Hello,
In Birgu baptisms between 1832 and 1837, there is only two baptims with Guglielmo/Willams
- 1837-03-25 : Guglielmo GALLAGHER son of Verner and Maria
- 1835-01-21 : SPITERI Willielmus Joseph Franciscus son of Josepho and Maria Anna VELLA
The first one concerns clearly a foreigner, son of a foreigner.
The second one is more interesting in your case. The child have "Willelmus" as firstname. If he was maltese, the priest would have used Guglielmo
The parents marriage seems to match with this one :
Date: 1826-01-29 | Husband name: SPITERI | Husband first name: Giuseppe | Husband father first name: Pietro | Husband mother name: GAUCI | Husband mother first name: Rosa | Wife name: VELLA | Wife first name: Maria Anna | Wife father first name: Giuseppe | dead: dcd | Wife mother name: PACE | Wife mother first name: Vittoria | Parish: Porto Salvo | Source: Registre de l'église | Update: 2024-03 | Film: Mat. 14 | Photos: 193
So Willams could be an abandonned child, raised by a maltese family.
Do you know all the name of the children of of Georges Willams ? Some Joseph or Mary in it ?
I think you have to ask the Birgu parish to obtain the certificate of this baptism. Maybe there is more information on it.
N.
In Birgu baptisms between 1832 and 1837, there is only two baptims with Guglielmo/Willams
- 1837-03-25 : Guglielmo GALLAGHER son of Verner and Maria
- 1835-01-21 : SPITERI Willielmus Joseph Franciscus son of Josepho and Maria Anna VELLA
The first one concerns clearly a foreigner, son of a foreigner.
The second one is more interesting in your case. The child have "Willelmus" as firstname. If he was maltese, the priest would have used Guglielmo
The parents marriage seems to match with this one :
Date: 1826-01-29 | Husband name: SPITERI | Husband first name: Giuseppe | Husband father first name: Pietro | Husband mother name: GAUCI | Husband mother first name: Rosa | Wife name: VELLA | Wife first name: Maria Anna | Wife father first name: Giuseppe | dead: dcd | Wife mother name: PACE | Wife mother first name: Vittoria | Parish: Porto Salvo | Source: Registre de l'église | Update: 2024-03 | Film: Mat. 14 | Photos: 193
So Willams could be an abandonned child, raised by a maltese family.
Do you know all the name of the children of of Georges Willams ? Some Joseph or Mary in it ?
I think you have to ask the Birgu parish to obtain the certificate of this baptism. Maybe there is more information on it.
N.