Caterina lived in Valletta and its suburbs and married young, at the age of 14. There’s no data to show if this was a forced wedding or not, so who knows what happened. She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
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Giovanni lived in 19th century rural Malta. There is little practical information about him, but his marriage to a Żebbug-born lady reflects the close connection these two villages have always had.
He was one of my paternal 5 x great-grandfathers.
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A British national before the British ruled the Maltese islands, Isidoro was the grandson of a consul of the British Empire and married into a French family.
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Michele was a Felice but had this name changed to Felici, possibly because of a typo. He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
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Details are scarce about this 18th century ancestor of mine, but she did live in the burgeoning suburb of Valletta, now called Floriana.
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Seeing Malta transition from a possession of the Knights of St John, to being under Napoleon, to being a British colony must have been impressive. Vincenzo lived through all this.
He is one of my maternal 4 x great-grandfathers.
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We know little about Michele Darmenia because few records exist.
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We know little about Giuseppe Darmenia because few records exist.
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The Unexpected Traveller: Stuff you don’t find in guide books