Category: Ancestors

A photo of the balconies above Victoria Gate - Valletta, Malta

Giovanna Parteca

Posted on 2025-04-32026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

The Parteca family is a short-lived one in Maltese genealogy. Giovanna was one of the last few instances of a surname which no longer exists.

Vincenzo Bonnici

Posted on 2025-03-312026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

Seeing Malta transition from a possession of the Knights of St John, to being under Napoleon, to being a British colony must have been impressive. Vincenzo lived through all this.

He is one of my maternal 4 x great-grandfathers.

A photo of St Mary's Church - Attard, Malta

Grazia Bezzina

Posted on 2025-03-212026-03-14 by Antoine P. Borg

Living in a much more rural Malta, Grazia was born in Attard, then married someone called Attard before moving to Qormi.

She is one of my paternal great-great-grandmothers.

Luigi Attard

Posted on 2025-03-92026-03-29 by Antoine P. Borg

Living a rural life means it’s hard to be clear about Luigi’s age because of lax record keeping.
He is one of my paternal great-great-grandparents.

A photo of the Valletta skyline - Valletta, Malta

Angelica Alessandra

Posted on 2025-03-92026-03-30 by Antoine P. Borg

She married at a young age to an older man, possibly because of her father’s death. She escaped Malta’s densely packed harbour area to move to the fishing village of St Julian’s.

She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.

Paolo Farrugia

Posted on 2025-03-82026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

Paolo was one of the first of my ancestors to be born a British subject in Valletta, Malta.

He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandfathers.

Susanna Xuereb

Posted on 2025-03-72026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

Valletta-born, she settled in the then-growing seaside town of Sliema to avoid the overcrowding in the capital city.

She is one of my paternal great-grandmothers.

Giuseppe Salvatore Borg

Posted on 2025-02-142026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

There is more than one Giuseppe Borg in my family tree – this is the quintessential generic Maltese name, after all. It makes research harder because everything needs to be triple-checked. This Giuseppe ran a wine shop in Valletta next to the popular Victoria Gate.

He is one of my paternal great-grandfathers.

A photo of the Basilica of Our Lady of Safe Haven and St Dominic - Valletta, Malta

Teresa Imbroll

Posted on 2025-02-132026-03-28 by Antoine P. Borg

Valletta-born and bred, Teresa lived within the same 0.61 square kilometres for her whole life.

She is one of my maternal great-great-great-grandmothers.

Giuseppe Borg

Posted on 2025-02-82026-03-29 by Antoine P. Borg

Giuseppe was never registered in government records, showing how lax enforcement of the rules were at the time. He lived all his life in rural Attard, Malta.