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.
Caterina Curmi
Floriana
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.
Ludgarda Cremona
Ludcarda was born in Floriana before it was a parish in its own right, and moved to Sliema before that was a parish in its own right. She saw Malta evolve and gain new parishes, and towns.
She is one of my maternal great-great-grandmothers.
Salvatore Bonnici
Having moved from the hustle and bustle of Valletta, Salvatore saw St Julian’s grow from a summer village to a town in its own right.
He is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
Giovanni Battista Felice
A descendant of the Felici family, Giovanni’s surname may have been the result of a typo in his official records.
This person is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
Maria Carmela Felice
Maria Felice fondly remembered as Mamia, is my maternal grandmother.
Anthony Darmenia
Anthony Darmenia, known and remembered as Nannu Twanny, was a Maltese pharmacist.