Giovanni Micoli-Toscano

…in a single line — the needle trades of the Canale di Gorto that sent men down the road of the Furlans into Istria every autumn from the sixteenth century. Francesco de' Franceschi of Mione was one of them in 1810. And the registrar in 1806 is Giovanni Micoli-Toscano, with Battà Micoli-Toscano as secretary. The Micoli Toscano family archive at Mione is already on this project's research log as the place that holds the Gorto contracts naming the Erman who travelled to Istria with Zuane De Franceschi in 1679. In 1806 they…

…1807 7 images. Istrian — see below. Ovaro 1808 27 images. Missana, Mazzolini, and a baptism of 1785 for a son of Giovanni Battista Del Missier «de Nave Mion» — a sixth household in that small place — with Donna Giovanna, wife of Giovanni Micoli-Toscano, as godmother. Ovaro 1810 13 images. Biliani of Sublacu, Schivas of Ovaro, and a letter from the Comune of Cesclans of 29 December 1809. Ovaro 1811 56 images. Dell'Ost and Delle Corte of Cludinico, Mazzolini, Novis, Colledan, Valle di…

…Batta Brenci, Gio: Batta del Missier, Giuseppe del q. Michiel, Pietro Ruspil — all four signing in their own hands «Giacoma de Franceschi q.m Osualdo affermo» — she signs her own name. The registrar is Giovanni Micoli-Toscano, with Batta Micoli-Toscano as deputy. Archivio di Stato di Udine· Stato civile napoleonico· Mione· Matrimoni· 1806· Antenati ark anua667516, image 3 of 3 Osvaldo the elder, bracketed to the month…

…The Muina bride of 1808 married a farmer. The De Franceschi daughters of this valley married trade as often as land, and trade is what took this family out of the mountains. The registrar is the palace The act is signed by Giovanni Micoli-Toscano, Ufficiale dello Stato Civile, with Batta Micoli-Toscano deputising. The Micoli Toscano palace at Mione holds the 1679 Gorto contracts — the ones naming the Erman who went to Istria with Zuane De Franceschi. In 1806 that same family is…

…naming «Zuane De Franceschi con un suo fiolo» among the Mione weavers gone down to the county of Pisino — survives in the Micoli Toscano family archive at Mione. The palace is in the photographs on this page. A hundred and thirteen years later, Giovanni Micoli-Toscano carried Paolo's son to the font. That proves no relationship and is not offered as one. It is a measure of the distance between the two families in a village of a few hundred people: close enough to stand godfather. Prencis, with a P, in a…

…wrong was published. This is recorded so the search is not repeated. The 1806 death register for the Comune di Mione holds one act: a Brenci child of three years and nine months, died 18 November, registered 20 November 1806 by Giovanni Micoli-Toscano. That is the whole volume. Civil death registration at Mione effectively begins in November 1806. Osvaldo the elder consented in writing to his daughter's marriage on 7 September 1805 and was «il fu Osvaldo» by August 1806. His…