CALLEJA-GERA FAMILY

The surname originates from two families descended from two of the Langues (Languages) of the Knights of Malta,
established in Malta in 1530. The Knights were drawn exclusively from noble families and the Order
acquired vast wealth from those it recruited There were 8 Langues from 8 different European countries.
These were one each in Aragon, Auvergne, Castile, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Provence.
Buildings, their headquarters, still exist in Valletta, such as Auberge de Castile, Auberge de Provence etc.

The 8-pointed Maltese Cross explained.

How to draw one

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 Violet 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	The finished painting.	Painting of my dad, done in 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

Steel Forging in Sliema Scout Headquarters	Shooting at Wadi el Kuf, Libya