News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-02
STORY OF A WESTERN GIRL
The Value of a Certificate of Birth in Italy.

From a Milwaukee, Wis, paper we
clip the following story:
The fact that the marriage of Miss
Fannie Rogers, young Milwaukee lady,
to a wealthy nobleman IN Italy has been
postponed because her birth certificate
cannot be produced, as required hy the
civil laws OF Italy, has made public q
romantic story. The lady, who is now
in Spain, has enlisted the Rev. Mr..
Eversa, leading minister of this city,
in an effort to find the missing certifl-
cate, but thus far he has been unsuc-
cessful Miss Rogers was born in a
humble cottage on Hanover street, in
Milwaukee, When she was quite young
her father committed crime for which
he was sentenced to a term in the State
prison. a I'D few months before the ex-
piration of his sentence he became in
volved in an alteration with a guard.
Selling a shovel, he was about to strike
the guard with it, when the latter shot
him dead.
His wife, meantime. by laundry work
had eked out miserable existence for
herself and FAM of little children,
among whom was the little girl now be
trothed to a wealthy Italian. The lat
ter's pretty face attracted the notice OF a
wealthy Milwaukee lady, who adopted
and educated her. Her natural aptitude
for music was cultivated, and she re
ceived a fine musical education About
this time her foster father, a Board of
Trade man, became involved in heavy
speculatIons, and in an attempt to save
himself obtained money by false pre-
lenses, and he was sent to the same
State prison where her father had been
killed. Feeling the disgrace of her hus-
bands crime, the wife, with her adopt
ed daughter, went abroad. The foster
mother, possessing a fine musical educa-
ton, has gamer a living as teacher.
They made Italy their home for time,
then France, but are now in Spain,
The young lady had all this time been
in correspondence with her more init
mate friends in this city Her letters
told of her advancement in her musical
studies, and her travels A few weeks
ago she informed her Milwaukee CORE
spondent of her engagement to wealthy
Italian physician, and that the marriage
was to occur shortly. She asked one of
her particular friends to do her favor.
She requested that copy of her bap
tismal certificate be secured of the Rev.
Mr.. Healy to be forwarded to her, as
the ceremony under the laws of the
country could not be performed unless
the record was produced. The Rev.
Mr.. Healy having left the city, the let
ter was referred to the Rev. Mr.. Eversz,
who secured a copy of the desired
certificate and forwarded it to her. But
last week the Rev. Mr.. EversZ received
letter direct from her, saying that she
had made mistake. Instead of the
baptismal certificate her birth certificate
had been demanded, consequently the
ceremony had been postponed until
New Years Day, pending the receipt of
copy OF the birth certificate, which
she requested Mr.. Eversz to forward her
in Spain.
Although birth certificate of every
person born in Milwaukee county is re-
quired to be filed in the dice of the
Register of Deeds, Mr.. Eversz, after a
thorough search, has been unable to find
the desired certificate. He is hopeful
OF finding either the mother of the
young lady or some person who knew
her and may be willing to sign birth
certificate, which he can have recorder
and a copy of which can be sent to he,
in time to prevent further postpone
ment of the wedding.