Tag: 20th Century
Emilia Farrugia
Emilia was part of the slow migration out of the harbour area into the nascent village of St Julian’s in
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Salvatore Bonnici
Having moved from the hustle and bustle of Valletta, Salvatore saw St Julian’s grow from a summer village to a town in its own right.
He is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
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Florentina Farrugia Gay
Florentina is one of my maternal great-grandmothers. Her life spanned the end of the 19th century and most of the 20th. Her official documents show the slow change in Maltese life from Italian to British influence.
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Giuseppe Felice
Giuseppe is something of a curiosity because almost all official documents about him contradict each other.
He is one of my maternal great-grandfathers.
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Paolina Bonnici
Paolina lived to the ripe old age of 95, and outlived her husband by almost 40 years.
She is one of my maternal great-grandmothers
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Maria Carmela Felice
Maria Felice fondly remembered as Mamia, is my maternal grandmother.
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Emmanuele Darmenia
Emmanuele Darmenia was a trader from Valletta, but it’s hard to say what he traded in.
Emmanuele is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
Paul Darmenia
Paolo Darmenia worked with the British Forces at their arsenal in Malta. Valletta-born, he lived in St Julians and Sliema.
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Anthony Darmenia
Anthony Darmenia, known and remembered as Nannu Twanny, was a Maltese pharmacist.
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