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.
Tag: 1830-1839
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.
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.
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.
Vincenza married well and ended up being independently wealthy, but she died young at the age of 59.
She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Giuseppe was a farmhand who moved to Attard, possibly to take care of property he’d bought for himself.
He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandparents.
Attard-born Maria Sammut lived in the village for all her life. She tilled the land her family owned as well as having a full family life.
She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Maria lived her whole life in the village of Attard like many of her family members.
She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
Gio Maria was born and lived under British rule, in the rural neighbouring Maltese localities of Źebbug and Attard.
He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandparents.
Details are scarce about this 18th century ancestor of mine, but she did live in the burgeoning suburb of Valletta, now called Floriana.