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married Isabel de Sosa, a native of Santo Domingo. Reported the
following day by Juan Cruzado, a day laborer.” His death and
burial were reported in the El Eco de la Opinión newspaper on June
25, 1886 (No. 363).
33 Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Register, 1873, record
26, folio 206. The officiating priest was Francisco Xavier Billini.
During the marriage, Luis Francisco Cambiaso’s illegitimate chil-
dren were recognized.
34 Official Gazette 674 dated July 23, 1887.
35 Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Register, 1838-1855,
folio 161.
36 Permission granted after three announcements were made
for them to enter into marriage on March 12, 1862; both spous-
es were natives of Genoa, Italy. Permission was granted for the
wedding to take place at the bride’s house. Civil Marriage, dated
February 24, 1862, in the presence of the Civil Registrar Fernan-
do Gómez. Witnesses: Juan Bautista Ventura; Jacinto de Castro,
Head Judge of the Royal Court; Manuel Delmonte, merchant;
Pedro Delgado, professor of medicine. (Record No. 69, Book of
Marriages, Parish of the Cathedral, Santo Domingo, 1860-1877,
file 421-3, National Archives, book 11).
37 National Archives. Marriage Register, 1st Circuit of Santo Do-
mingo, E/226-2, 1884-1887, page 40. This civil marriage was in
the presence of the registrar Isidoro Pérez on November 15, 1884.
The witnesses were Manuel Campillo, tailor; Bartolomé Ferrec-
cio, Salvador Pittaluga, both merchants; Leopoldo Damirón, a
public employee; Federico Acosta, merchant.
38 National Archives, Marriage Register, the Parish of the Ca-
thedral, Santo Domingo, E-364-1, 1899-1901, folio 58. This civil
marriage was in the presence of the registrar Federico Velásquez,
on August 12, 1900. Wedding witnesses: Ildefonso Osterman
Lamarche, Filomena Bonetti de Espinal, Ramón Espinal, José
Lamarche, President of the Supreme Court of Justice.
39 National Archives, Marriage Register, Santo Domingo,
E/327-2, book 50, 1875-1884, record 137, folios 82-85. The reg-
istrar was Isidoro Pérez and the witnesses Andrés Vicini, a na-
tive of Italy; Lino Jiménez, from Cuba; José de Jesús Brenes;
Mariano Montolío.
40 Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi, Service Records of the Dominican
Army 1844-1865, vol. 2 (Santo Domingo: Editora del Caribe, 1976).
41 There was a suit against Antonio Sturla, a representative of
Cambiaso y Compañía, for violating patent law from March to
May 1880 in Samaná (National Archives, Court of First Instance
of Samaná, JPI.1.9.AO29-05).
42 Adriana Ventura filed a request to take possession of the as-
sets of her deceased husband Antonio Sturla on March 5, 1908
(National Archives, Justice of the Peace for the Court of First In-
stance Samaná, JPI.1.6.03-06).
43 National Archives, Marriage Register, 1875-1884, E/327-2,
book 91, folio No. 89. They were married on May 1, 1880 with
Isidoro Pérez as registrar. Wedding Witnesses: Luis Cambiaso
and Elisa Cambiaso de Pittaluga.
44 A civil suit was filed for violation of a commercial contract,
regarding sale of wood, between J. S. Lawrence and J. B. Sturla
& Co in December of 1887 (National Archives, Court of First In-
stance of Santo Domingo, JPI.1.6.28-29).
45 Death Register, Iglesia de Santa Bárbara de Samaná, 1862 -
1910, record 881, folio 306.
46 The death was reported in the obituary section of the La Na-
ción newspaper on September 29, 1950.
47 The civil suit related to the dispute between the Municipality
of Azua and Roque Capano, Abraham Jorge and Francisco Cal-
cagno for the payment of taxes lasted from April 30, 1911 through
April 25, 1913 (National Archives, Court of Appeals of Santo Do-
mingo, CA.2.01.C-67/file761).
48 This civil Marriage was in the presence of the registrar Ale-
jandro Bonilla on September 29, 1877. Please note: the couple
was originally married on November 9, 1868 at the Italian con-
sulate with Luis Cambiaso, Consul, officiating. Eugenia, born to
Salvador Pittaluga Marsano and Inocencia Pujol, was legitimized
(National Archives, Marriage Register, Parish of the Cathedral,
the 1st Circuit of Santo Domingo, E-157, 1874-1880, No. 20).
49 Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Register, 1910, folio
117, record 2. The bride was the niece of Patricio Ramón Matías
Mella Castillo.
50 By means of Resolution Number 3975 (Official Gazette No.
1340) dated April 21, 1900, authorization is granted to Italian citi-
zen Luis Serrati (Capriles) to operate a copper mine with sections
of silver and gold at the mouth of the Cuallo River, the munici-
pality of San Cristóbal. On September 17, 1904, its operation was
transferred to Luis Cambiaso (Resolution No. 171, Official Ga-
zette No. 1559).
51 Decree No. 3183. Resolution of the C.N. [National Council]
recognizing Mr. Bartolo Bancalari as a creditor of the State for
the sum of thirty-two thousand Dominican pesos. March 9, 1892
(Collection of Laws).
52 Marriage Register, Iglesia de Santa Bárbara de Samaná, 1883,
record 1, folio 41. The officiating priest was Luis Petilli and the
witnesses, Juan Bancalari and Antonio Sturla.
53 At the age of fourteen, he arrived in Santo Domingo on the
schooner Blanca Espacia in June 1884, and was received by his un-
cle Juan Bautista Vicini Cánepa. At the age of forty, he appears to
have travelled from Genoa to New York in 1910 on the S.S. Duca
Defli Abruzzi steamer. He was a merchant (Records from Ellis
Island)
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IiOw==. In 1944 he lived at Calle Canela No. 1 Santo Domingo.
54 Marriage Register, 1st Circuit of Santo Domingo, 1927-1928,
record 111, folio 271, image 137. They were divorced on Novem-
ber 13, 1948, but remarried on June 21, 1950 (Marriage Register,
2nd Circuit of Santo Domingo, 1950, record 164).
55 Reported in the obituary section of the La Nación newspaper
on September 6, 1954.
56 Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Register, record 22,
folio 203. The officiating priest was Francisco Javier Billini, and
the witnesses Luis Cambiaso and Dolores Valverde. Marriage
Registry for the 1st Circuit of Santo Domingo, National Archives,
E-340, years 1868-1874, folio 319-320.
57 Death reported in Policial magazine, June 30, 1928.
58 Ecclesiastical Marriage by the priest Eliseo Sandoli, Best man
and maid of honor Benito Pellerano and Josefa Perdomo, Francis-
co Javier Billini, José Mateo Perdomo, Antonio Ricart, Juan Bauti-
sta Cambiaso, and Luis Cambiaso (Cathedral of Santo Domingo,
Marriage Register, record 41, folio 32).
59 National Archives, Marriage Register, 1st Circuit of Santo
Domingo, 1884-1887, E/226-2, page 39. They were married in
the presence of the registrar Isidoro Pérez on December 12, 1886
with best man and maid of honor: Juan Bautista Vicini and Emil-
ia de Marchena widow of Cohén. And as witnesses Eugenio de
Marchena, Manuel Muñoz, Enrique Cohén, Rafael Leyba. For
the church wedding, see Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage
Register, 1886, record 92, folios 176-177. The officiating priest
was Carlos Nouel.
60 Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Marriage Register,record 20,
folio 141. The officiating priest was Bernardo Pichardo. His wife
María del Socorro died in 1869.
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO SANTO DOMINGO