Valletta-born and raised, Maria Carmela married young, and died before her 50th birthday.

She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.

She was born on Sunday 12 July 1840¹ , daughter of Antonio Borg² and Anna neè Falzon³. Fr Feliciano Sarreo⁴ baptised her the same day⁵ in the Roman Catholic Collegiate church St Paul’s Shipwreck, Valletta, Malta⁶. He christened her Maria Carmela Giovanna Barbara Vincentia Paula⁷.

Family

On Tuesday 13 April 1858⁸, she married Giuseppe Parteca⁹ in the Roman Catholic church of St Rocco¹⁰ in Valletta, Malta¹¹. The Rev Giuseppe Guzman officiated¹².

Together they had at least 3 children I’m aware of:

• Antonio Paolo Giovanni, born on March 3rd, 1859¹³
• Spiro Vincenzo Carmelo Paolo, born on July 1st, 1861¹⁴
• Giovanna Caterina Saveria Vincenza Maria Paola, born in 1863

Notable events

While her official christian name was Maria Carmela, she was known as Carmela and her wedding certificate lists her as such.

She lived in Valletta for all her life¹⁵, as far as I can tell.

As was common in those days, she didn’t work and declared herself to be senza mestiere (EN: Without a profession) when her daughter was born¹⁶.

Death

Her husband re-married in 1886¹⁷ and, since divorce was illegal at the time, I conclude she had died by then.

I have no further information about her death.

References

1. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
2. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
3. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
4. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
5. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
6. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
7. Certificate of Baptism of Maria Carmela Borg. (1840). Baptism Records Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, 595.[↩]
8. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
9. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
10. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
11. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
12. Certificate of Marriage of Joseph Parteca and Carmela Borg. (1858). Registers of Marriages Held in the Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked (Malta), (558) [↩]
13. Extract of Baptism of Antonio Parteca. (1859). Liber Baptizatorum, [online] Volume XXII, p.365. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 19 Apr. 2026].[↩]
14. Extract of Baptism of Spiro Parteca. (1861). Liber Baptizatorum, [online] Volume XXII, p.444. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 19 Apr. 2026].[↩]
15. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
16. Act of birth of Giovanna Parteca. (1863). Available at: https://certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 05 Mar. 2025][↩]
17. Velin, N. (2024b). Marriages in Malta – Digital Genealogy. [online] Digital Genealogy. Available at: https://en.geneanum.com/malta/databases/marriages.html.[↩]

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