Critien

The Family of Critien “
Reference: Charles A. Gauci. “An Illustrated Collection of the Coats of Arms of Maltese Families – Stemmi Maltesi” Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, Malta 1989.
 
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Ciprien Chretien of Toulon, France, (s/o Antoine and Madeline), married 1723 Valletta to Maria Portelli, with issue.
 
1. Michele Angelo Chretien, (1725 Valletta -).
2. Rosa Maria Elisabetta Chretien, (1727 Valletta -), married 1748 Valletta to Carlo Salnitro, with issue.
2.1. Ignazio Salnitro, married 1800 Mdina to Rosa Borg, with issue.
2.1.1. Notary Emanuele Salnitro, married 1825 Mdina to Rosaria Balzan, with issue.
2.1.1.1. Maria Rosa Salnitro, married 1853 Mdina to Conte Carmelo Theuma.
2.1.1.2. Vincenza Salnitro, married 1876 Mdina to Paolo Vassallo.
2.1.1.3. Veneranda Salnitro, married 1890 Mdina to Carmelo Taliana.
2.1.2. Francesco Salnitro, married (1) 1857 Valletta to Antonia Farrugia, married (2) 1865 Valletta to Felicita Zammit.
2.1.3. Candida Salnitro, married 1857 Mdina to Vincenzo Dimech.
2.1.4. Aloisio Salnitro, married 1846 Floriana to Maria de Aquilina, inconnus di Frank Abney Hastings, (1794-1828), son of Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet, with issue.
2.1.4.1. Rosaria Salnitro, married 1874 Valletta to Spiridione Spiteri of Corfu, (s/o Gio Battista and Annetta Farrugia), with issue.
2.1.4.1.1. Candida Spiteri, married 1915 Vittoriosa to Carlo Attard.
2.1.4.2. Maria Carmela Salnitro, married 1882 Mdina to Antonio Micallef.
2.1.5. Vincenzo Salnitro, married (1) 1841 Valletta to Paola Portelli, married (2) 1858 Valletta to Maria Elena Musabini.
2.1.6. Giovanni Salnitro, married 1855 Valletta to Maria Concetta Attard, with issue.
2.1.6.1. Rosa Salnitro, married 1885 Valletta to Amabile Fenech.
2.1.6.2. Maria Carmela Salnitro, married 1892 Valletta to Giuseppe Azzopardi.
2.1.7. Concetta Salnitro, married 1843 Mdina to Francesco Borg.
2.2. Saverio Salnitro, married 1793 Valletta to Caterina Vella.
3. Giuseppe Gaetano Vincenzo Chretien, (1730 Valletta -).
4. Ludovico Chretien, (1731 Valletta -).
5. Giacinto Paolo Chretien, (1734 Valletta -), married (1) 1756 Valletta to Caterina Galea, married (2) 1752 Valletta to Anna Maria di Domenico, with issue.
5.1. (First marriage) Liberata Cristiano, (1757 Valletta -), d.inf.
5.2. Carla Maria Rosa Cristiano, (1757 Valletta -).
5.3. Vincenzo Filippo Giacomo Aloisio Cristiano, (1758 Valletta -), married 1793 Valletta to Maria Zammit.
5.4. Nicola Cristiano, (1762 Valletta -).
5.5. Giuseppe Christiano, (1762 Valletta -), married 1784 Valletta to Ippolita Xerri, with issue.
5.5.1. Antonio Christiano, married 1814 Valletta to Modesta Anna Patignotti.
5.5.2. Mariano Lorenzo Cristiano, married 1824 Valletta to Benedetta Farrugia, with issue.
5.5.2.1. Rosario Christiano, (1830-1879 Kemchela, Algeria), married 1858 Constantine, Algeria to Philomene Pirotta, with issue.
5.5.2.1.1. Marius Christiano, (1858-1942), married 1883 Jemmepes, Algeria to Rose Gauci, with issue.
5.5.2.1.1.1. Henrietta Marie Christiano, (1895-), married 1924 Tunisia to Honorat Briffa.
5.5.2.1.2. Benedetta Marianna Christiano, (1863 Tebessa, Algeria -), married 1881 Tebessa, Algeria to Emmanuel Brincat, with issue.
5.5.2.1.2.1. Madeleine Marie Brincat, (1882-.
5.5.2.1.2.2. Marie Rose Brincat, (1883-1891), dunm.
5.5.2.1.2.3. Rosario Antoine Brincat, (1885-.
5.5.2.1.2.4. Albert Antoine Brincat, (1892 Tebessa, Algeria -1934 Tebessa, Algeria), married 1922 Tebessa, Algeria to Yvonne Marie Destefani.
5.5.2.1.2.5. Marie Marguerite Brincat, (1894-1904), dunm.
5.5.2.1.2.6. Jeeanne Marie Brincat, (1899 Tebessa, Algeria -1993 Champcueil, France), married 1926 Tebessa, Algeria to Jean Baptiste Sollacaro.
5.6. Antonia Giovanna Filippa Maddalena Cristiano, (1760 Valletta -).
5.7. Giacobo Gaetano Giovanni Battista Cristiano, (1761 Valletta -).
5.8. Maddalena Maria Francesca Cristiano, (1762 Valletta -).
5.9. Giovanna Maria Margarita Cristiano, (1763 Valletta -).
5.10. Antonina Maddalena Carla Evangelista Anna Cristiano, (1767 Valletta -).
5.11. Paolo Vincenzo Aloisio Filippo Cristiano, (1768 Valletta -), married 1804 Valletta to Simona Masich.
5.12. Matteo Filippo Federico Cristiano, (1771 Valletta -), married 1794 Valletta to Vincenza Busuttil..
6. Battista Eugenio Giacinto Alessandro Giovanni Chretien, (1736 Valletta -).
7. Giovanni Dioniso Gaetano Chretien, (1738 Valletta -), married 1757 Vittoriosa to Rosalea Agius.
 
8. Carlo Critien, married 1760 Valletta to Caterina Bonavia, married (2) 1777 Valletta to Maria Briffa, married (3) 1785 Valletta to Maria Anna de Farrugia, with issue.
 

8.1. (First marriage) Anna Critien, married 1792 Valletta to Aloisio Scarpello.

8.2. Ludovico Giuseppe Pietro Michele Carlo Chretien, (1761 Valletta -).

8.2. Enrico Chretien.

8.4. Maria Anna Teresa Margarita Tomasa Chretien, (1772 Valletta -), married 1765 to Stefano Medini, with issue.

8.4.1. Nicola Medini, (1790 – 1855 Senglea), married (1) 1810 Valletta to Margarita Regina Rosa Margherita Spiteri, married (2) to Thomasia N, with issue.

8.4.1.1. (First Marriage) Maria Carmela Vincenza Fiorenza Medini, (1811 Senglea – 1854 Senglea), married 1833 Valletta to Giuseppe Antonio Casingena, with issue.

8.4.1.1.1. Maria Bianca Pasca Casingena, (1833 -.

8.4.1.1.2. Anna Maria Carmela Casingena, (1834 -.

8.4.1.1.3. Giacobo Casingena, (1835 -1839), d.inf.

8.4.1.1.4. Pascale Natale Giovanni Casingena, (1836 -.

8.4.1.1.5. Natale Pascale Stefano Casingena, (1837 -1890), married 1865 to Caterina Filomena Pullicino, with issue.

8.4.1.1.5.1. Carmela Casingena, (1865 -, married to Giuseppe Vella.

8.4.1.1.5.1.1. (illegitimate with di Religious) Enrico de Casingena, married 1897 Cospicua to Lucia Galea.

8.4.1.1.5.2. Annetta Casingena, (d. 1948 Alexandria, Egypt), married to Giovanni Tanti.

8.4.1.1.5.3. Giuseppina Casingena, (1880 – 1918 Alexandria, Egypt), married 1896 to Fortunato Ruggier.

8.4.1.1.6. Pascale Alfonso Antonio Casingena, (1838 -1870). 

8.4.1.1.7. Rosa Maria Anna Casingena, (1839 – 1844), d.inf.

8.4.1.1.8. Carmela Maria Carolina Casingena, (1840 – 1842), d.inf.

8.4.1.1.9. Regina Carmela Francesca Casingena, (1842 -.

8.4.1.1.10. Carmela Sapienza Maria Casingena, (1842 -.

8.4.1.1.11. Emmanuele Carmelo Nicolo Casingena, (1845 -.

8.4.1.1.12. Margarita Matta Seraphina Casingena, (1847 – 1917).

8.4.1.2. Maria Caterina Rosa Medini, (1812 -1814), d.inf.

8.4.1.3. Stefano Pietro Natale Gaspare Medini, (1814 – 1829), dunm.

8.4.1.4. Maria Forenza Paola Medini, (1816 -, maried 1835 to Giovanni Battista Casingena, with issue.

8.4.1.4.1. Pasquale Amato Natale Casingena, (1836 -.

8.4.1.4.2. Emmanuele Casingena, (1837 -.

8.4.1.4.3. Pasquale Alfonso Antonio Casingena, (1838 -.

8.4.1.5. Natale Aloisio Emmanuele Medini, (1818 -.

8.4.1.6. Maria Regina Margarita Medini, (1823 – 1824), d.inf.

8.4.1.7. Giovanni Michele Gabriele Medini, (1824 -, married 1848 to Carmela Vella.

8.4.1.8. Giovanni Pietro Matteo Antonio Medini, (1827 -.

8.4.1.9. Stefano Giovanni Paolo Antonio Medini, (1829 – 1829), d.inf.

8.4.1.10. Anna Carmela Maria Medini, (1831 – 1832), d.inf.

8.4.1.11. Giuseppe Stefano Pascale Giovanni Medini, (1833 -.

8.4.2. Giuseppe Medini.

8.5. Grazia Antoninia Francesca Chretien, (1774 -.

8.6. Maria Benventua Chretien, (1777 -.

8.7. Aloisio Gaetano Giuseppe Vincenzo Fidelio Chretien, (1778 -. 

8.8. Remigio Critien, married 1811 Valletta to Rosalea Metropoli, with issue.

8.8.1. Enrico Critien, married 1845 Valletta to Giovanna Zarb, with issue.
 
8.8.1.1. Emidio Joseph Henry Critien, married (1) 1873 Valletta to Carmela Azzopardi, married (2) 1875 Valletta to Felicita Attard, with issue.
 
8.8.1.1.1. (First marriage) Enrichetta Critien, married 1900 Valletta to Alfredo Cost.
 
8.8.1.1.2. (Second marriage) Erminia Critien, married 1912 Valletta to Anthony Diacono.
 
8.8.1.1.3. Edwige Critien, married 1918 Valletta to Victor Grima.
 
8.8.1.2. Giovanni Critien, (1861-1940), married to Carmela Ellul, with issue.
 
8.8.1.2.1. Major Frank Edward Critien, ED, KM, K.StJ, (1912-2001), married 1943 to May Grech, with issue.
 
8.8.1.2.1.1. Fra John Edward Critien, (1949- 2022), KM, One time Chancellor of SMOM 2016-2017, Grand Prior of Rome, dunm.
 
8.8.1.2.1.2. Anton Critien, married to Geraldine Storace, with issue.
 
8.8.1.2.1.2.1. Peter Critien, married to Sarah N.
 
8.8.1.2.1.2.2. Ian Critien, married to Sarah N.
 
8.8.1.3. Hon Dr Attilio Critien, MD, MA, OBE, MP, (1872-1955), married 1908 to Ethel Mary Rae Jewitt, with issue.
 
8.8.1.3.1. Godfrey Rae Critien, married 1942 Sliema to Ann Micallef, with issue.
 
8.8.1.3.1.1. Michael Robert Rae Critien, married 1973 Sliema to Jill Mary Peacock.
 
8.8.1.3.2. Layla Veronica Critien, married 1952 Sliema to Lelio Kingsley McKee.
 
8.8.1.4. Goffredo Critien, married 1871 Valletta to Virginia Muscat.
 
8.8.1.5. Sinforosa Critien, married 1881 Floriana to Pietro Paolo Lanzon.
 
8.8.2. Giuseppe Critien, married 1844 Valletta to Emilia Dalmas, with issue.
 
8.8.2.1. Salvatore Critien, married 1879 Birkirkara to Matilda Caruana.
 
8.8.2.2. Francesca Critien, married 1868 Valletta to Domenico Meli.
 
8.8.3. Lucrezio Critien, married (1) 1851 Valletta to Maria Anna Caruana, married (2) 1869 Valletta to Rosina Caruana.
 
8.8.4. Carmela Critien, married 1839 Valletta to Giacomo de Gaetano.
 

8.9. Salvatore Critien, married 1811 Valletta to Alessandra Imbroll, with issue.

8.9.1. Emmanuele Critien, married 1838 Valletta to Margherita Grech, with issue.

8.9.1.1. Elizabetta Critien, married 1863 Valletta to Francesco Calleja.

8.9.1.3. Ludovico Critien, married 1811 Valletta to Graziulla Simiano, with issue.

8.9.1.3.1. Anna Critien, married 1865 Birkirkara to Giovanni Calleja.

8.9.1.3.2. Teresa Critien, married 1850 Valletta to Lorenzo Toglia.

8.9.1.3.3. Fortunata Critien, married 1852 Valletta to Vincenzo Gatt.

8.9.1.4. Vincenzo Critien, married 1811 Valletta to Grazia Strafrach.