Valletta-born and raised, Maria Carmela married young, and died before her 50th birthday. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Author: Antoine P. Borg
There are almost no primary sources for Luigi given the lack of concrete data around his life. He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
Alberta was born into, and married into, into agricultural families. She would have been involved in working the land too, but there is scant evidence of this. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Antonio lived in Valletta all of his life, which is logical since this the capital was the main source of employment in the 19th century. He is one of my paternal 4 x great-grandfathers.
Giovanni lived in 19th century rural Malta. There is little practical information about him, but his marriage to a Żebbug-born lady reflects the close connection these two villages have always had.
He was one of my paternal 5 x great-grandfathers.
Lorenza married young, at the age of 15. While not unusual in the 19th century, not many people in my ancestry married that young which makes me wonder if it was a shotgun wedding.
She was one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Vincenza married well and ended up being independently wealthy, but she died young at the age of 59.
She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
A British national before the British ruled the Maltese islands, Isidoro was the grandson of a consul of the British Empire and married into a French family.
Annetta was part of the gradual exodus of people from Valletta. There’s little in the immediate historical archive, so information about her is scant.
Giuseppe was a farmhand who moved to Attard, possibly to take care of property he’d bought for himself.
He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandparents.