Marianna is one of the few female ancestors who worked in the early 20th century as a nurse.
She is one of my paternal great-great-grandmothers.
Tag: 20th Century
Born in Qormi, in the centre of Malta, Francesco lived and traded in Valletta for many years. Much of the information I have about him is inferred from sources as few primary sources are available.
He is one of my paternal great-great-grandfathers.
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.
Born in rural Malta at a time when a large part of the island was rural, Giovanni tended fields in the village of Attard.
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.
Living a rural life means it’s hard to be clear about Luigi’s age because of lax record keeping.
He is one of my paternal great-great-grandparents.
Valletta-born, she settled in the then-growing seaside town of Sliema to avoid the overcrowding in the capital city.
She is one of my paternal great-grandmothers.
Giuseppe was never registered in government records, showing how lax enforcement of the rules were at the time. He lived all his life in rural Attard, Malta.
He is one of my paternal great-grandfathers.
Anthony M. Darmenia (1915 – 1986) was a 20th-century Maltese pharmacist who pioneered the profession in the Maltese islands. He completed part of his education in the UK, thanks to a British Council scholarship.
This article explains all I know about his scholarship, and his time in the UK.
Ludcarda was born in Floriana before it was a parish in its own right, and moved to Sliema before that was a parish in its own right. She saw Malta evolve and gain new parishes, and towns.
She is one of my maternal great-great-grandmothers.