The Ruffini Family in Sardinia
Preface
History
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Afterword
The Neapolitan genealogist located marriage and baptism records in Naples that indicated that the Domenico and Girolamo Ruffini (aka Ruffino, Rufinu) were brothers, born in Naples, to Santo Rufino and Nicoletta Vuovolo or Huovoli, who were married in Naples December 29, 1701. Santo was born in Accumoli, son of Antonio, approximately in 1681. Nicoletta had been born in Naples March 24, 1685.
There children were:
Luigi Antonio Rufino, born February 28, 1704
Geronimo Michel'Angelo Rufino (our Girolamo and note the middle name!), born September 30, 1705
Domenico Antonio Rosario Rufino (presumably not ours, presumably deceased, as another child later is also named Domenico), born January 29, 1708
Giovanna Antonia Serafina Rufino, born June 24, 1710
Camilla Teresa Lisabetta Rufini (sic), born February 11, 1712
Domenico Antonio Gennaro Rofino (sic) (presumably our ancestor), born January 28, 1714
Those were the children of Santo and Nicoletta. Nicoletta died and Santo married Orsola Barracca, May 9, 1723. Their children were:
Gennaro Giro Rofino (sic), born May 14, 1724
Giuseppe Antonio Giacomo Ruffino (sic), born March 16, 1726
Giacomo Gioacchino Nicola Rufino (sic), born July 26, 1728
Anna Maria Irene Rufino (sic), born October 10, 1730
I can't locate any statement from the genealogist to indicate that the first Domenico died and that the second Domenico is our ancestor, although in the genealogical tree that he provided he did use a larger font for the second Domenico, presumably to indicate that he was our ancestor. Until now I had not thought to ask if he had searched death records for the first Domenico, although I doubt that he did.
Therefore, at this point, we don't have conclusive evidence that the second Domenico is our ancestor. Presumably people could give living children the same first name although I am not aware of the custom. In any case, our ancestor is one of those Domenico, born either in 1708 or 1714, brother of Girolamo and son of Santo and Nicoletta.
