CALLEJA-GERA FAMILY

The surname originates from two families descended from two of the Langues (Languages) of the Knights of Malta,
established in Malta hundreds of years ago. There were 8 Langues from 8 different European countries.

The 8-pointed Maltese Cross explained.

The official language is Maltese

There is a Motto inscribed on the Calleja coat of arms REGIA ME ORNAT AVIS which a family member now living in Canada, Joanna, researched.
She speaks of the side of her family and George Calleja-Gera, who is one of many brothers and sisters of my late father Paul married to Voilet Lanzon.
Paul & Violet had 5 children - Ena, Laura, Juliette, Margaret and myself Paul.

Photos taken by Stef Trower of the Band of Brothers
David ~ Peter ~ Joe - December 2006

Some Family Photographs and my journey through to the 21st Century


Mum - Voilet nee Lanzon	Dad - Paul Calleja-Gera Snr	Wedding Day	Myself - 6Mar36 & Various stages of growing up - Sliema & St Julian's, Malta

Summer at St Julian's	With my sister Margaret at Chadwick Lakes, Malta	THREE GENERATIONS At 58, now 84 Main Street, St Julian's, Malta (Seated by my dad is Edith Storace, a friend - sadly deceased)		Climbing at Ix-Xaqqa, Siggiewi	Sub-aqua diving in Libya

Canoeing in Tobruk	Boating at Comino	Fishing in Tobruk	Oil Painting in Tobruk Self-Portrait	Steel Forging in Sliema Scout Headquarters	Shooting at Wadi el Kuf, Libya

Splicing wire rigging at Viani Street workshop, Sliema	Upholstering at my Viani Street workshop, Sliema	Sewing Sails in Viani Street	Making Bow Fenders at Sliema Scout HQ	Splicing Yacht Lifting tackle at Viani Street	Splicing a gunwale rubber at Ripard's Warehouse