When Vito Giovia was born about 1796, in Partinico, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, his father, Francesco Giovia, was 38 and his mother, Rosa di Maggio, was 29. He married Serafina Marchese on 11 January 1837, in Partinico, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter.
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Napoleon abdicated his throne and Italy was broken up into small kingdoms.
Small revolutions in the kingdoms. Venice, Rome and Tuscany declare themselves Republics.
Austria regains control of most of Italy.
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Vito, Antonio, Elio, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Luigi, Rocco, Alessandra, Annunziata, Benedetto.
Italian:
from the personal name Gioia, derived from gioia ‘jewel, precious object’. This is normally a female name, but there are occasional records of its use as a masculine personal name in the Middle Ages. It may also have been a nickname for someone who frequently used the expression mia gioia ‘my joy’.
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