Tag: 1830-1839

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

Gio Maria Bezzina

Posted on 2025-07-92026-03-13 by Antoine P. Borg

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.

A photo of the Porte de Bombes - Floriana, Malta

Concetta Debono

Posted on 2025-06-262026-03-31 by Antoine P. Borg

Details are scarce about this 18th century ancestor of mine, but she did live in the burgeoning suburb of Valletta, now called Floriana.

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

Giuseppe Parteca

Posted on 2025-06-102026-02-20 by Antoine P. Borg

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.

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

Salvatore Cremona

Posted on 2025-05-272026-04-9 by Antoine P. Borg

Salvatore lived to the ripe old age of 85. Like most 19th century people, he lived in Valletta as it evolved under British rule. He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandfathers.

Calcedonia Aquilina

Posted on 2025-05-192026-03-13 by Antoine P. Borg

Żebbug born and bred, Calcedonia was the daughter of a Filippo and married another Filippo. You can’t be more Żebbugija than that.

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

A photo of the Valletta skyline - Valletta, Malta

Giuseppe Grech

Posted on 2025-04-242026-03-20 by Antoine P. Borg

I have only one primary source of information about Giuseppe, but there’s much that can be inferred from other sources. He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandparents.

Anna Xiberras

Posted on 2025-04-162026-03-31 by Antoine P. Borg

Anna lived her whole life in the central idyllic village of Attard, Malta. All the information I have on her comes from church records.

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

Giovanni Borg

Posted on 2025-04-132026-02-20 by Antoine P. Borg

Born in rural Malta at a time when a large part of the island was rural, Giovanni tended fields in the village of Attard.

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.

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.