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.
Tag: Eastern Maltese region
A descendant of the Felici family, Giovanni’s surname may have been the result of a typo in his official records.
This person is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
Giovanni is a curious individual who used a double-barrelled surname on occasion. His court case is a seminal work, still quoted in Maltese courts and Parliament more than 100 years later.
Giuseppe is something of a curiosity because almost all official documents about him contradict each other.
He is one of my maternal great-grandfathers.
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
Maria Felice fondly remembered as Mamia, is my maternal grandmother.
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.
Paolo Darmenia worked with the British Forces at their arsenal in Malta. Valletta-born, he lived in St Julians and Sliema.
Anthony Darmenia, known and remembered as Nannu Twanny, was a Maltese pharmacist.