The Petralia Sottana Households ListLate 19th Century
There is a wonderful, 19th century hand-drawn map of Petralia Sottana, with a handwritten, numbered list of buildings and householders' names. There is an image of this map on the internet, courtesy of the Petralia Sottana Library. The map is part of someone's private collection.The town is divided into three districts: The Quartiere del Casale (in yellow), the Quartiere della Pusterna (in blue) and the Quartiere del Carmine (in red). There are 165 buildings on this list, some of them churches. The last row of names is partially cut off in my copy. The buildings are numbered in a fairly sequential order.
I have transcribed the map number and name of each house, as listed
on the map. I am not an Italian writing expert, and many of the names are difficult to read, so do not assume that the names here are absolutely correct. However, I am familiar with a number of the surnames here, and there are definitely spelling variations from current spellings.Based on the fact that my great great grandfather's name is listed on the map (born circa 1840) but my great grandfather's is not (born 1862), I estimate this map to have been drawn somewhere between 1860-1880, before my great grandfather struck out on his own.
The value of this map is that you may be able to determine who was in an earlier generation of your surname. Please use these lists as a guidepost, not as concrete information - make sure you use other sources to validate the names here.
If you have a name correction or suggestion on a more logical name or spelling, please let me know.
I intend to index the names listed here in the near future. Sorry they are not indexed at present.
Hints Surnames are CAPITALIZED.The designation "D" means "Don" (a respectful title for a man)
"Da" means Donna (madam or lady)
Chiesa means church
Churches and public buildings are italicized.
Spelling Rules for abbreviations of names and letter changes.
Page Two - Quartiere della Pusterna (blue section)
Page Three - Quartiere del Carmine (red section)
Quartiere del Casale (yellow section)
1. S Calogero (Church)2. Chiesa del Cappuccini
3. S. Rocco (Church)
4. D Vincenzo CERAMI
5. Eredi (heirs) di Guiseppe Calogero TORREGROSSA
6. D Antonio AJOSA
7. Collegio di Maria
8. Vedova (widow) di Lorenza SCARNICI
9. D Salvatore GANGI
10. Calogero TRAINA
11. D Michiele PORRIVECHJ
12. D Giulio POLIZZOTTI
13. Guiseppe LITO
14. Pietro BALAXIA
15. Emiddio BELLINA
16. D Giovanni FEDERICO
17. Michelangelo MANCUSO
18. Gaetano GATTO
19. Mrs. Lorenzo BUZRONE
20. D Antonino FIGLIO
21. Giovanni MACALUSO
22. D Antonio Santo BELLINA
23. Mrs. Mariano INTRABARTOLO
24. D Ottavio FEDALDI or IEDALDI
25. D Guiseppe Antonio AJELLO
26. D Antonio LAROSA
27. Palazzo Figlia
28. Filippo CARRUBA
29. D. Guiseppe BELLINA
30. D Salvatore GANGI
31. Calogero LIBRIZZI
32. Guiseppe GASPARRO
33. Guiseppe BONGIORNO
34. Chiesa di Santa Maria
35. Mrs. Guiseppe BONGIORNO
36. D Lorenzo PETTINEO
37. D Michiele PORRIVECHJ
38. D Giovanni AJELLO
39. Mrs. Calogero PIASOLO
40. D Alberto Santo LETO
41. Mrs. Guiseppe CILIBRASI
42. Francesco DIGIOVANNI
43. Mrs. Vincenzo DI MARIA
44. Domenico INRONE
45. D Guiseppe Antonio FEDALDI or IEDALDI
46. Biagio PROFITA
47. D Biagio MANAYO
48. Chiesa di S. Guiliano
49. Palazzo POLIZZELLO
50. D Ignazio BARTUCCELLI
51. Victore Guiseppe PETTINEO
52. D Da Gandolfo BARTUCELLI
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