Valletta-born and bred, Teresa lived within the same 0.61 square kilometres for her whole life.

She is one of my maternal great-great-great-grandmothers.

She was born on Saturday 4 August 1810¹ in Valletta, Malta¹. She was the daughter of Emmanuele Imbroll and Maria Formosa¹.

She was baptised the day after in the parish of St Paul’s Shipwreck¹ which is where her parents lived¹. They baptised her as Anna Felicità Michaela Cajtaena Theresia Imbroll¹.

State records contradict the church and list Teresa’s mother as Formosa, not Farrugia². Church records almost always refer to her as “Theresa”, not “Teresa” too.

Family

On Sunday 15 May 1836, she married Paolo Darmenia in the Basilica of Our Lady of Safe Haven in Valletta³. Don Vincenzo Azzopardi officiated the wedding³.

At the time the church was still a new Basilica, having achieved that status in 1816.

I know they had at least three sons and one daughter⁴:

• Emmanuele⁵, named after his maternal grandfather.
• Vincenzo Carmelo Michele Pasquale Giovanni Saverio Lorenzo.
• Lorenzo Carmelo Innocenzo Giovanni Antonio Michele.
• Carmela Concetta Michela Innocenza Vincenza Emanuela Antonia.

Notable events

She always lived in Valletta. Her last known address was 210 Merchants Street, Valletta².

Death

She died at 09:35² on Tuesday 15 February 1881². She died of pneumonia at home in Valletta, Malta², 8 days after her husband passed away. Her family buried her at the Maria Addolorata cemetery, Paola, Malta².

References

1. Baptism record for Theresa Imbroll. (1810). Liber Baptizatorum 1809 – 1812, [online] XV, pp.109, 110. Available at: https://www.maltaparisharchives.org [Accessed 25 Jan. 2025][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
2. Act of death of Teresa Imbroll. (1881). Malta Government Public Registry. [online] Available at: www.certifikati.gov.mt [Accessed 16 Sep. 2024][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
3. Marriage certificate for Paolo Darmenia and Theresa Imbroll. (1836). Marriage register for Porto Salvo and St Dominic Parish Church, 1831-1836(104) [↩][↩]
4. Maltese Baptisms. (n.d.). Available at: https://en.geneanum.com/malta/databases/baptisms.html# [Accessed 17 Jul. 2024] [↩]
5. Act of Birth of Paolo Darmenia; 1885-11-12[↩]