A male nurse, at a time when this was not as common as it is today, Paolo moved from Sliema to Attard after getting married.

Fondly remembered as Nannu Paul, he was my paternal grandfather.

Paolo was born at 20:30¹ on Tuesday 18 February 1913^{1 2} in Sliema, Malta¹. He was the son of Giuseppe and Susanna, née Xuereb^{1 2}.

Fr Amadeo Bonello² baptised him the following day at the parish church of Stella Maris². His parents christened him as Paolo Carmelo Domenico Antonio¹, indicating he should be known as Paolo¹.

Family

On Thursday 26 November 1936^{3 4}, he married Maria née Borg^{3 4} of Attard, Malta³. They married in the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, in Sliema, Malta^{3 2 4}. Fr Francis Montebello officiated the wedding³.

Despite the fact that both bride and groom were Borgs, they were not related. Borg is the most common surname in Malta, akin to ‘Smith’ in England.

His younger brother, Emmanuele, was a witness at the wedding^{3 4}.

Together they had 4 children:

• Joseph
• Suzanne
• Henry, known as Eric
• Wilfred

Notable events

His paternal grandmother, Giovanna, filed his birth with the authorities¹. She also helped deliver him¹.

This declaration is rare because the state used to record the names of a child’s grandfathers only. Not only does Paul have a grandmother’s name on his certificate, he also has her father’s name. He is one of the few people in Malta with details of 4 generations on his birth certificate, instead of the usual 3.

Profession

Paul was a nurse. He became a nurse at least at the age of 23, which is how old he was when he got married⁵.

Residence

He lived in Sliema until marriage and then lived in Attard for the rest of his life.

Death

He died of chronic renal failure⁶ at 11:45⁶ on Tuesday 30 October 1990⁶ in St Luke’s Hospital, Pieta, Malta⁶. His family buried him at the Addolorata Cemetery, Paola, Malta⁶.

References

1. Act of birth of Paolo Borg. (1913). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 28 Aug. 2024][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
2. Certificate of Baptism of Paul Borg. Vol. 9, 19 Feb. 1913, p. 95. Baptism Original Records Kept at the Stella Maris parish, Tas-Sliema[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
3. Act of marriage of Paul Borg and Mary Borg. (1936). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 4 Sep. 2024][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
4. Marriage certificate of Paul Borg and Maria Borg. (1936). 2(283), p.149[↩][↩][↩][↩]
5. Act of marriage of Paul Borg and Mary Borg. (1936). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 4 Sep. 2024][↩]
6. Act of death of Paul Borg. (1990). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 4 Sep. 2024][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]