Angela Picone | Caterina Picone | Felice Picone

Felice Picone | Giovanni Picone | Giovanni Picone

Giuseppe Picone | Giuseppe Picone | Maria Picone

Picone Family | Cemetery Photos


This is a legend to help you understand the markings and style of old Italian graves.

1) Maria Picone, ved. Lauricella.
This means her name was Maria Picone, widow of Lauricella (married name.)

2) Caterina Lauricella, Nata 8-10-1892
Caterina was born (nata) Oct. 8th, 1892. For a man the word would be Nato.
Sometimes the married name, followed by the maiden appears with the word Nata.
Morto means died, while Anni indicates the year.

3) Felice Lauricella, di Giovanni.
Felice is the son of Giovanni, who is still alive. If his father was dead, it would say fu.

4) You will see graves with the surname first, then the given, and also the reverse.

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