Lucia Nostrini Bellandi
Lucia Nostrini Bellandi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lucia Nostrini 4 February 1783 |
| Died | 19 September 1863 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Archivist |
| Years active | 1801–1857 |
| Era | Pre-Vader Era |
| Known for | Dowry records at the 1811 Nostrini convocation |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Title | Depositaria delle doti |
| Term | 23 April 1811 – 30 April 1811 |
| Spouse | Carlo Bellandi (m. 1803; died 1846) |
| Children | Pietro Bellandi Elisabetta Bellandi Teresa Bellandi (stepdaughter) |
| Family | Noord family |
Lucia Nostrini Bellandi (4 February 1783 – 19 September 1863) was an Italian archivist and dowry record keeper of the Nostrini family, the early form of the Noord family. She served as depositaria delle doti during the Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini, held from 23 to 30 April 1811 at the Casa di San Michele in Aversa.[1]
Her work gave the northern branch access to marriage contracts and dowry papers during the succession dispute after the death of Domenico Nostrini. The final settlement confirmed Vittorio Nostrini as capofamiglia and began the transfer of the family archive toward northern Italy.[2]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Lucia Nostrini was born on 4 February 1783 in Aversa, then part of the Kingdom of Naples. She belonged to the northern branch of the Nostrini family, which used Aversa as an administrative base before the 1811 convocation.
Nostrini began private instruction on 12 September 1790. Her early education focused on reading, household accounts, and formal handwriting. On 8 October 1796, she entered the Conservatorio di Santa Maria Maddalena in Aversa as a day pupil. She left the school on 17 July 1800 and began training in family marriage papers at the Casa di San Michele on 3 February 1801.
Career
[edit | edit source]Nostrini entered the Aversa household office on 3 February 1801. Her first work involved copying marriage agreements and checking dowry entries for the northern branch. On 14 May 1805, she was assigned to the dowry register after disputes between the Aversa and Calabrian branches increased.
After the land reforms in the Kingdom of Naples in 1806, the Nostrini household reviewed its estate papers and inheritance claims. Dowry contracts became important because they affected property obligations between married branches. Nostrini prepared indexed copies of the marriage papers held at the Casa di San Michele and compared them with older Calabrian entries.
The Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini opened on 23 April 1811. Nostrini attended under the title depositaria delle doti. From 23 to 27 April 1811, she produced the dowry papers and marriage contracts requested by the family council. Her papers supported the settlement of branch claims before the final vote held on 28 April 1811.[1]
The final act was signed on 30 April 1811. After the meeting, Nostrini remained at the Casa di San Michele and supervised the copied dowry register used by the northern branch. On 12 May 1811, she added the sealed marriage-paper schedule to the material attached to the Statuto domestico Nostrini. On 7 September 1811, she checked the dowry packets received with the first transferred archive chests.
Between 1812 and 1819, the moving branches began using the surname Norte in northern records. Nostrini continued to sign older family papers as Lucia Nostrini Bellandi, while some later marriage copies used the shortened form Lucia Norte Bellandi.[3]
Nostrini retired from daily archive work on 4 March 1857.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Nostrini married Carlo Bellandi on 6 May 1803 at the Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo in Aversa. Bellandi was a notary connected to the Nostrini household and later prepared the legal record of the 1811 convocation.[1]
The marriage connected Nostrini to the Bellandi notarial family. Carlo Bellandi had one daughter, Teresa Bellandi, from his first marriage to Maddalena Sorbo. Lucia raised Teresa at Aversa after Maddalena died on 11 January 1802. Teresa later married Benedetto Nostrini on 16 February 1815.[4]
Lucia and Carlo Bellandi had two children. Pietro Bellandi was born on 18 August 1804 and died on 2 November 1831. Elisabetta Bellandi was born on 27 January 1808 and died on 24 June 1862.
Her height was 1.62 m.
Death
[edit | edit source]Lucia Nostrini Bellandi died on 19 September 1863 at the Casa di San Michele in Aversa. She was 80 years old.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini
- Casa di San Michele
- Carlo Bellandi
- Benedetto Nostrini
- Noord family
- Noord family members
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini describes the meeting held from 23 to 30 April 1811 at the Casa di San Michele in Aversa. The page names Lucia Nostrini Bellandi as depositaria delle doti and states that she produced the dowry and marriage-contract papers used in the settlement.
- ↑ Noord family summarizes the family's origin under the surname Nostrini, the 1811 convocation, and the later change from Nostrini to Norte after the relocation of most family records and branches.
- ↑ Noord family members lists Lucia Nostrini Bellandi in the Pre-Vader Era section and places her with the Nostrini generation active after the 1811 convocation.
- ↑ Benedetto Nostrini states that Benedetto married Teresa Bellandi on 16 February 1815 at the Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo in Aversa. The page also describes the working relationship between the Nostrini household and the Bellandi notarial family.