

The Noble Family of Merlo
This family is listed as a noble family in “Descrittione di Malta” (1647).
Updated 13-06-2010.
“Filippo Merlo’ si legge essere stato Secreto in Malta l’anno 1410” (From Abela’s “Della Descrittione di Malta del Commendatore Abela” (1647))
THE GENEALOGY OF THE MERLO FAMILY:
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1. Mario Merlo, Secretary to the King of Sicily 1420, married with issue.
1.1. Perna Merlo, married to Milite Angelo Serrano, with issue
1.2. Isabella Merlo, married to Giovanni Sillato.
1.3. (Direct descendant Giuseppe Merlo was created in 1785 Marchese di San Elizabetta in Sicily).
SOURCES:-
FOR MALTESE TITLES OF NOBILITY PLEASE SEE:-
http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/introduction-nobility.htmlhttp://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/oldfamilies1647.htm http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility.htm http://www.maltagenealogy.com/Britishnobility/Essays/comparisonenglandmalta.htm
FOR MALTESE FIEFS PLEASE SEE:-
http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/renderingsimplefiefs.htm http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/1969legislation.html
FOR FOREIGN TITLES IN MALTA PLEASE SEE:-
http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/Melita/DebunkingaMaltesemyth.htm
http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/Melita/reassessingpatrician.htm
FOR PRECEDENCE IN MALTA AMONGST HOLDERS OF FIEFS, LOCAL TITLES AND OF FOREIGN TITLES, PLEASE SEE:-
http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/precedence.htm
FOR MALTESE HERALDRY PLEASE SEE:-
http://www.maltagenealogy.com/COA/defaultCOA.htm http://www.maltagenealogy.com/MSO/doublebarrellsurname.htm