Rosa Maria Salterucci

Mother of Evaristo Dante. Italian-born; surname Salterucci survives in Hispanic patronymic chain as Evaristo's maternal apellido. DR-period records sometimes Spanish-ize the spelling to Salteruche / Salteruchè. Subject of active research 2026-05-24-pezzotti-cosenza-attack.

Names

• Maiden name: Rosa Maria Salterucci
• Married name (per MyHeritage rendering): Rosa Maria Pezzotti (née Salterucci).
• "Said" tag on MyHeritage: SALTEROSI PINK — likely a phonetic / transcription variant of Salterucci as captured in some indexed record, with "PINK" being either a research note added by the tree-owner or a tag of unknown meaning. Worth verifying against the underlying FamilySearch document.
• Italian-civil-record-correct form is likely Salterucci; in Calabrian dialect possibly pronounced Salterosi / Salteruche.

Birthplace note

Santa Maria d'Episcopio is the historic parish church of Scalea (named for the medieval Bishop's residence — episcopio). Birth-place stated at parish level rather than just comune level suggests the underlying source is a Catholic baptismal record.

Children

Per S-005 (her own MyHeritage card), Rosa Maria had 2 children with Biase Antonio Pezzotti:

• Giuseppe Antonio Pezzotti Salterucci
• Evaristo Dante Pezzotti Salterucci (b. 7 Apr 1885 Scalea) — Miguel's great-grandfather

Critical: Biase's other listed children (Isabel Pezzotti Almanza, Blas Antonio Pezzotti Sierra, Delia María Pezzotti López) are NOT her children — they have different maternal apellidos and are consistent with Biase having had other relationships, possibly in Colombia where he lived / died (since "Sierra" and "Almanza" are Hispanic apellidos).

Open questions

1. Death date — when did Rosa Maria die? Scalea civil-register morti should have it. Without civil registration of the late 19th c. being on Antenati for Scalea, requires either direct Comune di Scalea request or the FamilySearch Cosenza collection.
2. Mother's name — Antonio Salterucci's wife and Rosa Maria's mother not yet captured. Should appear on Rosa Maria's atto di nascita (1854 Scalea register or Santa Maria d'Episcopio parish baptism).
3. Did she ever emigrate? Antonio Salterucci is listed with a 1877 Scalea residence — so the Salterucci family stayed put. Did Rosa Maria see her son Evaristo or husband Biase again after their emigrations? The shape of her life as the wife-left-behind would be a documentary thread.
4. Deep Salterucci back-chain — Antonio's parents, his siblings, the family's deep Scalea history. Calabrian villages stay genealogically tractable for centuries via parish records (often back to ~1600 in surviving registers).

Sources

• S-005 — MyHeritage.it, record-card for Rosa Maria Pezzotti (born Salterucci). Linked underlying FamilySearch document to be retrieved separately.