Tag: Valletta

A photo of the balconies above Victoria Gate - Valletta, Malta

Maria Camilleri

Posted on 2026-04-122026-04-12 by Antoine P. Borg

Maria and Camilleri are common names in Malta. She married a Borg, which is the most common surname in Malta. All this makes researching her history challenging. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.

A photo of the Basilica of Our Lady of Safe Haven and St Dominic - Valletta, Malta

Caterina Curmi

Posted on 2026-03-202026-04-12 by Antoine P. Borg

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.

Rosaria Sant

Posted on 2026-02-282026-03-14 by Antoine P. Borg

I know Rosaria existed because of the record of her marriage; I haven’t found her birth and death records, as yet. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.

A photo of the Parliament building - Valletta, Malta

Luigi Xuereb

Posted on 2025-12-192026-03-29 by Antoine P. Borg

There are almost no primary sources for Luigi given the lack of concrete data around his life. He is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandfathers.

Antonio Parteca

Posted on 2025-12-42026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

Antonio lived in Valletta all of his life, which is logical since this the capital was the main source of employment in the 19th century. He is one of my paternal 4 x great-grandfathers.

Lorenza Laferla

Posted on 2025-11-142026-03-7 by Antoine P. Borg

Lorenza married young, at the age of 15. While not unusual in the 19th century, not many people in my ancestry married that young which makes me wonder if it was a shotgun wedding.
She was one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.

A photo of the Valletta skyline - Valletta, Malta

Vincenza Portelli

Posted on 2025-10-242026-02-20 by Antoine P. Borg

Vincenza married well and ended up being independently wealthy, but she died young at the age of 59.
She is one of my maternal 3 x great-grandmothers.

Isidoro Farrugia

Posted on 2025-10-42026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

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.

Annetta Zarb

Posted on 2025-09-122026-03-19 by Antoine P. Borg

Annetta was part of the gradual exodus of people from Valletta. There’s little in the immediate historical archive, so information about her is scant.

Michele Felice

Posted on 2025-07-192026-03-20 by Antoine P. Borg

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.