When Innocenza Giovanna Tropea was born on 23 May 1809, in Sambiase, Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, her father, Vincenzo Tropea, was 23 and her mother, Emmanuela Rodofili, was 20. She married Francesco D'Audino on 8 June 1828, in Sambiase, Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Caterina, Dante, Gaeton, Salvatore, Alfio, Armando, Enza, Marcello, Nicola, Oreste, Rocco, Sal.
Italian (Calabria and Sicily): habitational name from Tropea, a place in Vibo Valentia province and, in some cases, a nickname from the dialect word tropèa, trupìa ‘storm’ figurative ‘drunkenness’.
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