When Caterina Gioffre' was born in 1770, in Floresta, Messina, Sicily, Italy, her father, Sebastiano Giuffrè, was 52 and her mother, Chiara Pagliazzo, was 41. She married Gaetano Bellomo in 1791, in Floresta, Messina, Sicily, Italy. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 14 December 1829, in her hometown, at the age of 59.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Rocco, Carmelo, Alfredo, Antonino, Carmela, Gaetano, Giacomo, Giovanna, Giuseppe, Rino, Salvatore.
Italian (Gioffré): from the personal nameGioffré, a borrowing from French (see Geoffroy ).
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