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'''16. [[Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>558<nowiki>]</nowiki>''', son of '''Unknown''', died before 1 Jul 1883.
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[[File:Ruffinu_Family_Nule_1851.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni in Luigi's household in Nule, 1851]]
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[[File:Ruffinu_Culeddu_Marriage_Ozieri_1852.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni's marriage, 1852: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.]]
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[[File:Antonio_Francesco_Ruffinu_Baptism_Ozieri_1855.JPG|150px|right|Antonio's baptism, 1855: note Giuseppe Salvatore corrected to Giovanni.]]
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[[File:Giovanni_Maria_Ruffinu_Baptism_Ozieri_1857.JPG|150px|right|Giovanni Maria's baptism, 1857: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.]]
  
General Notes: According to the family legend, his ancestors fled Bourbon France during the Revolution. If this is true, it is obvious that the name<nowiki>’</nowiki>s spelling had to have been changed at some point. I had always assumed that it had been Ruffini or Ruffino before the change, but, unprompted, Barbara said that it had been Ruffin, and that it had been changed to avoid being caught. Luigi could not confirm or deny this, but did say that his mother had repeated the story of French origin at later points.
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This article provides a reconstruction of evidence from Nule and Ozieri to establish the identity of our ancestor, the father of [[Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu]]. I make the claims in this article without proof, but assert them as the most logical interpretation of the available evidence. Its basic claim is that our ancestor appearing as Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu in [[Ozieri]] is in fact a man named Giovanni Ruffinu born in [[Nule]].
  
Giuseppe Salvatore is named as Giovanni Maria<nowiki>’</nowiki>s father in the publication of the latter<nowiki>’</nowiki>s marriage to Pietruccia Lai. The presence of other Ruffinu in Ozieri with a connection to Luigi Ruffinu the muratore (born in Nule, 1789) leads us to expect a connection between Giuseppe Salvatore and Luigi. Luigi could be this man<nowiki>’</nowiki>s uncle or father: Luigi<nowiki>’</nowiki>s two children from his first marriage, who would be Giuseppe<nowiki>’</nowiki>s contemporaries, also end up in Ozieri.
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The [[Nule]] "matricola" records from the 1830s-1850s (see thumbnails to the right) indicate that [[Luigi Ruffinu, muratore]] and [[Grazia Coloru]] had a son named Giovanni born c. 1825. Giovanni appears in those records year after year until disappearing after the 1851 entries. That sequence of household records contains no son of Luigi named Giuseppe Salvatore.  
  
I cannot find Giuseppe Salvatore in the Ozieri death indices, which indicates that he died before 1866, or did not die in Ozieri. Indeed, I see no adult male Ruffinu dying here at all, only children. Could he have died in Nughedu? I did not find him in the cemetery there.
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The following year, in [[Ozieri]] in 1852, a man named Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu (explicitly described as the son of Luigi Ruffinu and Grazia Coloru from Nule) marries [[Mattia Culeddu]]. This is the last year in which Luigi's family appears in the Nule "matricola" records. We may guess, then, that Giovanni left Nule c. 1851 for Ozieri, and that his family followed him the following year.  
  
I am including in this genealogy records of a son named Antonio Francesco that this man possibly had, but I cannot confirm the link. Everything descending from this proposed link should be considered unproven.
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In 1855, the Ozieri baptism records record the baptism of [[Antonio Francesco Ruffinu]], whose mother is [[Mattia Culeddu]]. This baptism record originally gave Antonio's father's name as Giuseppe Salvatore, but this is corrected to Giovanni. In 1857, the Ozieri baptism records record the baptism of [[Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu]], whose mother is [[Mattia Culeddu]] and whose father's name is given as Giuseppe Salvatore.
  
Antonio Francesco is listed as the son of Mattia Culeddu and Giovanni Ruffinu: is Giuseppe Salvatore another name for Giovanni, or did his wife marry another Ruffinu after his death? For some of the complications in the evidence, see the entry on Mattia Culeddu.
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In 1860, when Luigi Ruffinu alienates some of his land in Nule to his children, Giovanna, Nicolo and Gio Antonio, Giovanni (Giuseppe Salvatore) is not part of this transaction.
  
Antonio Francesco had at least six children, Giovanna, Matteo, Pietro, Caterina, Pietro and Pietruccia. The latter<nowiki>’</nowiki>s daughter married Achille Deledda, whom we met in Ozieri in March, 2007. Achille<nowiki>’</nowiki>s children may therefore be ancestors of our ancestors, but this cannot be firmly established until the Giuseppe Salvatore / Giovanni Ruffinu and Mattia Culeddu confusion is clarified.
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Giuseppe Salvatore is named as Giovanni Maria<nowiki>’</nowiki>s father in the publication of the latter<nowiki>’</nowiki>s marriage to Pietruccia Lai.  
  
Giuseppe married '''[[Mattia Culeddu]]''' <nowiki>[</nowiki>498<nowiki>]</nowiki> <nowiki>[</nowiki>MRIN: 222<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
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I cannot find Giuseppe Salvatore in Ozieri's Italian civil death indices, which indicates that he died before 1866, or did not die in Ozieri. Indeed, I see no adult male Ruffinu dying in Ozieri at all, only children. Could he have died in Nughedu? I did not find him in the cemetery there during a visit in 2007.
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Antonio Francesco had at least six children, Giovanna, Matteo, Pietro, Caterina, Pietro and Pietruccia. The latter<nowiki></nowiki>s daughter married [[Achille Deledda]], whom we met in Ozieri in March, 2007. Achille<nowiki></nowiki>s children are therefore be descendants of our ancestors.
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Giovanni married '''[[Mattia Culeddu]]'''.
  
 
Children from this marriage were:
 
Children from this marriage were:
  
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Latest revision as of 02:20, 24 June 2015

Giovanni in Luigi's household in Nule, 1851
Giovanni's marriage, 1852: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.
Antonio's baptism, 1855: note Giuseppe Salvatore corrected to Giovanni.
Giovanni Maria's baptism, 1857: he is called Giuseppe Salvatore herein.

This article provides a reconstruction of evidence from Nule and Ozieri to establish the identity of our ancestor, the father of Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu. I make the claims in this article without proof, but assert them as the most logical interpretation of the available evidence. Its basic claim is that our ancestor appearing as Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu in Ozieri is in fact a man named Giovanni Ruffinu born in Nule.

The Nule "matricola" records from the 1830s-1850s (see thumbnails to the right) indicate that Luigi Ruffinu, muratore and Grazia Coloru had a son named Giovanni born c. 1825. Giovanni appears in those records year after year until disappearing after the 1851 entries. That sequence of household records contains no son of Luigi named Giuseppe Salvatore.

The following year, in Ozieri in 1852, a man named Giuseppe Salvatore Ruffinu (explicitly described as the son of Luigi Ruffinu and Grazia Coloru from Nule) marries Mattia Culeddu. This is the last year in which Luigi's family appears in the Nule "matricola" records. We may guess, then, that Giovanni left Nule c. 1851 for Ozieri, and that his family followed him the following year.

In 1855, the Ozieri baptism records record the baptism of Antonio Francesco Ruffinu, whose mother is Mattia Culeddu. This baptism record originally gave Antonio's father's name as Giuseppe Salvatore, but this is corrected to Giovanni. In 1857, the Ozieri baptism records record the baptism of Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu, whose mother is Mattia Culeddu and whose father's name is given as Giuseppe Salvatore.

In 1860, when Luigi Ruffinu alienates some of his land in Nule to his children, Giovanna, Nicolo and Gio Antonio, Giovanni (Giuseppe Salvatore) is not part of this transaction.

Giuseppe Salvatore is named as Giovanni Maria’s father in the publication of the latter’s marriage to Pietruccia Lai.

I cannot find Giuseppe Salvatore in Ozieri's Italian civil death indices, which indicates that he died before 1866, or did not die in Ozieri. Indeed, I see no adult male Ruffinu dying in Ozieri at all, only children. Could he have died in Nughedu? I did not find him in the cemetery there during a visit in 2007.

Antonio Francesco had at least six children, Giovanna, Matteo, Pietro, Caterina, Pietro and Pietruccia. The latter’s daughter married Achille Deledda, whom we met in Ozieri in March, 2007. Achille’s children are therefore be descendants of our ancestors.

Giovanni married Mattia Culeddu.

Children from this marriage were:

Giovanni Maria (Giomaria) Ruffinu (*).

Antonio Francesco Ruffinu was born circa 1855 in Ozieri.