Paula Poliak

⭐ A child of Francisca Franceschi of the Trieste orphanage, ten years before her son Joannes Antonius — Paula, born 23 December 1884. «Paula», born 23 Dec 1884, baptised at the Pola cathedral on 28 Dec 1884 (house 11, Sobborgo Siana): father «Poliak Paulus, qm Pauli e Barbiana, operarius» (a labourer), mother «Franceschi Francisca ex Orphanotrophio Tergesti»; sponsors «Rila Martinus, agr.» and «Busletta Lucia»; midwife Benussi Dominica. «Patrem coram baptizante ac teste adstante se declarat» — the father declared himself in front of the baptiser, witness Faustino Maraspin (Pula births 1874–87, book p. 952, image 577 of waypoint 9R26-BZQ, open). doc. The mother is written in the same words as in the 1894 baptism of Joannes Antonius: «Franceschi Francisca, ex orphanotrophio Tergestino». inf, not stated in either entry: she is the same woman, which makes her mother of Paula (1884, father Paulus Poliak) and of Joannes Antonius (1894, no father named); the surname is, as before, very likely a foundling's. Not traced beyond the baptism.