Francesco Garrafa
Francesco Garrafa was born on 24 Nov 1819 in Montalto Uffugo to Saverio Garrafa and Maria Napolitano. Francesco married Serafina DeRose in 1840. He was 21 and she was 14 at the time. A copy of their marriage record can be seen here. Within a year or so of their marriage Serafina died. Soon after Francesco married Elena Munno. Francesco Garrafa died in Montalto Uffugo in January, 1900.
Elena Munno
The name of Elena Munno has appeared on family documents as DeMunno once in addition to the spelling of Munno. It is possible the surname was DeMunno at one time. Since most documents refer to her as Munno, that is the name I will be using. At this time very little information is available regarding Elena. Based on her age listed on the family documents I have found, she was born in Montalto Uffugo about 1822. Elena died on an unknown date sometime prior to 1887. Until I find more documents, this is all the information I have for Elena.
The Children of Francesco and Elena
- Maria Carmela Born: 1842 Married Giuseppe DeSeta
- Domenico Born: 1847 Died 1934
- Raffaele Born: 1851 Died: 1861
- Maria Concetta Born 1855 Married Valentino Arturi
The Catasto of Montalto shows only a few Garrafa families living in Montalto at the time. Among them was the great grandparents of Saverio, Antonio Francesco Garrafa born about 1718 and his wife Maddalena diBuono born about 1723.
Because I only found 4 children for Francesco and Elena, I cannot help but think I missed at least a few children of theirs. Elena was alive when her children got married and died sometime before the second marriage of her son Domenico.
This page was updated November 11, 2011
Related Pages
- Garrafa Families
- The Garrafa Family Index
- Saverio and Maria Napolitano
- The parents of Francesco
- Domenico Garrafa
- Domenico Garrafa, son of Francesco and Elena
- Raffaele Napolitano
- The grandfather of Francesco
- Carmela Garrafa
- Carmela Garrafa, daughter of Francesco and Elena