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
Valletta
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.
Giovanni Borg
Giovanni Borg is a common Maltese name which makes researching this ancestor hard. In electoral registers, there are 20-odd such names listed and there’s no way of telling if he’s one of them, or which one he is. He was one of my paternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
Domenico Magri
Domenico married at an astonishingly young age, which makes me wonder what happened. A shotgun wedding is the most likely answer, but who knows what the truth really was? He was one of my paternal 3 x great-grandfathers.
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.
Maria Camilleri
Maria and Camilleri are common names in Malta. She married a Borg, which is the most common surname in Malta. All this makes researching her history challenging. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.
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.
Rosaria Sant
I know Rosaria existed because of the record of her marriage; I haven’t found her birth and death records, as yet. She is one of my paternal 3 x great-grandmothers.