With a life spanning half the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, Rosina was part of upwardly-mobile society that moved from the capital to the quieter town of Sliema.
She is one of my maternal great-great-grandmothers.
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A male nurse, at a time when this was not common, Paolo moved from Sliema to Attard after getting married.
Fondly remembered as Nannu Paul, he was my paternal grandfather.
Like many early 20th-century Maltese people, Maria was born and lived her whole life within the same village, i.e., the same 7 square kilometers.
She is my paternal grandmother.
Emilia was part of the slow migration out of the harbour area into the nascent village of St Julian’s in the 19th century. She isRead More
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.
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.
Giuseppe is something of a curiosity because almost all official documents about him contradict each other.
He is one of my maternal great-grandfathers.
Paolina lived to the ripe old age of 95, and outlived her husband by almost 40 years.
She is one of my maternal great-grandmothers
Maria Felice fondly remembered as Mamia, is my maternal grandmother.
Emmanuele Darmenia was a trader from Valletta, but it’s hard to say what he traded in. All the information I have is from official state records.