Filadelfio Latteri (1837-12-15⁠^{⟮1⟯Portale Antenati} – after 1899) and Benedetta Todaro (1838-07-02⁠^{⟮2⟯Portale Antenati} – after 1899) were my great-great-grandparents, being the parents of Josephine Latteri. I have not found death records for either, but they were recorded as still living in 1899 when their daughter Anna married.⁠^{⟮3⟯FamilySearch} Both were born in San Fratello, Sicily, Italy, and Benedetta lived her whole life there as far as I can find, but Filadelfio was convicted of some unknown crime, and in the 1899 record is noted to be incarcerated in a prison in Brindisi, Italy.

Origins

Filadelfio was the son of Salvatore Latteri (1814 – after 1859) and Rosa Ragusa (1821-12-11⁠^{⟮4⟯Portale Antenati} – 1856-08-06⁠^{⟮5⟯Portale Antenati}), who married in San Fratello on 1836-04-12⁠^{⟮6⟯Portale Antenati}. Salvatore’s brother Cirino is a great-great-grandfather of actor Al Pacino. Rosa’s surname is sometimes spelled Rausa.

Benedetta was the daughter of Filadelfio Todaro (1807 – bef 1890) and Giuseppa di Fede (c.1810 – 1891-05-07), who married in San Fratello on 1836-10-17⁠^{⟮7⟯Portale Antenati}. Filadelfio Todaro had previously been married to a woman named Teresa, surname barely legible but perhaps Crimi. Giuseppa remarried to Salvatore Nobile.

Family

Filadelfio and Benedetta married in San Fratello on 1859-02-21. I have found records of six children. With the exception of Rosa, all were always found in San Fratello, but the children may have left records elsewhere which my searches failed to turn up.

• Salvatore Latteri (1859-12-17 – 1892-06-29⁠^{⟮8⟯FamilySearch}), married Rosalia Bosco on 1880-09-02; he died in Orbetello, Italy.
• Rosa Latteri (1862-06-08 – 1944-12-07⁠^{⟮9⟯FamilySearch})⁠^{⟮10⟯Find a Grave memorial for Rose Mary DeAngelo}, later Rosemary or Rose Mary DeAngelo, married Antonino DeAngelo (sometimes spelled d’Angelo) in San Fratello on 1879-11-01, immigrated to America with her husband, died in Oneida, New York. She has descendants.
• Marianna Latteri (* 1865-03-16), married Alfio Reitano on 1881-10-08⁠^{⟮11⟯FamilySearch}.
• Maria Teresa Latteri (* 1866×7), married Salvatore di Piazza on 1884-09-27 at age 27⁠^{⟮12⟯FamilySearch}.
• Giuseppa Latteri (1870-09-08 – 1959-05-11), my great-grandmother.
• Anna Latteri (* 1879-02-22), married Domenico Mammana on 1899-12-07.⁠^{⟮3⟯FamilySearch}

Imprisonment

In my great-grandparents’ 1890 marriage record, Filadelfio was unable to give consent to the marriage “being convicted” (“essendo condannato”)⁠^{⟮13⟯FamilySearch}; by contrast, in the above 1884 marriage of Maria Teresa both parents give consent as normal. In 1890 he is still said to be living in (“residente in”) San Fratello. In the 1899 marriage of Anna, he is also unable to give consent due to being imprisoned in Brindisi, where he is said to be living. Thus, he served at least nine years, possibly much longer, and was moved to a far-off prison, suggesting a serious offense.

My attempts to ascertain details of his conviction have been unsuccessful.

Ancestry

… of Filadelfio

… of Benedetta

Footnotes

1. ↑ Portale Antenati
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10. ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Rose Mary DeAngelo
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