Emmanuele Darmenia was a trader from Valletta, but it’s hard to say what he traded in. All the information I have is from official state records.

Emmanuele is my great-great-grandfather.

He was born in Valletta, Malta¹, son of Paolo Darmenia^{1 2} and Teresa Imbroll^{2 3}.

According to his death certificate he was born in 1838⁴. According to both his son’s birth certificate and his own wedding certificate he was born in 1841^{1 2}.

Maltese state records only go back to 1863 so I will only be able to verify his birth date when I go through Church baptismal records.

Family

On Monday 24 June 1880 Emmanuele married Rosina née Grech also from Valletta^{2 3}. The church certificate lists her as Rosaria Grech³

They married in St James Church on Merchants street in Valletta². Fr Emmanuel Maria Debono³ conducted the ceremony^{2 3}.

They registered the marriage on Saturday 10 July 1880². It entered the state records on Tuesday 13 July².

Emmanuele and Rosina lived in Valletta at least up till 1885¹. They were living in Cospicua in 1913⁵ and later in Sliema⁴ but I don’t know when they moved.

Emmanuele and Rosina had four sons that I know of:

• Paolo¹, named after Emmanuele’s father.
• Giuseppe⁵.

Notable events

In 1880² and in 1885, Emmanuele described himself as a Trafficante (EN: Trader) ¹.

His death certificate lists him as a Negoziante (EN: shopkeeper) which could be another way of saying trader⁴. It is also possible he downsized from trader to be a shopkeeper later in life.

Either way, since his father was a shopkeeper⁶ it is also possible he continued the family business.

I haven’t found any evidence of what he did before 1880. I also don’t know what he traded in.

Death

Emmanuele died at 07:30 on Thursday 18 November 1920⁴ of arteriosclerosis and senile myocarditis in Sliema⁴. He died at Number 80, San Strofino Street⁴. Since we know he lived in Sliema at the time⁴ it is reasonable to conclude this was his address.

Unusually, his surname is mis-recorded as ‘Emmanuele Darmanin’ on his death certificate⁴ despite being ‘Darmenia’ on all other official documents.

His family registered his death on Tuesday 23 November 1920⁴. It entered the state records on Monday 13 December 1920⁴.

His family buried him at the Addolorata Cemetery in Marsa, Malta⁴.

Lineage

Emmanuele is my great-great-grandfather.

1. Act of Birth of Paolo Darmenia; 1885-11-12[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
2. Act of Marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech; 1880-06-24[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
3. 1880-06-24 – Extract from the Marriage Register of St Paul’s Shipwreck Church[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
4. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
5. Act of Marriage of Paolo and Paolina Darmenia; 1913-12-01[↩][↩]
6. Act of Death of Paolo Darmenia; 1881-02-07[↩]