Florentina’s life spanned the end of the 19th century and most of the 20th. Her official documents show the slow change in Maltese life from Italian to British influence.
She is my one of my maternal great-grandmothers.
Tag: Valletta
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.
Giovanni is a curious individual who used a double-barrelled surname on occasion. His court case is a seminal work, still quoted in Maltese courts and Parliament more than 100 years later.
Giuseppe is something of a curiosity because almost all official documents about him contradict each other.
He is one of my maternal great-grandfathers.
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.
Emmanuele is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
It’s taking time to uncover original sources for Paolo Darmenia’s life. There’s a lot that we can infer from other sources though.
He is one of my maternal great-great-great-grandfathers.
Little is known about Giuseppe d’Armenia except that he was a judge, and married 4 times.
He is my 7 x great-grandfather.
Paolo Darmenia worked with the British Forces at their arsenal in Malta. Valletta-born, he lived in St Julians and Sliema.
Anthony Darmenia, known and remembered as Nannu Twanny, was a Maltese pharmacist.