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  • 18th and 19th centuries: doctors, priests and lawyers

    Dr Gabriele Luca Arcangelo’s son, Gabriele Luca Pullicino, a Doctor of Medicine, married Catarina Mangion on 23rd November 1761. He was a respected physician, having graduated from the University of Naples and practiced extensively in Zebbug. They had eight children, with two dying young. Only one married it seems. Their first child was born in…

  • 19th and 20th centuries: the judges

    Filippo: the first judge (1824-1887) Judge Filippo Pullicino, whose visage was immortalized in an oil painting by the renowned Lazzaro Pisani in 1882 (presently in the possession of Robert Pullicino), was a prominent figure in Maltese history. Filippo was born in 1824. He was baptised the same day at St Dominic church in ‘Porto Salvo’…

  • Church records

    Maltese church records are being digitised from microfiche made in the 1980s. These are interesting primary sources to confirm dates and names. Below are some extracts from important family events. Notary Arcangelo Pullicino, married Giuliuzza Calleja at Zebbug on 26th November 1715. Both Arcangelo’s parents are deceased, and Guila’s father is a physician (Gabriele Calleja),…

  • Sir Philip’s eleven children

    Sir Philip and Lady Maude had eleven children. They had their children while living at 136 Tower Road, Sliema, three doors down from Maude’s parents at number 133. Many of their friends also lived in Sliema. All of the children laughed, learned and played together, and it was an absolutely wonderful way to spend the…

  • Sir Philip and Lady Maude

    Biography 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…