Born in rural Malta at a time when a large part of the island was rural, Giovanni tended fields in the village of Attard.

He is one of my paternal great-great-grandfathers.

He was born on Saturday 23 September 1837¹ in the village of Attard, Malta¹, son of Salvatore Borg and Maria Zammit¹. He was baptised on the same day in the Roman Catholic parish church of Attard¹ by Fr Michael Attard¹ as Carmelius Joannes Franciscus Augustus¹ but to be known as Giovanni¹.

Family

On Sunday 16 January 1859² he married Anna Xiberras² in the parish church of Attard². The banns had been published in November 1858, 2 and 9 January². The parish priest, Fr Antonius Vassallo officiated².

Together they had 1 child I know of:

• Giuseppe.

Notable events

He lived in Attard all his life because his son was born there³.

In the electoral register for 1900, there is a reference to a single Giovanni Borg living in Attard. It’s hard to say for sure if this refers to the same person, but if so he lived at 2, Vicolo No 2, Attard⁴

In 1903, he declared himself to be an Agricoltore³ (EN: Farmer).

Death

He was still alive in 1916 when his granddaughter Maria was born⁵, but had died by 1949 when his son died⁶.

There is no Giovanni Borg in the electoral register for 1920. If this is the same person, then he died before 1920.

References

1. Extract of Baptism of Giovanni Borg. (1839). Liber Baptizatorum 1837 – 1857, [online] 6, p.6. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 2 Apr. 2025][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
2. Marriage record for Giovanni Borg and Anna Xiberras. (1859). Liber Matrimonial 1815 – 1871, [online]. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 28 Jan. 2025][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
3. Act of marriage of Giuseppa Attard and Giuseppe Borg. (1903). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 1 Oct. 2024][↩][↩]
4. Archive.org. (2025). Electoral register for Malta – 1900. [online] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20180722215202/http://website.lineone.net/~remosliema/voters1900.htm [Accessed 7 Mar. 2025][↩]
5. Act of birth of Maria Borg. (1916). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 1 Oct. 2024][↩]
6. Act of death of Giuseppe Borg. (1949). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: https://www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 1 Oct. 2024][↩]