Joanna Defranceschi (Sestan)
Joanna Defranceschi (Sestan), 1818–1889. Gračišće, Istria. Every mention of this name in the archive — 11 across 7 pages.
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- Joanna Defranceschi (Sestan) — 1818 – 1889, Gračišće, Istria
Documented 30 September 2026; she had been carried on the family tree alone, with no note at all. The 1826 status animarum of Gologorica records her in house 3 as «Joanna eius uxor nata Defranceschi» — born 25 June 1818 — wife of Antonius Sestan, «def. Vincentii et Mariæ», son of the late Vincentius Sestan and Maria, born 29 June 1814. They married on 13 February 1843, and the provenance column records her coming «Ex Parochia Gallignanæ sub N.º 4» — out of Gračišće house 4. Six children are entered under them: Maria (b. 8 October 1843), Antonia (b. 16 July 1845, d. 4 August 1846 aged 1y 0m 18d), Antonius (b. 4 June 1849), Joannes (b. 6 June 1852), Franciscus (b. 31 January 1855) and Josephus (b. 2 February 1858, d. 4 February 1858, aged two days). The three eldest sons were all confirmed together on 8 June 1864. Her marriage is one of two in three years that took a Defranceschi daughter out of Gračišće and into Gologorica — hers from house 4 in 1843, and Francisca's from house 5 in 1840. (doc.) Gologorica Status Animarum 1826, house 3 — Džavni arhiv u Pazinu microfilm ZM34K-214, image M01069323, read 30 September 2026. Her husband's parents, from the page before hers (M01069324, house 1): Vincentius Sestan, civis, born 25 March 1780, married 12 February 1805, died 1 December 1842 aged 62y 8m; and Maria, born 1 January 1781, died 30 October 1843. The register joins the two households itself — against Antonius it writes «matrimonium inivit ut hic retro», he married as shown back here. ⚠ Maria's maiden surname is written but not legible to this archive — the capital is a P or an R and the ending -pros, -pras or -prod; no candidate is published, because no second construction of the word has been found in the book. (doc for the couple; her maiden name unread.) ⭐ 5 October 2026 — her eldest daughter's baptism, and it does not agree with the census. Gologorica baptisms, folio 104 (M01069118): «9bris 11 · domus 2 · MARIA nata 7 hujus · Antonius Sestan · Joanna nata Defranceschi · godfather Franciscus Defranceschi, with Catharina Ivich». Born 7 November 1843, baptised the 11th. (doc — DAPA ZM34K-214.)* ⚠ The 1826 status animarum gives this child as born 8 October 1843 in house 3. The register gives 7 November 1843 in house 2. A month and a house apart, and both are documents. The month figures were compared against each other on the same page — the «8bris» of the row above and the «9bris» of hers are plainly different numerals — so the gap is not a misreading here. It is left standing and visible* rather than patched, because the rule that the census records baptism dates does not close it. ⭐ And her second child agrees with the census exactly, which sharpens the doubt about her first. Folio 106 (M01069120), house 2: «Antonia nata heri», baptised 17 July 1845, so born the 16th — and the 1826 status animarum gives Antonia born 16 July 1845. An exact match. So the census is not generally unreliable about this family. The month-wide gap over Maria is an anomaly in one entry rather than a property of the source — which makes it a better question than it was, not a worse one. ⭐ 5 October 2026 — all five of her children found in the baptism register, and they test the census.
| child | the 1826 status animarum | the baptism register | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria | 8 October 1843 | 7 November 1843, bapt. the 11th | a month apart |
| Antonia | 16 July 1845 | 16 July 1845, bapt. the 17th | exact |
| Catharina | — not listed — | 1 October 1846, bapt. the 2nd | the census omits her |
| Antonius | 4 June 1849 | 4 June 1849, baptised the same day | exact |
| Joannes | 6 June 1852 | 6 June 1851, bapt. the 7th — † 27 February 1935 | a year apart |
This archive holds 8 other pages under what Say Your Name reconciles as the same given name in another language — a Latin register, a Venetian clerk, a Croatian village, a Hungarian office. They are not merged and none of them is claimed to be this person: a shared name is not a shared identity, and the archive will not join one to the other by machine. It is here so that a reader looking for a man the records called Josephus can see where they wrote him Josip.
Giovanna De Franceschi · Giovanna Defranceschi (Bortolussi) · Ivana Defranceschi · Joanna Defranceschi (of Svetvinčenat, fl. 1741) · Johanna Defranceschi (Girardi) · Zuana De Franceschi · Zuana Defranceschi · Zuanna Defranceschi
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The Defranceschi Archive
…prose half. The headline was not new. The body largely was. 7 Oct 2026 ⚠⚠ Joanna's Gračišće house 4 was published as a discovery — this archive documented it on 30 September serious /gologorica-line/· Joanna Defranceschi (Sestan)· /worklist/ Yesterday this page announced «⭐⭐ Both brides came from Gračišće — houses 4 and 5 — and the census said so in a column I never read», closed work-list row 184…
…names her ROSA, born the 7th — and gives her death Her page· the Gologorica line· the pedigree Carried from the family tree since this roster was built: «Joanna Defranceschi, born 9 June 1848, Gologorica», daughter of Antonius Defranceschi and Francisca — with no death year. «Junii 8ᵃ· domus 5· ROSA nata heri», of «Antonius Defranceschi» and «Francisca nata Defranceschi», godparents «Giovanni L—…
…March 1743), and the two words are the same two strokes at eleven times magnification. The place-spelling «Golagoriza» stands as published. ⭐ And the child is worth naming: «Joannam filiam legitimam Josephi Grach, et uxoris ejus Mariæ Annæ». So Joanna Defranceschi stands here for a Grach child, beside the Grach priest — and in 1744 a Defranceschi stands for a Martinich child beside a Grach wife. The pairing with that one family is tighter than a count of surnames shows. 5 May…
The Gologorica Line
…the elder birthYear BEF 1767 deathYear Mid-1700s Gologorica Defranceschi. Recorded only indirectly: in Feb 1767 his,, @I52@ Joanna Defranceschi F birthYear deathYear Widow of Joannes Baptista Defranceschi the elder (@I51@); godmother Feb 1767.,, @I53@ Joannes…
…in 1732 and 1733 (/gologorica-line/). A small poor diocese whose bishops were said never to reside in it is nonetheless at this village font repeatedly. AND THE GRACH ARE THE CONSTANT, WHICH THE SURNAME COUNT HIDES. On 26 June 1743 Joanna Defranceschi stands for a Grach child beside the Grach priest: «Baptizavi Joannam filiam legitimam Josephi Grach, et uxoris ejus Mariæ Annæ. Patrini fuerunt R.di D.ni Joannes Grach, et Joanna uxor Suppani Jo: Baptistæ Defranceschi de…
…1780 (/person/joannes-petrus-defranceschi-1780/) to casa 31 in 1785. What it gave instead was the grave of the best-documented woman in this archive's eighteenth century. 46· «Joanna Defranceschi annorum nonaginta circiter, vidua defuncti Supani Joannis Defranceschi, munita Sacramentis … per me Parochum hujus Loci Marcum Bancich, et a me eodem sepulta est 21 in Arca ejusdem existente in hac Parochiali Ecclesia.» (doc — DAPA…
…half· «Grah Ana» (n. 1906)· «Grah Antun», radnik (n. 1908)· «Grah Jelena» (n. 1879)· ⭐ Two of those cross this archive's own ground. ŠESTAN is one of its married-in surnames — Antonius Sestan married Joanna Defranceschi — and a Grah of house 38 married a Rosa Šestan in 1890. And a Grah railwayman's second wife came «e Svetvinčenat» — the castle parish this archive has a whole worklist line for. ⚠ Neither is a kinship claim; both are places where…
…Ant. et Franca» ⚠ (the second word was re-examined on 11 October and the reading stands) at page 10, and «Defranceschi Franc. et Clotildis» at page 15 — together with «Sestan Anton. et Joanna Defranceschi» at page 5, the marriage this archive knows. ⚠ That slip is the fourth loose document found lying on these reels in one day, after the Cerovlje extract of 1793, the…
Register
…M y b. 1851 Natale Defranceschi Domenica Chersin in 6YBR-3LMD Georgius Vidali Surname not indexed y b. 1851 Joanna Defranceschi Rosa Sestan Antonius Sestan Hieronymus Vidali lead 6B47-4XNZ Johannes Maria Surname not indexed F y b. 1 Nov 1851 Veneranda Defranceschi Antonius Demarin…
…7 Mar 1852 Dominica Defranceschi Dominicuš Codacovich lead Vodnjan film 6YBR-3P3G Paulus Sablich Surname not indexed y b. 1852 Joanna Defranceschi Francisca Sestan Antonius Sestan Stephanus Sablich lead 6B47-D6QQ Veneriuš Surname not indexed M y b. 7 Jun 1852 Dominicus Defranceschi Mathaea Del Carro…
Worklist
…or one kind of household. ⚠ Not evidence of what language the village spoke — the surnames are overwhelmingly Slavic and the liturgy here was Glagolitic. It is evidence about the person holding the pen. n ✔ Joanna Defranceschi, b. 25 June 1818 — NOT baptised at Gologorica either; she married in from outside done a session 2026-10-07 The single most valuable pass left in this book, and it is cheap. Read the Nativitatis columns…
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