Francisca Antonia Defranceschi

⭐⭐ A little girl of four and a half, the daughter of the navy servant Johann Defranceschi, dead at Pola in 1882. On 4 August 1882, at Pola, «Francisca Antonia Defranceschi, ehel. Tochter des Johann Defranceschi, k.k. Marine-Dieners», born at Pola in Istria, Catholic, aged 4½, female, single, died of «Diphteritis» [diphtheria] (the cause is written two words long; the second is «Diphteritis laut Leichenschau-Zettel», 5 August 1882), and was buried on 5 August 1882 on the naval cemetery; the remarks column says she «wurde sterbend ins Spital überbracht» [was carried dying to the hospital] (Pola k.u.k. naval hospital («Marine-Spital») «Sterb-Register» 1874–1891, image 77; doc; the regiment column carries the father's rank, «Marine-Diener II Cl.»). Baptism: born at Pola on 24 January 1878, baptised there on 17 September 1878 — «Francisca Antonia», daughter of «Defranceschi Johann, k.k. Marinediener 2. Cl., aus Galignana in Istrien» and «Paula Petra, ehel. Tochter des Peter Rocco, … aus Pola in Istrien»; godparents Nicolo Fabianić [reading uncertain], a merchant, and Giuseppa Piazza; baptised by Johann Germek, Marine-Curat; the remark column names the midwife (Pola k.u.k. naval parish baptism book 1876–1884, image 63; doc). Her parents are therefore doc, not inf: this is Johann of Galignana and Paula Pietra of h132, the mother's surname written «Petra» here and «Pietra» in the marriage entry of 1871. Born 24 January 1878 (baptism, doc); the age at death, 4½, agrees.