Scan 332
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737), 1909
30 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 302. See the scan on archive.org.
1APPENDIX
31701. A girl, born in the preceding year, is mentioned, to whom the name of the first wife, Francesca Maria, was given.
41702. In the previous year a boy came into the world, who was christened with the names Giovanni Battista Giuseppe.
51703. Giovanni Battista Giuseppe having died in 1702, his name is omitted from the yearly list.
61705. A new son is registered, named Giovanni Battista Martino.
71706. Alessandro is ordained a priest. There is an entry of another son, named Giuseppe Antonio.
81708. The family receives another addition by the birth of a son, named Paolo Bartolomeo.
91720. Death of the girl Francesca Maria.
101726. The son Giuseppe Antonio is accepted a clerk in Holy Orders.
111727. Giovanni Battista dies.
121729. Giuseppe Antonio is ordained a priest.
131732. The Rev. Alessandro dies.
141737. Fatal year for the Stradivari family. On March 3rd Antonia Maria Zambelli, the second wife, dies, and on December 18th Antonio Stradivari, the head of the family.
151738. In Stradivari's house we find Francesco, Caterina, Omobono, Paolo Bartolomeo, his wife, Elena Templari, of the late Giorgio, aged 30, and the Rev. Giuseppe.
161739. The marriage of Paolo Bartolomeo is blessed by the birth of a son, to whom is given the grandfather's name, Antonio.
171740. Paolo has a daughter, Francesca; she afterwards became a Carthusian nun, and died in 1809.
181742. A third child is born to Paolo, a son named Carlo Andrea Francesco, who became a Carmelite monk, was appointed Professor of Physics at Florence, and died in 1808.
191743. Omobono is left out, having died on June 8th of the preceding year.
201744. Another son of Paolo is entered, named Francesco Gaetano Faustino Omobono, born on February 11th.
211746. Paolo Stradivari's family removed from their house and went to live in another parish, letting the house and the shop to the violin-maker Carlo Bergonzi, pupil of Antonio Stradivari, and they settled in the parish of the cathedral, Quartiere Maggiore, in the house owned by a certain Berzi, together with P olo's brother, the priest Giuseppe.
221746. Stradivari's house occupied by Carlo Bergonzi, of the late Michele, aged 60 years.
23Received Confirmation,
24made Confession, and Communion.
25Gertrude, his daughter, aged 29 years.
26Francesca, his daughter, aged 27 years.
27Zosimo, his son, aged 21 years.
28Michele (Angelo), his son, aged 24 years.
29Barbara Berselli, daughter of the late Alfonsa, wife of Michele (Angelo), aged 27 years.
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