The family Traina in Belmonte Mezzagno

 In this post I want to deepen the history of the Traina family, focusing in particular on the branch moved to Belmonte Mezzagno.

This family lived very clearly in the Aragonese regiment in Palermo, where it often enjoyed the burden of Senator of the same City, as seen in the Index of the Praetors, Jurors, and Capitani of it City. Its origin was very ancient with the dominion of the City of Troina (Traina in sicilian lanuage), from which it took the surname, albeit with variations, at the time of the Norman Kings, however it was reduced to a scion in the same City of Palermo, which formed Doctors, and other virtuosi gentlemen. In 1599 Arrigo Traina founded the barony of the Falconer and of the Turricula or Turrecta. His son, Rev. Don Francesco, later Bishop of Agrigento, inherited his son, and his brother Giuseppe Antonio, from whom his daughter Rosalia inherited her, who at his wedding offered her as a dowry to Giulio Tomasi-Caro, from Charles II, in 1667, awarded the title of Prince of Lampedusa and Marquis of the Turrecta.

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The first Traina he set foot in the fief of the Menzagno was Vincenzo Traina around 1748, he

Menzagno drafted in 1750 (see document 3). He sees him as the inhabitant of the fief with the original family but with three other daughters, Giuseppa (already born in 1738 and 1744 but absent in the Misilmeri document) and Caterina; they were joined by two other sons, Giovanni Battista and Angela.

Vincenzo was born in Misilmeri da Damiano and Angela Battaglia in 1722. The certainty of the date comes from the comparison of a document of 1747 (see doc.2) that sees him qualifying by Misilmeri with his wife Francesca Ventimiglia, and the first two sons: Damiano of 8 years and Benedict of 3; with the census of the feud of the

In summary, Vincenzo Traina was born in 1722, married Francesca Ventimiglia and had 7 children: Caterina in 1738; Damiano in 1739; Joseph in 1744; Benedict in 1745; John the Baptist in 1750; Giuseppa in 1753 and Angela in 1767.

Caterina married Dionisio D'Agostino, we are sure of three children: Benedict; Giuseppe and Caterina.

Damiano married Margherita Salerno and they had five sons: Vincenzo; Rocco; Maria; Domenico (my ancestor) and Ninfa.

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Giuseppe married Vincenza Benigno and they had six sons: Vincenzo; Francesca; Angela; Giovanna; Giuseppa and Sebastiana.

Benedict married Giuseppa Martorana and they had five sons: Giorgio; Sigismonda; Rosalia; Giovanna and Francesca.

Giovanni Battista married Angela Lo Coco and they had five sons: Vincenzo; Gaetano; Giuseppe; Tommaso and Giovanni.

Giuseppa married Agostino Schiavo, of them we have certainty of two daughters: Giuseppa and Rosa.

Angela married Giuseppe Ribaudo, of them we are certain of a daughter: Giuseppa.

The Traina family of Belmonte Mezzagno derives from their descendants.