The census of 1872 in Algeria

Source: Marc DONATO, The emigration of the Maltese to Algeria in the 19th century

French Algeria comprised the 3 departments of Oran, Alger and Constantine

It was in eastern Algeria, that is in the Constantinois, that the Maltese primarily settled. Bône was known as the "Capital of the Maltese."

"Intermarriages" between the different communities were a factor of integration. The shared heritage, similar customs, and a single religion facilitated this blending in which the Maltese were an essential component.

Approximately 1 in 2 Maltese married a foreign person.

In 1904, out of 96 marriages of naturalized Maltese, 47 took place with young women of the same blood and therefore 49 with foreigners (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.)

Assimilation through intermarriage was significant, all the more so as the French language served as the common vehicle for both spouses and their children.

Excerpts selected by Georges GANDER

The books of Marc Donato

1. Economic life in Malta in the 18th century, Aurore Verié
2. Foreigners in Malta (late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), Anne Brogini
3. The Maltese language, a linguistic crossroads, Martine VANHOVE
4. The Jews in Malta, Aurore Verié
5. The French in Algeria from 1830 to today (excerpts), Jeannine VERDES-LEROUX
6. The emigration of Maltese in Algeria in the nineteenth century, Marc DONATO
7. Malta in "A Winter in Egypt" (excerpts), Eugène Poitou
8. The Maltese in Tunisia before the Protectorate (excerpts), Andrea L. SMITH
9. The population of Malta in the seventeenth century, a reflection of modernity (excerpts), Anne Brogini
10. The fear of the French Revolution in Malta, Frans CIAPPARA
11. The Siege of Malta by Napoleon Bonaparte (excerpts)
12. Malte, frontière de chrétienté (1530-1670), by Anne BROGINI
13. L'esclavage au quotidien à Malte au xvie siècle, by Anne BROGINI
14. Noblesse maltaise et généalogie, by Loïck PORTELLI
15. Some Disreputable Maltese, by Loïck PORTELLI