Antonino Scrugli
Antonino Scrugli was born in Tropea around 1825 to Caterina Morono and Antonino Scrugli. In March of 1850 he married Caterina Cipollina at the Church of Santa Caterina in Tropea officianated by Don Vincenzo Scordamaglia, the parish priest. The ceremony was witnessed by Pasquale Saccomanno and Bruno Simonelli. At the time of their marriage Antonino was a law clerk. You can view all this information on their marriage record here and here.
Together, Antonino and Caterina had at least 4 children that I know of. Maria Carmela was born in December, 1851 in Tropea. I have been unable to find the birth acts of Natalina, Gaetano and Maria yet. All of these children immigrated to the United States.
The actual signature of Antonio Scrugli
Caterina Cipollina
Caterina Cipollina was born in Filadelfia, Catanzaro around 1822 or 1823. She was the daughter of Gaetano Cipollina and Paola Curcio. By the time she married Antonino, Caterina and her parents were living in Tropea. Her brother, Ferdinando was also living in Tropea. In fact, Ferdinando married Natalina Scrugli (the sister of Antonino) on the same day Caterina married Antonino Scrugli. Fedinando and Natalina had 2 sons who grew up to become accomplished musical composers. Their sons, Antonio and Gaetano Cipollini wrote opera music.
The Children of Antonino and Caterina
I beleive there are children of Antonino and Caterina that we did not know about. I have made separate pages for the children of Antonino Scrugli and Caterina Cipollina that I do know about. These pages are linked below.
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Family surnames from Tropea:
Scrugli, Morono