The First Maltese Inhabitants in Pachino ... and a Number of Lies
Ta¥SUNDAYTIME~OF~TA I'A Via Garibaldi, Pachino, with 18th-19th century dwellings still visible. The coat of Arms of Gaetano Starrabba, Prince of Giardinelli and founder of Pachino. The first Maltese inhabitants in Pachino... and a number of lies that of the 45 families present there, Spaccaforno, Francesco Maria 36 declared themselves to be Maltese, Statella, and of the noblemen of Noto. four Greek and five Sicilian. Could it be possible that the Sicil The surnames of the 36 families ians who had taken up residence in ARNOLD that declared themselves as Maltese Pachino declared themselves as Mal CASSO LA were Dingli, Scerri, Spina, Grima and tese to parish priest Runza so as not Vella, written in the form still in use to be expelled? today. Then, one finds Zerbo, Man Or could it have been that gione, GrecojGrec, Falla, Zoppardi, the parish priest himself who Sicoperassi, Mommo, Mutigeggi, recorded them as 'Maltese' so as to The Sicilian town of Pachino was Borgh, Leon and Fella which, presum spare the concerned families an even e manuscript containing the first Pachino census, dated July 6, 1761. founded in 1760 by Gaetano and Vin ably, are variants of the current forms tual expulsion? What happened five . cenzo Starrabba, the 'Principi di Gia Zarb, Mangion, Grech, Failla, years later, in 1768, during an official rdinelli', on what was originally Azzopardi, Sciberras, Mamo, inspection ordered by the King, gives And, in total, 25 individuals qualified his daughter Vera (n. 201) and son, malaria-infested marshland. The con Buttigieg, Borg, Leone and Vella.
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