New Trade Name
The first business operated under the trade name of ” Gauci Borda & Co. Junior” – being run by the youngest in the family!
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The Youngest
Andrew better known as Andre’ was born in 1902. He was one of the youngest among his siblings. Although stared working in the family business from an early age, he formally joined forces with his brother Emmanuel (b. 1900) and…
The Brains
George was the brains behind his father’s and later his brothers’ businesses. He kept in touch with the right people to gather information regarding ships coming into Grand Harbour. He had an office base in London, however he paid regular…
Growing Up
As the brothers grew and started getting married, they branched out to other outlets. When their father retired the stores in Valletta were taken over by John, the second eldest brother and 2 of his children Joseph and Paul. Frank,…
Location
Business was done from their stores at Ta’ Liesse Hill Valletta and stores at Ta’ Xbiex from where ships were supplied with coal.
Family
Carmelo Gauci and Maria Borda had 12 children, 3 girls and 9 boys. The eldest son was George (b 1888), he joined his father Carmelo in the business and gradually enrolled all his brothers in the business except for Henry…
Generations
The first generation of Gauci Borda’s worked for the Borda firms supplying the British and other navy warships around the time of the Great War – business in Malta always flourished in times of war!
Branching
After the war they then branched out on their own away from the Borda family and commenced business as ironmongers in 1918, introducing the Gauci Borda surname as their trade name.
John Baptist Borda
Maria was the daughter of John Baptist aka Patist Borda, from Kalkara, a wealthy business man who operated as a ship chandlers in the busy port of Valletta, an activity that can trace its origins to the mid eighteenth century.…
The Beginning
The Gauci Borda family came into being through the union in marriage of Carmelo Gauci and Maria Borda in the late nineteenth century (circa1886).