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A brief biography of Sir Philip
Sir Philip Pullicino was born in Valletta on 21 November 1885. He was educated at St. Ignatius College in Sliema, and at the University of Malta, where he obtained the degree of B.Litt. and graduated as Doctor of Laws in 1907, obtaining first place in his course and being granted a travelling scholarship. Philip’s signature,…
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Tracing the early family tree
This article is based in John Pullicino’s history of the early family as given in his geneaology on the old Pullicino website. I have completemented it with church and notarial records that have been digitised since then. The Beginnings: The 15th and 16th Centuries The earliest ancestor that was recorded by my family is Francesco…
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Some historical context for the diaries
Paul Pullicino (ta’ Tony), a transcriber of the diaries, gives excellent context in his preamble to these primary source texts. This post adds to that from a broader historical perspective. I first encountered the family tree in a format similar to the one below, which my father was working on when I was around 10…
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Preamble by Paul Pullicino
Preamble by Paul Pullicino (ta’ Tony): When I was still studying law in Malta, my uncle, Dr. John Pullicino, son of Sir Philip, lent me two small diaries which he had in his possession, which I copied before returning to him. It is clear that the compiler of the first diary was Dott. Antonio Pullicino,…
