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

Emmanuele is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.

He was born in Valletta, Malta¹, son of Paolo Darmenia² and Teresa Imbroll^{3 4}.

There is some confusion about his birth date:

• According to his death certificates he was born in 1838^{5 6}.
• According to the details from his first marriage, he was born in 1842 or 1843⁷.
• According to both his son’s birth certificate and the details from his second marriage, he was born in 1841^{8 9}.

State records only go back to 1863 so I will verify his birth date when I access Church baptismal records.

Family

On Tuesday 27 June 1876 Emmanuele married local hat-maker¹⁰ 28-year-old Elisa Felice, daughter of Gio Carlo and Fortunata Brincat¹¹. Both of Elisa’s parents were dead at the time of marriage¹². They married at the church of Our Lady of the Pillar¹³, Valletta. Fr Gaetano Tommaso Galea officiated¹⁴.

Amusingly, their marriage certificate misspells their place of marriage as “Valletata”.

On Thursday 24 June 1880 Emmanuele married Rosina Grech also from Valletta^{15 16}. The church certificate lists her as Rosaria Grech¹⁷.

They married in St James Church on Merchants street in Valletta¹⁸. Fr Emmanuel Maria Debono conducted the ceremony^{19 20}.

They registered the marriage on Saturday 10 July 1880²¹. It entered the state records on Tuesday 13 July²².

Emmanuele and Rosina lived in Valletta at least up till 1885²³. They were living in Cospicua in 1913²⁴ and later in Sliema²⁵ but I don’t know when they moved.

Emmanuele and Rosina had the following children:

• Paolo²⁶, named after Emmanuele’s father.
• Giuseppe²⁷.
• Theresa,
• Lorenzo
• Edward
• Evelyn
• Carmelo
• Albert
• Yvonne

Notable events

In 1876, he described himself as a cabinet maker²⁸, which is the same profession as his father’s.

In 1880²⁹ and in 1885, Emmanuele described himself as a Trafficante (EN: Trader) ³⁰.

His death certificate lists him as a Negoziante (EN: shopkeeper) which is another way of saying trader³¹. It is also possible he downsized from trader to be a shopkeeper later in life.

Either way, since his father was a shopkeeper³² it is also possible he continued the family business.

He died in Sliema^{33 34}, and it is reasonable to conclude he died at home, which makes his address 80, San Strofino Street^{35 36}. This is part of the newly-established parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.

Death

Emmanuele died at 07:30 on Thursday 18 November 1920^{37 38} of arteriosclerosis and senile myocarditis³⁹. He died at Number 80, San Strofino Street^{40 41}.

Unusually, his surname is mis-recorded as ‘Emmanuele Darmanin’ on his state death certificate⁴² despite being ‘Darmenia’ on all other official documents. His religious death certificate lists him as Darmenia, so this is a clear mistake on the government’s side.

His family registered his death on Tuesday 23 November 1920⁴³. It entered the state records on Monday 13 December 1920⁴⁴.

His family buried him at the Addolorata Cemetery in Paola, Malta^{45 46}.

References

1. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
2. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
3. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
4. Church record of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech; 1880-06-24[↩]
5. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
6. Death certificate. (1920). I(298), p.100[↩]
7. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
8. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
9. Act of birth of Paolo Darmenia. (n.d.). [online] (4631). Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 24 Apr. 2018][↩]
10. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
11. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
12. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
13. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
14. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
15. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
16. Church record of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech; 1880-06-24[↩]
17. Church record of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech; 1880-06-24[↩]
18. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
19. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
20. Church record of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech; 1880-06-24[↩]
21. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
22. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
23. Act of birth of Paolo Darmenia. (n.d.). [online] (4631). Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 24 Apr. 2018][↩]
24. Act of Marriage of Paolo and Paolina Darmenia; 1913-12-01[↩]
25. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
26. Act of birth of Paolo Darmenia. (n.d.). [online] (4631). Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 24 Apr. 2018][↩]
27. Act of Marriage of Paolo and Paolina Darmenia; 1913-12-01[↩]
28. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Elisa Felice. (1876). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
29. Act of marriage of Emmanuele Darmenia and Rosina Grech. (1880). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 7 May 2018][↩]
30. Act of birth of Paolo Darmenia. (n.d.). [online] (4631). Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 24 Apr. 2018][↩]
31. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
32. Act of Death of Paolo Darmenia; 1881-02-07[↩]
33. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
34. Death certificate. (1920). I(298), p.100[↩]
35. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
36. Death certificate. (1920). I(298), p.100[↩]
37. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
38. Death certificate. (1920). I(298), p.100[↩]
39. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
40. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
41. Death certificate. (1920). I(298), p.100[↩]
42. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
43. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
44. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
45. Act of Death of Emmanuele Darmanin; 1920-11-18[↩]
46. Death certificate. (1920). I(298), p.100[↩]