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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Giovanni Battista Felice
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.
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Giovanni Farrugia Gay
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.
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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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Michele Darmenia
We know little about Michele Darmenia because few records exist.
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Giuseppe Darmenia (18th century)
We know little about Giuseppe Darmenia because few records exist.
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Carol “Giorgio” Darmenia
Giorgio is one of those people whose life is documented through a series of entries in church registries, as often happened in Malta.
He is one of my maternal 6 x great-grandfathers.
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