Name of Object:

Record of the marriage between the Egyptian governmental official Paul Draneht Bey, aged 55, and the Italian Adele Casati, aged 19, celebrated in Oggebbio (Italy) in 1873

Location:

Verbania, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Archives of Verbania

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Holding Institution (original language):

Archivio di Stato di Verbania

Date of Object:

28 June 1873

Description:

Apparently, Adelaide Casati and her sister Margarita attended the premiere of the Aida in Cairo (24 December 1871). Their father, Filippo, was participating in the performance as a cello player. In Cairo, the two Casati sisters met their future husbands, respectively, Paul Draneht, and the Greek banker, Joannis Sinadino (who acted as witness in the marriage between Paul Draneht and Adelaide Casati). Both men moved to live in Oggebbio, Italy, when Paul Draneht bought a villa there.

Type of Object

Archival document (marriage record)

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

AS VB, Comune di Oggebbio, Registro Atti di Matrimonio, vol. 523/24, firme degli sposi

Citation of this web page:

Massimiliano Cremona, Ignazio Galella "Record of the marriage between the Egyptian governmental official Paul Draneht Bey, aged 55, and the Italian Adele Casati, aged 19, celebrated in Oggebbio (Italy) in 1873" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;77;en

Prepared by: Massimiliano Cremona, Ignazio Galella
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 077