Maria Camilleri
Maria and Camilleri are common names in Malta. She married a Borg, which is the most common surname in Malta. All this makes researching her history challenging. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Continue reading
Author: Antoine P. Borg
Caterina Curmi
Caterina lived in Valletta and its suburbs and married young, at the age of 14. There’s no data to show if this was a forced wedding or not, so who knows what happened. She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Continue reading
Rosaria Sant
I know Rosaria existed because of the record of her marriage; I haven’t found her birth and death records, as yet. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Continue reading
Salvatore Borg
Salvatore was another Borg who lived his whole life in the idyllic rural village of Attard. He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandparents.
Continue reading
Maria Carmela Borg
Valletta-born and raised, Maria Carmela married young, and died before her 50th birthday. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Continue reading
Luigi Xuereb
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.
Continue reading
Alberta Galdies
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.
Continue reading
Antonio Parteca
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.
Continue reading
Giovanni Xiberras
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.
Continue reading
Lorenza Laferla
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.
