One of the few Partecas who ever lived, Giuseppe moved out of Valletta and became emancipated later in life.
He is one of my paternal great-great-great-grandfathers.
Tag: Valletta
Carmelo was a Valletta-born trader who lived a long life, outliving both his wife and his son.
He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
Salvatore may be one of the few ancestors of mine who lived to a 100. Like most 19th century people, he lived in Valletta as it evolved under British rule.
He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
Most of the information I have about Francesca is from secondary sources, rather than direct information about herself.
She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
I only have secondary sources of information about Giuseppe because direct information about him is hard to find.
He is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandparents.
Marianna is one of the few female ancestors who worked in the early 20th century as a nurse.
She is one of my paternal great-great-grandmothers.
Born in Qormi, in the centre of Malta, Francesco lived and traded in Valletta for many years. Much of the information I have about him is inferred from sources as few primary sources are available.
He is one of my paternal great-great-grandfathers.
The Parteca family is a short-lived one in Maltese genealogy. Giovanna was one of the last few instances of a surname which no longer exists.
She is one of my paternal great-great-grandmothers.
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.
She married at a young age to an older man, possibly because of her father’s death. She escaped Malta’s densely packed harbour area to move to the fishing village of St Julian’s.
She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.