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Title: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: seasider53 on Wednesday 27 May 20 14:31 BST (UK)
I am researching my Grt Grt Grandfather, Daniel KENNEDY who married a Theresa TERRY on 01/09/1868 at the Garrison, Valetta

I have viewed other information that suggests her maiden name could be SCERRI or XERRI.  Would the register show the Anglicised version of the Maltese name?
Title: Re: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 27 May 20 14:53 BST (UK)
The GRO index has it as Terry so I would imagine that is how it is in the register.  The certificate would be the only way to solve this.

Where did the information that it could be Scerri/Xerri come from.
Title: Re: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: seasider53 on Wednesday 27 May 20 14:56 BST (UK)
Hi Rosie. I have the Marriage Cert, it shows her as Theresa TERRY, Father Thomas TERRY.

I found the other variants on Family search, all ties in with other names and dates.  I have messaged the person who has put the info on but he has not yet got back to me.

Title: Re: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: majm on Wednesday 27 May 20 14:59 BST (UK)
Here in New South Wales, the surname XERRI is pronounced as though it is Sherry, so I wonder how it would morph to TERRY....

JM
Title: Re: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: garstonite on Thursday 28 May 20 05:45 BST (UK)
This is NOT your Theresa - but just to let you know that the name was on the island

https://gw.geneanet.org/ccassar88?n=xerri&oc=&p=theresa

looks like they were on the next Island as well - Gozo
https://gw.geneanet.org/ccassar88?lang=en&pz=charmaine+natalie&nz=cassar&p=giuseppe+michele+angelo&n=xerri
Title: Re: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: Muriel MSIDA on Sunday 17 October 21 17:01 BST (UK)
Could you give us a little bit more info, please ?
I have a Thomas John / John Thomas TERRY in my files who has been married 3 times !
Title: Re: MALTA: Surname Terry - is this the anglicised form of SCERRI/XERRI?
Post by: Muriel MSIDA on Sunday 21 November 21 02:10 GMT (UK)
There were some TERRY in Malta who came from England.
I have a Lt Col Robert TERRY, Town Adjutant of Malta who married twice (2nd time around 1830) and all his children were born in Malta between 1832 and 1842.
But no Thomas/John in that family, as far as I know...