_Stradivari_, by GEORGE ELIOT.

[Footnote 14: "Antoine Stradivari, luthier celebre," par F. I. Fetis.
Paris, 1856.]

Previous to the publication of this evidence by M. Fetis, the date of
birth was given as 1664, and it has been stated as 1644 or 1650. Don
Paolo Lombardini, in his pamphlet on Stradivari published at Cremona
in 1872, gives an interesting genealogical account of the great
Cremonese maker and his family. The author follows the date of birth
as stated by M. Fetis. This is succeeded by information of his own
discovery, namely, the date of the marriage of Stradivari, July 4,
1667.

He appears to have married a widow named Capra, whose maiden name was
Ferraboschi, her age being twenty-seven, and that of Stradivari
twenty-three, according to the date given by Lombardini.

GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE FAMILY OF STRADIVARI,
EXTRACTED FROM THE PAMPHLET OF PAOLO LOMBARDINI.

STRADIVARI, ALESSANDRO = MORONI, ANNA
STRADIVARI, GIUSEPPE J., born March 20, 1623.
STRADIVARI, ANTONIO, born 1644;
died Dec. 18, 1737.
= Married, July 4, 1667
= FERRABOSCHI, FRANCESCA, born Oct. 7, 1640;
died May 25, 1698.
(1) GIULIO, born Dec. 23, 1667;
married, 1688;
died Aug. 7, 1707.
(2) FRANCESCO, born Feb. 6, 1670;
died Feb. 12, 1670.
(3) FRANCESCO, born Feb. 1, 1671;
died May 11, 1743.
(4) CATTERINA, born Feb. 18, 1674;
died Aug. 3, 1748.
(5) ALESSANDRO, born May 25, 1677;
died Jan. 26, 1732.
(6) OMOBONO, born Nov. 14, 1679;
died June 9, 1742.
= Married, second time, Aug. 24, 1699.
= ZAMBELLI, ANTONIA, born June 11, 1664
died March 3, 1737.
(7) FRANCESCA, born Sept. 19, 1700;
died Feb. 11, 1720.
(8) G. B. GIUSEPPE, born Nov. 6, 1701;
died June 7, 1702.
(9) G. B. MARTINO, born Nov. 11, 1703;
died Nov. 1, 1727.
(10) GIUSEPPE, born Oct. 27, 1704; (Priest)
died Nov. 29, 1781.
(11) PAOLO, born Jan. 26, 1708; (Cloth Merchant)
died Oct. 19, 1776.
= TEMPLARI, ELENA, born 1705;
died 1776.
ANTONIO II., born 1738;
| died 1789.