San Vito, marriages (1817-1844) - Letter E and F

Two letters because E was just one entry

LINK to the PDF in Google Drive HERE

Feel free to email me if you spot errors/typos (email at the bottom of this post)I wouldn't open it with google docs, because it is going to look all messed up.

Please let me know if it doesn't work.

Notes (after the jump break)

San Vito, marriages (1817-1844) - Letter D

Master Post HERE

The second marriage doesn't belong in this list because the groom's surname starts with "G"

Some things to consider:

- sometimes they marked the parent/s as deceased, sometimes they didn't, it wasn't consistent.
- it's not easy to tell if the locations mentioned are for the spouses or their parents. When it was clear it was for the groom/bride I've put it under "Place" when it wasn't I've put it after the father or mother's name (ex: father: Pietro da Portogruaro -> Pietro from Portogruaro). Sometimes what's reported after the mother's name was meant for the bride/groom, but, as I said, since it's unclear, it's in the mother's column.
- It was tradition to get married in the parish of the bride, 99% of the time, so it's likely that most of the brides are from San Vito.
- the handwriting was sometimes very hard to read.... I did my best.

DOM - Date of Marriage
Name - of Groom and Bride
DOB - Date of birth
Place - of birth
Father - Father's name
Mother - Mother's surname and name

da/di = from
q = of the deceased
detto/detta = precedes the family "soprannome" (nickname or second surname)
x = info missing
? = I couldn't read well/wasn't sure

Some marriages were written out of order (or the priest wrote the date incorrectly).

San Vito, marriages (1817-1844) - Letter C

Master post HERE

San Vito, marriages (1817-1844) - Letter B

I have created a master post HERE

San Vito, marriages (1817-1844) - Letter A

A new transcription series!

This time they're not just in chronological order, but also by initial of the groom's surname.
So here I am bringing you this short transcription of Letter A for the first register (1817-1844).

[Master Post] San Vito al Tagliamento, marriages (1817-1875)

Marriages 1817-1844
(order: groom's surname initial)

• Letter A
• Letter B
• Letter C
• Letter D
• Letter E
• Letter F
• ...

Marriages 1845-1875

when I'm done with the volume 1817-1844

"Guardia Nazionale" 1808 - Exempted individuals

PART I (1st Company) HERE
PART II (2nd Company) HERE
PART III (3rd Company) HERE
PART IV (4th Company) HERE

Please check this post for more notes and info regarding the Guardia Nazionale.

There was an extra page in the Guardia Nazionale register where they wrote all the individuals that were exempted from that particular military service.
They are the same that were already reported in part I to IV, but I suppose it was easier for them to have them all in one list.

Name - reason for exemption - house number.
You can look them up in part I to IV and find out where exactly they lived (hamlet is not given here) and the translations of the reason for exemption is in the notes/info post.

Individui da esentare al servizio della Guardia Nazionale
Calderari Sebastiano - Non più Domiciliato - N°9 della Casa
Vidal Osvaldo - Non avente gli Anni - N° 58
Pit Domenico - Per lettà pasata - N° 77
Corincich Francesco - Al Servizio Publico - N° 87
Tomada Francesco - Non più domiciliato - N° 112
Dorigo Osualdo - Non più domiciliato - N° 115
Martino Zuane - Per lettà passatta - N° 115
Gasparini Antonio - Non avente gli anni - N° 175
Manfioletti Giuseppe - Non avente gli anni - N° 198
Petracco Vito - Per lettà passatta - N° 208
Benvenutto Osualdo - Per lettà passatta - N° 210
Mazzorin Marco - Per lettà passatta - N° 244
Franceschinis Alesandro - Impiegato al Servizio Pubblico - N° 272
Ronconi Giuseppe -Esentato dalla legge - N°275
Nonis Lorenzo - Per cativo stato di salute - N° 284
Fantin Pascutto - Per lettà passata - Nç 373
Gasparotto Antonio - Servo a Chiarano - N° 378
Grovarin Domenico - Per sordità - N° 481
Centis Angielo - Per letta passata - N° 487
Biasin Pascutto - Per lettà passata - N° 488
Chinaglia Giovanni - Esentato dalla legge - N° 20

-- This project is now complete! --

"Guardia Nazionale" 1808 - Part IV (4th Company) [Municipal Archives]

PART I (1st Company) HERE
PART II (2nd Company) HERE
PART III (3rd Company) HERE

Please check this post for more notes and info regarding the Guardia Nazionale.

Column headers:
-N° = Progressive number
-Cognome e nome = Surname and name
-Contrada = See notes post for a map
-N° casa = house number (I believe that the missing numbers are the same as those in the previous line).
-Età = Age
-Professione - Occupation
-The last column had no header, it has notes and also some "x"s. It's possible those were added in subsequent years when the list was updated (possibly 1809-1810), instead of rewriting it entirely. In the third and forth part there are also dots and lines... I honestly have no idea what they mean.

Transcription of the list under the cut

"Guardia Nazionale" 1808 - Part III (3rd Company) [Municipal Archives]

PART I (1st Company) HERE
PART II (2nd Company) HERE

Please check this post for notes and info on the Guardia Nazionale.

Column headers:
-N° = Progressive number
-Cognome e nome = Surname and name
-Contrada = See notes post for a map
-N° casa = house number (I believe that the missing numbers are the same as those in the previous line).
-Età = Age
-Professione - Occupation
-The last column had no header, it has notes and also some "x"s. It's possible those were added in subsequent years when the list was updated (possibly 1809-1810), instead of rewriting it entirely. In this third part there are also dots and lines... I have no idea what they mean.
Check the notes post for the meaning of those phrases in the last column.

Transcription of the list under the cut

"Guardia Nazionale" 1808 - Part II (2nd Company) [Municipal Archives]

Part II of our 4 parts series transcribing the 1808 list of citizens of San Vito (San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone) that were in the Guardia Nazionale (National Guard) when this town and many other parts of Italy were under French rule.

PART I (1st Company) HERE

Please check this post for notes and info on the Guardia Nazionale.

Column headers:
-N° = Progressive number
-Cognome e nome = Surname and name
-Contrada = See notes post for a map
-N° casa = house number (I believe that the missing numbers are the same as those in the previous line).
-Età = Age
-Professione - Occupation
-The last column had no header, it has notes and also some "x"s. It's possible those were added in subsequent years when the list was updated (possibly 1809-1810), instead of rewriting it entirely.
Check the notes post for the meaning of those phrases.

Transcription of the list under the cut

"Guardia Nazionale" 1808 - Part I (1st Company) [Municipal Archives]

In the municipal archives of San Vito al Tagliamento there is a small book titled

"Ruolo 

Degli Individui Componenti la Guardia Nazionale 

1808"

It is a list of the citizens that made up that town's branch of the Guardia Nazionale (National Guard) during the Napoleonic Era (in this case, 1808).
Here's a page of the list:

I've transcribed it and it will be posted in 4 parts.

Please check the previous post with notes for these posts and info on the Guardia Nazionale.

Column headers:
-N° = Progressive number
-Cognome e nome = Surname and name
-Contrada = See notes post for a map
-N° casa = house number (I believe that the missing numbers are the same as those in the previous line).
-Età = Age
-Professione - Occupation
-The last column had no header, it has notes and also some "x"s. It's possible those were added in subsequent years when the list was updated (possibly 1809-1810), instead of rewriting it entirely.
Check the notes post for the meaning of those phrases.

Transcription of the list under the cut

Notes and info for the "Guardia Nazionale" posts

This post is for notes, maps and informations useful to understand the next 4 blog posts on the list of soldiers in the Guardia Nazionale (National Guard)

It will be updated when each post is published.

Posts

Part I - 1st Company HERE

Part II - 2nd Company HERE

Part III - 3rd Company HERE

Part IV - 4th Company HERE

Exempted individuals HERE

Info:

For an idea of the uniforms used during the Napoleonic times: here.

Description of the duties, the uniforms, the composition etc of the Guardia Nazionale (National Guard) during this period can be found in this book:

"Codice dei podestà e sindaci del Regno d'Italia" Milano, dalla Reale Stamperia, 1811

specifically pages 100-113.

Please check this book (available for free on google books at the link provided) for detailed info. 

Below just a brief summary of the composition of the GN, as per that book.

- soldiers are able bodied citizens between the ages of 18 and 50

- towns must keep a register for the Guardia Nazionale containing names, surnames, ages, profession and address of soldiers. The register is amended every November.

Are exempt from any obligation towards the GN:

- the constitutional authorities, prefects, vice-prefects, town councilors and other officials that are not paid.

- church ministers

- those that make up the reserve army

- those living in that town briefly/studying there

- workers in weapon factories

- those declared unfit for military service and with an income of less than 500 lire of Milan

Are exempt from providing personal service:

- head of public offices demanding daily presence

- professors and teachers in public schools

- those declared unfit for military service: they must pay monthly taxes based on their income (with income of more than 500 lire of Milan).

Maps: 

San Vito represented on the second military survey of the Hapsburg Empire (1818-1829).

I have added the locations of the various "contrada" mentioned in the soldiers' lists, because only a couple were already in the map. 

A "contrada" or "borgo" is smaller than a hamlet, it's usually made up by a few houses, sometimes it spans just half a street.

Contrade/Borghi for Post I:

Piazza - the public square

Levada - now Via (street) Roma, already Via 24 Luglio 

Codamala - historically where the jewish community lived in the XVI century, now via Paolo Sarpi

Belveder - just outside the public square

(Borgo) della Madonna - near the church of S. Maria dei Battuti, now Via Bellunello

Castello - near where the old castle was (it became a noble residence that is now restored), now in Via G. Marconi

San Lorenzo - near the San Lorenzo church, outside the square but inside the largest of the city walls, in Via P. Amalteo

Savorgnana - the road leading to Savorgnano

(Borgo) Tegliano - where the hospital is, outside the city walls, now Piazzale Taliano.

(Borgo) Magredo - now Via A. L. Moro

From Google maps today. I have used red to show where the Old Town is so that it's easy to spot where those locations are today. 

Contrade/Borghi for Post II:

Tegliano - same as previous map

Favria (Fabbria)

Fol

Porchiarina

Boscato

Torisella/Toresella - Torricella

Fontanis

Contrade/Borghi for Post III:

Fontanis

Braida

Pradis

Ca' Bianca (Casa Bianca)

S. Urbano

Boreana

Madonna (di) Rosa

Cavrer - Capraio now

Anime

Cragnutto

di Rosa - Rosa

Contrade/Borghi for Post IV:

Prodolon - Prodolone

Savorgnan - Savorgnano

Gleris - Gleris

These are all current hamlets of San Vito.

Notes written in the last column:
Al servizio pubblico = Working for a public office
Capitanio = Captain
Capitano della 1a compagnia = Captain of the 1st Company
Capitano della 2a compagnia = Captain of the 2nd Company
Capitano della 4a compagnia = Captain of the 4th Company
Era infermo = He is an invalid
Esentato dalla legge = Exempted by law
Esentato per sordità = Exempted due to deafness
Impiegato al Off. di Leva = Employed at the conscription office
Impiegato al servizio pubblico = Public service employee
Non avente gli anni = Not yet of age [to serve]
Non più domiciliato = No longer living here
Offrì certificato di nascita = He showed birth certificate
Ora abita al n. 107 = Now living at n. 107
Ora abita a prodolon = Now living in Prodolone
Ora à età = Now of age
Ora non abita in paese = He's not living in this town now
Per cativo stato di salute = Not in good health
Per sordità = Because of deafness
Servo a Chiarano = Servant in Chiarano
Sorpasa l'età / Per lettà passata = Surpasses the [required] age
Sottotenente = Second lieutenant
Tenente della 1a compagnia = Lieutenant of the 1st Company

A farmer's sudden death

Pillon Pietro is one of my ancestors.
He was born in Cordovado in 1874, the son of Luigi and Sclabas Maria.
In 1896 he married in the same town Pippo Rosa, a fellow villager. They were farmers all their lives.
Sometime after the turn of the century they moved to Gleris, a hamlet of San Vito al Tagliamento (about 6-7km away); it's possible they followed some of their children, who married and lived there.
I already knew when and how he died before finding this newspaper article, because my grandmother had been told the story and remembered it well, even if she was a baby at the time. Still, I had no proof, it was just oral history, and we all know how stories mutate when they're told many times through generations.
I don't have his death certificate, but even if I did, most italian death certificates for the post-unification (here in 1871) period don't cite the cause of death as there isn't even a space to write it in the form.
With the date I had, I tried searching the newspapers of those days: "Periodici Friulani"
The library of Udine has digitized and put on-line their newspaper collection, you can find it here, it can be browsed by newspaper title or year, then each newspaper can be downloaded in pdf format. I've often found most useful those titled "Il Giornale di Udine", "Il Paese", "Il Friuli" and "La Patria del Friuli". They were mostly published in Udine, and were heavily skewed towards happenings of that town, but on the 2nd or 3rd page they had news from all over Friuli, sometimes just a few lines per article sometimes more.
In this case the year 1932 only had "Il Popolo del Friuli" available, so I searched and quickly found the article I was looking for on the 14th of december issue.
It turns out my grandmother's memory was spot on and the story was confirmed!
I've transcribed the article, I'm going to summarize it in English just below the transcription.

Il Popolo del Friuli, 14 dec 1932, page 4

Transcription:
"San Vito al Tagliamento 
Una mortale disgrazia 
Nella vicina frazione di Gleris ieri nel pomeriggio è avvenuta una disgrazia che ha suscitato la commozione di tutta quella laboriosa popolazione. Certo Pietro Pilon fu Luigi di anni 58 colà domiciliato, verso le ore 12.30 si trovava nei pressi del ponte della Regina, assieme ai propri figli, per provvedere al taglio di legne. Ad un certo momento si portò presso la cavalla che era attaccata ad un carro, per slegarla e farla pascolare. Improvvisamente questa gli sferrò un potentissimo calcio sullo stomaco, tanto che il povero Pilon si accasciò con un lamento fra le braccia dei figli accorsi. Fu subito adagiato a terra e, dopo alcuni minuti, fra la costernazione dei presenti, spirò senza profferire parola. Sul luogo si sono portati il Maresciallo dei RR. CC. Primo Bologna assieme al R. Pretore dott. Santonastaso ed al dott. Mario Stufferi. Il cadavere è stato trasportato nella cella mortuaria del Cimitero di Savorgnano a disposizione della Autorità Giudiziaria. La misera fine del Pilon ha suscitato profonda impressione."

San Vito al Tagliamento, a deadly misfortune
In the nearby hamlet of Gleris yesterday afternoon Pietro Pilon [Pillon] son of the deceased Luigi, aged 58, living there, at about 12.30 was collecting wood with his children near "Ponte della Regina" [The queen's bridge, locality between Gleris and Carbona, now in Carbona St.]. He approached his mare to free it from the cart, when suddenly the mare hit him with a powerful kick in the stomach and he fell down. In just a few minutes he was dead without saying a word.

It was sad to read of his premature demise in such a sudden and "random" way, but I was also happy and surprised my grandmother's story aligned perfectly.