One of the few Partecas who ever lived, Giuseppe moved out of Valletta and became emancipated later in life.

He is one of my paternal great-great-great-grandfathers.

He was born in the parish of Porto Salvo¹, Valletta², in either 1837 or 1838³. He was the son of Antonio Parteca^{4 5} and Anna Cassar⁶.

Family

On Tuesday 13 April 1858⁷, he married Maria Carmela Borg⁸ in the Roman Catholic church of St Rocco⁹ in Valletta, Malta¹⁰. The Rev Giuseppe Guzman officiated¹¹.

Together they had 3 children I’m aware of:

• Antonio Paolo Giovanni
• Giovanna
• Spiro Vincenzo Carmelo Paolo

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Notable events

When he registered his daughter’s birth with the state authorities, he declared he was illiterate¹².

He worked in trade, describing himself as:

• An Agente di Comercio¹³ (EN: Commercial agent) in 1863.
• A Negoziante (EN: Negotiator)¹⁴ in 1882.

Residence

As far as official records go, he lived in Valletta all his life^{15 16} but I will be able to complement this once I get more precise information about his death.

The 1900 electoral register lists a Giuseppe Parteca living at Sotto le Loggie 21, Sliema¹⁷. With such an unusual surname, I conclude this was him.

Surname

On his daughter’s act of death, he is recorded as being Giuseppe Partica¹⁸. This is the only instance of this spelling that I’ve encountered.

Death

I have no details about his death, but I do know he was still alive when his great-grandson Paolo was born in 1913¹⁹. He had died by 1927, when his daughter died²⁰.

References

1. Extract of Marriage of Giuseppe Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Liber Matrimoniorum 1841 – 1862, [online] XV. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 8 Apr. 2025][↩]
2. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
3. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
4. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
5. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
6. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
7. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
8. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
9. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
10. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
11. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
12. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
13. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
14. Act of Marriage of Carmelo Borg and Giovanna Parteca. Malta Government Public Registry, 15 Oct. 1882, www.certifikati.gov.mt. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025[↩]
15. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
16. Extract of Marriage of Giuseppe Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Liber Matrimoniorum 1841 – 1862, [online] XV. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 8 Apr. 2025][↩]
17. Archive.org. (2025). Electoral register for Malta – 1900. [online] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20180722215202/http://website.lineone.net/~remosliema/voters1900.htm [Accessed 7 Mar. 2025][↩]
18. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1927). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 02 Apr. 2025][↩]
19. Act of birth of Paolo Borg. (1913). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩]
20. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1927). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 02 Apr. 2025][↩]