As the Imperial government’s Attorney General, Emmanuele must have been influential in 19th century Maltese society.
He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
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Giuseppa survived both world wars, first working the land in Qormi and later in the tiny village of Attard.
She is one of my paternal great-grandmothers.
A male nurse, at a time when this was not common, Paolo moved from Sliema to Attard after getting married.
Fondly remembered as Nannu Paul, he was my paternal grandfather.
Like many early 20th-century Maltese people, Maria was born and lived her whole life within the same village, i.e., the same 7 square kilometers.
She is my paternal grandmother.
Henry Borg was born in Attard, Malta after World War II.
He is my father.
Emilia was part of the slow migration out of the harbour area into the nascent village of St Julian’s in the 19th century. She isRead More
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.
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.
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.