--- title: "Marriage in Malta in the late eighteenth century" description: "Marriage in Malta in the late eighteenth century (excerpts), Frans CIAPPARA" url: "https://en.geneanum.com/malta/documents/genealogy/marriage-in-malta-in-the-late-eighteenth-century" language: en source: "Digital Genealogy" --- # Marriage in Malta in the late eighteenth century Published on 18/02/2011 ## Frans CIAPPARA (excerpts) ![Marriage In Malta In The Late Eighteenth Century de Frans Ciappara](/assets/images/Malte/Document/MarriageInMalta.jpg "Marriage In Malta In The Late Eighteenth Century de Frans Ciappara")Frans CIAPPARA relied primarily on the Parish Registers (*Parish Registers*) and the Censuses (*Liber Status Animarum*) to write a thesis that explores the practices and customs in Malta regarding the three main religious events of life: Baptism, Marriage, and Burial. We present three appendices from his work, which may offer additional information for Genealogists: - **[Appendix A](#Annexe%20A "Appendix A: Clandestine Marriages (1750 – 1800) "): Clandestine Marriages (1750 – 1800)** - **[Appendix F](#Annexe%20F "Appendix F: Cases of Polygamy (1754 – 1785)"): Cases of Polygamy (1754 – 1785)** - **[Appendix G](#Annexe%20G "Appendix G: Maltese married to Muslim women, during their captivity (1754 – 1798)"): Maltese married to Muslim women, during their captivity (1754 – 1798)** | **Bride's SURNAME** | **Bride's First Name** | **Origin** | **Groom's SURNAME** | **Groom's First Name** | **Origin** | |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------| | **APAP** | Saveria | Valletta | **SANTUCCI** | Emmanuele | Valletta | | **ARNAUD** | D. Angelica | Senglea | **SORITA** | Rosario | Valletta | | **BIANCO** | Teresa | Cospicua | **SAGUNA** | Giuseppe | Cospicua | | **BORG** | Domenica | Birkirkara | **DI RAFFAELE** | Francesco | Vittoriosa | | **BUGEJA** | Maria Antonia | Valletta | **SENES** | Pietro Gio. | France, French officer | | **BUSUTTIL** | Eugenia, washerwoman | Valletta | **DI MARCO** | Salvo 20 years old hairdresser | Valletta | | **CALAMATTA** | Pulcra | Vittoriosa | **PERALTA** | Gia. Battista | Vittoriosa | | **CARCAS** | Liberata | Valletta | **MESTRE** | Stefano | Valletta | | **CARUANA** | Angela | Zeitun | **ZAMMIT** | Michele | Zeitun | | **CHETCUTI** | Anna | Senglea | **FALLANCA** | Francesco | Valletta | | **CHETCUTI** | Anna | Zabbar | **XICLUNA** | Aloisio | Zabbar | | **D ALFONSO** | Rosa Maria | Cospicua | **PARIS** | Giuseppe | Cospicua | | **D ANDREA** | Gusmana | Vittoriosa | **DI MICHELE** | Salvatore | Vittoriosa | | **DECELIS** | Maddalena | Valletta | **GAUCI** | Sr. Gio. Nicola | Valletta | | **FALZON** | Veronica | Zurrieq | **TONNA** | Maruzzo | Zurrieq | | **FELICE** | Margarita | Zeitun | **COUSIN** | Carola | Valletta | | **FENECH** | Liberata | Floriana | **FENECH** | Giuseppe | Floriana | | **LAIVIERA** | Eugenia | Vittoriosa | **LANZON** | Gregorio | Vittoriosa | | **MAGRO** | Gaetana | Senglea | **DEBONO** | Andrea | Senglea | | **MALLIA** | Vincenza | Vittoriosa | **XERRI** | Saverio | Cospicua | | **MANGION** | Angela | Zeitun | **AZZOPARDI** | Giuseppe | | | **MANNARINO** | Anna Maria 17 years old | Valletta | **MONASTERI** | Giacinto (maestro of the household of inquisitor Mgr SALVIATI) | | | **MICALLEF** | Liberata | Cospicua | **DE BRINCAT** | Giovanni | Qrendi | | **MIGIANI** | Maria Teresa | Valletta | **FLACCAVENTO** | Luigi | Modica | | **ORSIN** | Fortunata | Vittoriosa | **CARUANA** | Giuseppe | Vittoriosa | | **PULLICINO** | Grazia | Floriana | **Not given** | Not given | France, French soldier | | **PULLICINO** | Vincenza | Cospicua | **CHIRCOP** | Agostino | Cospicua | | **SCANNA PIE** | Claudina | Valletta | **SCEVALIER** | Pier Matteo | Valletta | | **SCICLUNA** | Anna | Valletta | **XERRI** | Pascale | Senglea | | **SPADARO** | Maddalena | Vittoriosa | **GRECH** | Giacomo | Senglea | | **TORPIANO** | Anna | Cospicua | **MIFSUD** | Giuseppe | Senglea | | **VELLA** | Grazia | Cospicua | **MANGANI** | Gregorio | Cospicua | | **VELLA** | Primittiva | Valletta | **CELESTRI** | Francesco | Sicily | | **VERGONA** | Anna Maria | Senglea | **DI FONTE** | Giuseppe | Senglea | | **XUEREB** | Modesta | Rabat de Gozo | **BAJADA** | Antonio | Rabat de Gozo | | **ZAMMIT** | Giovanni | Valletta | **AZZOPARDI** | Giovanni | Valletta | | **GATT** | Pulcra | Vittoriosa | **ZAMMIT** | Ferdinando | Valletta | Appendix A: Clandestine Marriages (1750 – 1800) | **SURNAME** | **Husband or wife** | **Origin** | **1st marriage** | | **Origin** | **2nd marriage** | | **Origin** | |---------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | **ABELLA** | Teresa | Casal Ghaxaq | **PACE** | Felice | | **VELLA** | Lazzaro | Mosta | | **BONAVIA** | Anna Maria | Vittoriosa | **DI RAFFAELE** | Ignazio | | **ZAMMIT** | Giacobo | | | **BRESCIANI** | Odoardo | Mantova | **BUANOVIA** | Teresa | Valletta | **not given** | not given | in the Papal States, married in 1775 | | **COLOMBO** | Vincenzo | Majorca | | | Argentiera | **MIZZI** | Maria | Cospicua | | **DAMATO** | Teresa | Valletta | **MARTIN** | Pierre | France | **AQUILINA** | Gio. Maria | | | **DE MEDICI** | Antonio (false name: Cusmano Ruffi) | Livorno | **FERRANI** | Elena | Cospicua | **not given** | not given | | | **FERRERA** | Gio. | Terranova in Sicily | **MIRABELLA** | Antonia | Floriana | **MARINUIC** | Caterina | Corfu | | **GIRIBALDI** | Gio. Batta. | Bordighera | **LOMBARDO** | Catarina | | **CASANOVA** | Rosa | | | **GUASCO** | Gio. Batta. | Bastia Corsica | **CICONI** | Francesco | | **PASSANESE** | Francesca | Senglea | | **LEOTTARDI** | Carlo Filippo | Cuneo | **BUONGIOVANNI** | Teresa | Porto Salvo | **DUPPIERE** | Teresa | (3rd wife) | | **MANCINI** | Carlo | Castrovilla in Calabria | **SANCEVERINO** | Lucrezia | | **FORMOSA** | Anna | daughter of Marco Antonio | | **MONTALTO** | Salvatore | Modica | **ASSENZA** | Pasca | Modica | **GALEA** | Regina | St Paul Valletta | | **not given** | Catarina | Valletta | **ZARB** | Lorenzo | | **not given** | Salvatore | | | **not given** | Eugenia | Cospicua | **MALLIA** | Carmelo | Cospicua | **DIMECH** | Gio. Dimech | | | **not given** | Rosa | Valletta | **XICLUNA** | Michele | | **GATT** | Marcello Gall | | | **not given** | Rosa | Xaglira Gozo | **PACE** | Giuseppe | | **SULTANA** | Andrea Sultana | | | **PACE** | Patistina | Senglea | **Not given** | Lorenzo | | | Christo | Greece | | **PLANES** | Antonio | Porto Maone | **Not given** | Not given | Barcellonetta | **GRECH** | Veneranda | Senglea | | **PUGLIOTTO** | Sebastiano | Venezia | **not given** | not given | Candia | **BELBIS** | Antonia Belbis | | | **QUARTUCCI** | Simone | Cardito in Calabria | **DI MARCO** | Anna | | **BATTAGLIA/ Passanese** | Francesca | | | **REBECCO** | Gio. Domenico aka (Gio Batta MERINERIO) | Laigueglia de Genova | **MOLINERI** | Maria Lucia | Alossio Italy | **BONNICI** | Anna Maria | Cospicua | | **SACCO** | Domenica | Rabat de Malte | **CASSAR** | Guiseppe | Senglea | **MUSCAT** | Baldassare | | | **VOTO** | Antonio | Venezia | **not given** | Argenta | Vittoriosa | **not given** | not given | Corfu | Appendix F: Cases of Polygamy (1754 – 1785) | **SURNAME** | **First Name** | **Origin** | **Residence** | **Status** | |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|------------| | **ABELA** | Giovanni | Zeitun | Costantinople | Married | | **BARBARA** | Biagio | Valletta | Tunis | Single | | **CAMILLERI** | Tomaso | Senglea | Costantina | Single | | **CARDONA** | Giuseppe | Cospicua | Salè | Single | | **CARUANA** | Angelo | casal Zabbar | Tunis | Single | | **CASSAR** | Gregorio | Cospicua | Tripoli | Married | | **CHETCUTI** | Bartolomeo | Quormi / Pinto | Tripoli | Married | | **CIPRIOTTO** | Michele | Vittoriosa | Tunis | Single | | **FARRUGIA** | Antonio | Balzan | Modrb | Married | | **FENECH** | Gio. Maria | Rabat de Malte | Tunis | Single | | **LOMBARDINI** | Giuseppe | Vittoriosa | Tunis | Single | | **NAVANZIN** | Saverio | Vittoriosa | Tunis | Single | | **VOTI** | Giuseppe | Vittoriosa | Tunis | Single | | **ZAMMIT** | Gio. Maria | Lija | Tripoli | Married | Appendix G: Maltese married to Muslim women, during their captivity (1754 – 1798) Tables published with the kind permission of Frans CIAPPARA. 1. [Maltese surnames, Joëlle Pawelczyk](/malta/documents/genealogy/maltese-surnames.html "Maltese surnames") 2. [Aspects of maltese surnames, Mario CASSAR](/malta/documents/genealogy/aspects-of-maltese-surnames.html "Aspects of maltese surnames") 3. [Weddings in Malta in the eighteenth century, Aurore Verié](/malta/documents/genealogy/weddings-in-malta-in-the-eighteenth-century.html "Weddings in Malta in the eighteenth century") 4. [Sultan Djem and his alleged Maltese descent, by Nicolas VELIN](/malta/documents/genealogy/le-sultan-djem-et-sa-pretendue-descendance-maltaise.html "Sultan Djem and his alleged Maltese descent") 5. [The legendary Eugène Matteo d'Armenia, by Loïck PORTELLI](/malta/documents/genealogy/le-legendaire-eugene-matteo-darmenia.html "The legendary Eugène Matteo d'Armenia") 6. [Jacques and Marguerite de Pellegrino, by Loïck PORTELLI](/malta/documents/genealogy/jacques-et-marguerite-de-pellegrino.html "Jacques and Marguerite de Pellegrino") 7. [Headquarters Gozo in 1551 and repopulation of the island (excerpts), Stanley Fiorini](/malta/documents/genealogy/headquarters-gozo-in-1551-and-repopulation-of-the-island.html "Headquarters Gozo in 1551 and repopulation of the island") 8. Marriage in Malta in the late eighteenth century (excerpts), Frans CIAPPARA 9. [The three CUMBO brothers, by Georges GANDER and Nicolas VELIN](/malta/documents/genealogy/three-cumbo-brothers.html "The three CUMBO brothers") 10. [Nicola SOLTANA, the founder, by Nicolas VELIN](/malta/documents/genealogy/nicola-soltana-the-founder.html "Nicola SOLTANA, the founder") 11. [Is Marshal Davout Maltese?, by Loïck Portelli](/malta/documents/genealogy/le-marechal-davout-est-il-maltais.html "Is Marshal Davout Maltese?") 12. [Who is Marguerite d'Aragon?, by Loïck PORTELLI](/malta/documents/genealogy/qui-est-marguerite-daragonv.html "Who is Marguerite d'Aragon?") 13. [The Maltese Roots of Gérald DARMANIN](/malta/documents/genealogy/les-racines-maltaires-de-gerald-darmanin.html "The Maltese Roots of Gérald DARMANIN")