Emmanuele Farrugia
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 Attard
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.
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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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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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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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