Pietro Petris
Birth: 3 Mar 1893, Zoppola, Udine, Italy
Father: Giovanni Battista Petris Mother: Rosa Taiariol
Death: 11 Mar 1893, Zoppola, Udine, Italy
The first-born child of Giovanni Battista Petris and Rosa Taiariol died at age eight days.
The Petrises had a problem with infant mortality. Four of their ten children died under the age of one and another died of some disease at 15. By comparison, Tita and Elisabetta Quattrin had eleven children and only lost one—a stillborn twin. Looking wider, Giobatta’s sister Maria, who was married to Rosa’s first cousin Domenico Tajariol, also lost five of ten children. Overall, Giobatti and his siblings lost 17 of 44 children. That is a 38.6% mortality rate. By comparison, Tita Quattrin and his siblings lost seven of 42 children—only 16.7 %.
The main difference between the families was economic status. While the Quattrins were not wealthy, they did own their own land and had enough to better feed the family healthfully. The Petrises had lost their trade as weavers and were, like the Taiariols, sharecroppers with a smaller piece of land to work.
Father: Giovanni Battista Petris Mother: Rosa Taiariol
Death: 11 Mar 1893, Zoppola, Udine, Italy
The first-born child of Giovanni Battista Petris and Rosa Taiariol died at age eight days.
The Petrises had a problem with infant mortality. Four of their ten children died under the age of one and another died of some disease at 15. By comparison, Tita and Elisabetta Quattrin had eleven children and only lost one—a stillborn twin. Looking wider, Giobatta’s sister Maria, who was married to Rosa’s first cousin Domenico Tajariol, also lost five of ten children. Overall, Giobatti and his siblings lost 17 of 44 children. That is a 38.6% mortality rate. By comparison, Tita Quattrin and his siblings lost seven of 42 children—only 16.7 %.
The main difference between the families was economic status. While the Quattrins were not wealthy, they did own their own land and had enough to better feed the family healthfully. The Petrises had lost their trade as weavers and were, like the Taiariols, sharecroppers with a smaller piece of land to work.