…

…death to between November 1828 and February 1833, purely from how his sons are written. A formula is not a fact about a person «De Parochi licentia» — by the parish priest's licence — appears against Don Stefano De Franceschi at a baptism in 1816 and at a marriage in 1833. This archive read that as his particular standing and published it. The very next entry uses the identical formula of Don Pietro Bradamante. It is the register's standard wording for any deputising…

…indexed by anybody and is being read opening by opening: it has already produced Pietro De Franceschi q.m Gio. Maria, remarrying in 1818 at forty-two; Cristoforo the weaver and Pietro the ploughman, brothers, both signing with a cross; Don Stefano De Franceschi, priest of the town under the parroco Giovanni Tromba; and Domenica De Franceschi, dead before the register begins and born about 1750. These people sat in the roster labelled Vižinada until 9 September 2026, because the two parishes share a…

…y b. 30 Sep 1819 Gregorio Franchini Giovanna lead 6B47-4SSG Domenico Giovanni Anto De Franceschi Franceschi M y b. 1819 Stefano De Franceschi Bonetta Vellico in 6YB2-KKFD Franciscus Defranceschi Defranceschi M y b. 1819· d. 26 Jan 1892· of Kaštelir, Istra, Hrvatska Kaštelir, Istra, Hrvatska Julii…

…deep and gave this household everything the baptism index never had. Pietro De Franceschi dead by 1830 — named only in his son's patronymic doc Domenico De Franceschi living in September 1830 — «Stefano De Franceschi di Domenico q.m Pietro» doc Stefano De Franceschi of house 325· × Bonetta Vellico q.m Antonio (1773–11 Sep 1830, tisi polmonare) doc Maria died 11 March 1829 at house 325 doc and…