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Barbara Generations

Sosa Individual Date Place Source Generation: 1 1 Carmen Cachia Birth 05/22/1960 Generation: 2 2 John Barbara Birth 06/03/1915 Gudja, Malta Marriage 06/24/1956 Zejtun, Malta Death 01/09/1988 Zejtun, Malta 3 Catherine Caruana Birth 05/15/1924 Zejtun, Malta Marriage 06/24/1956 Zejtun, Malta Death 05/13/2005 Zejtun, Malta Generation: 3 4 Joseph Barbara Birth 01/05/1881 Gudja, Malta Marriage 08/09/1903 …

My grandpa – Joseph Barbara and football in Malta

This post I have found on Cospicua Heritage Society. History are just records but reading it I could imagine more this event. An organised Charity Match between the Navy and St. George’s players – I can imagine my Grandpa organising the event with the Admiral. He was the chief messenger of the Admiral so they …

Joseph Barbara – my grandfather and football

It is not exactly a memory but living close to where my grandpa used to live and as a child going almost every day to his beautiful old house in St Gregory Street in Zejtun, so many memories come to mind when I think of my grandpa but three significant sides of his past so …

Me and my hubby – 46 years knowing each other….

This morning a post on facebook drew my attention, from my dearest husband Noel, 46 years since he laid eyes on me. So it’s 46 years knowing my dearest companion of life, Noel. He is nowhere like me, the complete negative, me the extrovert open book and he, withdrawn with the least words possible and …

Mother’s Day – 2015

Mother’s Day – 2015, a day that will be bound to my heart as always. A yearly celebration to honour mothers, a normal gift given to me by my dear son Ian but nowadays a treasure that no value can be put to it. Ian’s last gift to me, Ian’s last Mother’s day with me. …