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My grandfather Sebastião da
Silva Maltez, son of José
da Silva Maltez & Maria da Guia Benta, was born in Golegã, as well as his
five brothers and four sisters. He was a fisherman and later on became a farmer. He
married Maria da Conceição Gouveia, daughter of João Rebelo Gouveia and Maria dos
Anjos.
My grandparents had six children of
which the second one, Joaquim da Silva Maltez was my own father. Sebastião da Silva
Maltez died in Amadora a town nearby Lisbon. My grandmother had died some
years earlier in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.
His grandfather Joaquim da Silva Maltez, is by
the way the first ancestor with the Maltez surname that we know of. We know that he lived
in Golegã and that his children were born there, but we don't know for sure neither if Golegã was his
birthplace nor if he was born somewhere else. He ought have been born around 1790, making
him the patronym figure of the Maltez surname of our branch of the family.
Golegã
is a quiet, small town situated in the beautiful province of Ribatejo in Portugal, and
belonging to the district of Santarém, with vast, great, fertile green plains, also known
as 'lezírias' stretching into the horizont. Often flooded by the river Tagus, Golegã is
also very proud of its tradition of horse
breeding, gathering crowds of horse-lovers in
its colourful annual horse fair in November, reaching its higher eagerness at S.
Martinho's day, the 11th. Golegã also contributes with its historical sites to the
incredible richness of the legacy of the moors and other ethnic groups, throughout the
country.
Any clue about my second
great-grandfather Joaquim da Silva Maltez, could be conducive to a breakthrough in this
research. Some projects are underway which will be of interest to
anyone concerned with this field, so check this site from time to time to see the new developments.
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