Girolamo Nostrini

Girolamo Nostrini
Born	(1783-08-12)12 August 1783 Aversa, Kingdom of Naples
Died	22 February 1851(1851-02-22) (aged 67) Casa di San Michele, Aversa, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Occupation	Archivist
Years active	1801–1851
Era	Pre-Vader Era
Known for	Custody and transfer of the family archive after the 1811 convocation
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Title	Custode delle carte of the Nostrini family
Term	23 April 1811 – 14 September 1843
Spouse	Teresa Bellandi (m. 1812; died 1827)
Children	Camilla Norte
Family	Noord family

Girolamo Nostrini (12 August 1783 – 22 February 1851), later recorded as Girolamo Norte, was an Italian archivist of the Noord family, then known as the Nostrini family. He served as custode delle carte during the Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini and held the family archive during the proceedings at the Casa di San Michele.

Early life and education

Girolamo Nostrini was born on 12 August 1783 in Aversa, then part of the Kingdom of Naples. He belonged to the northern branch of the family during the period before the family’s gradual surname change from Nostrini to Norte.

Nostrini began private instruction in Aversa on 3 October 1790. On 6 November 1796, he entered the Seminario vescovile di Aversa as an external lay pupil. His education focused on Latin reading, formal handwriting, and legal copying. He left the seminary on 19 July 1800. On 4 February 1801, he began archive training under Carlo Bellandi, the notary later present at the 1811 convocation.

Career

Nostrini entered the northern branch office at the Casa di San Michele on 2 September 1801. His early work was the copying of deeds, custody of sealed papers, and preparation of branch registers. On 18 March 1806, after legal reforms in the Kingdom of Naples, he was assigned to review older family papers kept in Aversa.

On 11 January 1810, Vittorio Nostrini gave him custody of the northern branch index. After Domenico Nostrini died on 18 November 1810, the archive became central to the succession dispute between the northern and Calabrian branches.

The Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini opened at the Casa di San Michele on 23 April 1811. Nostrini appeared as custode delle carte. During the sittings from 23 to 27 April, he produced the family archive for the branch representatives. After the Atto della Convocazione was signed on 30 April 1811, he prepared the archive chests for transfer under Vittorio Nostrini’s authority.

After the convocation, most moving branches began using the surname Norte in northern records between 1812 and 1819. Girolamo continued to sign internal archive papers as Nostrini until 1818. From 3 May 1819, his working copies in Aversa used the name Girolamo Norte, while older family papers kept his original surname.

Nostrini remained responsible for the main family papers after the convocation. On 14 September 1843, he passed daily custody of the archive to a younger branch clerk but continued to inspect seals and copied registers until his death.

Personal life

Nostrini married Teresa Bellandi in Aversa on 14 May 1812. She came from the Bellandi notarial household that assisted the northern branch during the succession settlement. Their daughter, Camilla Norte, was born on 24 January 1827 and used the Norte surname in later family papers. Teresa Bellandi died in Aversa on 8 February 1827.

Nostrini lived at the Casa di San Michele for most of his adult life. Family measurements recorded his height as 1.72 m.

Death

Girolamo Nostrini died on 22 February 1851 at the Casa di San Michele in Aversa. His papers remained in the Aversa archive after his death and were later treated as part of the older Nostrini and Norte material of the Noord family.

See also

• Noord family
• Noord family members
• Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini
• Vittorio Nostrini
• Domenico Nostrini
• Casa di San Michele
• Pre-Vader Era