Keeping things in the family must have been important for Generosa; she was the daughter of the consul of England and married another consul. She is one of my maternal 7 x great-grandmothers.
Generosa Watts
18th Century
Emanuele Imbrogl
Emanuele’s surname morphed from Imbrogl to Imbroll, possibly because of phoenetic spelling. He is one of my maternal 4 x great-grandparents.
Aloisia Young
Aloisia, or Aloisea, daughter of an Englishman, married another Englishman suggesting that society in Malta may have been more close-knit than you would expect. She is one of my maternal 6 x great-grandmothers.
Guglielma Dodsworth
Twice-married, Guglielma lived in Valletta during the reign of the Knights, the French occupation, and the beginning of the British Empire’s influence over the islands. She is one of my maternal 5 x great-grandmothers.
Alessandro Parteca
Alessandro seemed to have lived his entire life in Valletta which seems odd by today’s standards but was normal in the 18th century. He is one of my paternal 5 x great-grandfathers.
Caterina Curmi
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.
Isidoro Farrugia
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.
Michele Felice
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.
Concetta Debono
Details are scarce about this 18th century ancestor of mine, but she did live in the burgeoning suburb of Valletta, now called Floriana.
Vincenzo Bonnici
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.