St. Kitts - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Plantation owners

DaMadSquirrel — 2013-05-20 10:27:00Z

You are a wonderful contribution to the community of genealogists who share resources. You give me hope.

THANK YOU!

First name 'Pagan'?

MichaelaLydon89 — 2013-05-03 19:12:23Z

Looking for my partners Great Grandmother Pagan Abbott. She had her daughter Rose in 1943 so assume she was born around 1920-ish? She was born in St Kitts and died there in about 1948. I thought she wouldn't be so difficult to trace with such an unusual first name... Does anyone know anything about the name 'Pagan' being used as a forename? or any other examples? Any help is appreciated.

Michaela

Re: France family in St. Kitts and Nevis

williamstessa17 — 2013-04-30 20:00:53Z

Hello, my Family also are France, and also from Mount Lily. My Grandmother name is Josephine France, but pass away a few years ago at the age 100.

Re: searching for family Allen, Norford

adr550 — 2013-04-19 01:06:23Z

My mother was also born in Cayon in 1919. She had 2 sisters and 2 brohers,Elizabeth, Mary, Jozef. I don't remember the name of the other brother

Re: John James French of St Kitts also connected to the surname Shorte and Kelly

SerenaFrench — 2013-04-03 09:38:09Z

Hi

Thank you for your message! That would be great if you could share any more information you have :-) my grandparents were dead before I was born and my father (John) died in 2000 but I have ways wanted to know more about my past. I went to St Kitts for the first time in 2006 and met some of my siblings and extended family which was very interesting! I am based in London and my email is rena-f@hotmail.co.uk

Re: John James French of St Kitts also connected to the surname Shorte and Kelly

dawight12 — 2013-04-02 23:53:57Z

Hello. I believe that I may be related to John James French. My Granfather, Edwin Shorte, was the older brother to Amelia. The family hails from the village of Dieppe Bay in St. Kitts. Working on a family tree for the Shorte side of our family. Happy to share info with you, as we move forward.

Re: John James French of St Kitts also connected to the surname Shorte and Kelly

dawight12 — 2013-04-02 23:53:54Z

Re: "Some Nevis Families" and "More Nevis Families" by E Byron

maynard456 — 2013-03-31 03:34:52Z

Hi Paul, Do you still follow this site. I would be happy if you couild do lookups on MAYNARD and PARIS. If you view my posts you will see who I am searching for.

All the bestn

And Thank you,

Jennifer

Romney family in St. Kitts

ttsiegel — 2013-03-25 17:18:13Z

My family's oral history indicates that my great-great-grandfather, who lived as an adult in Kingston, Jamaica, came from St. Kitts, or at least met his wife there somehow. His name was Ernest Nanton Romney, and he was born around 1855. I can't find any information on his birth or his family origins anywhere--not in Jamaica, and not in St. Kitts. Total mystery.

I know that there was a sugar plantation on St. Kitts owned by the 2nd Earl of Romney, but the earl's family surname was Marchand, not Romney. I'm hypothesizing that my great-great-grandfather's family worked on the plantation (either voluntarily or involuntarily) and took Romney as a last name because of that affiliation. If anyone has any information that might help, please let me know. Thank you!

Boon/Yearwood

clack_edith15 — 2013-03-24 20:07:22Z

I would like to hear more from you about Herbert Boon & Minnie Laura Yearwood. He was born June 7, 1892, died Oct. 17, 1981. They married April 14.1915 in St. Kitts. My email address is dodd307@coloradophotographics.com
Edith

Re: Seek info re Morris and Stevens, St,Kitts,WI

LesleyMorris516 — 2013-03-18 20:17:52Z

I have a Thomas Morris on my family tree. What is Thomas's parents name? Do you know his siblings name?

Re: Plantation owners

jennijenjenni — 2013-03-16 09:37:56Z

Thankyou for that, I just found how much Charles McMahon received for his 12 slaves, 1 being my great great grandfather. Gooood griiieeeffffff.

Re: Plantation owners

jennijenjenni — 2013-03-16 09:33:35Z

Hi
I don't know if there are any lists of plantation owners. But if you look on the slave registers you will see names of owners of slaves and their slaves. I've tried looking on various St Kitts websites, but can't find who owned what. My great great grandfather arrived in Australia in 1850s he was a former slave of St Kitts and trying to find any information since before he got to Australia is very difficult.

Re: Rawlins family

HapaDem — 2013-03-15 22:43:16Z

Dear Larry,

I actually am here in St. Maarten continuing research on my own family. Last year I was in the St. Kitts archives and the RAWLINS family is a prominent name in the listings.

I did digitize some of the archive pagest from my St. Kitts research and I do believe the RAWLINS family is among the frames. Here are the frames I brought back:
http://www.slideshare.net/BishopCDMiller/st-kitts-archives-1...

If you click my profile name and look back to my previous posts last year re: St Kitts archives I believe I put up information how to secure support from the archival department of vital records. The ladies there were very helpful.

I will be researching this week here again in the main archives and I will digitize anything I see of RAWLINS and write you again.

I am sure your surname is in the above link. Just take you time and go carefully through each frame. RAWLINS is among the names.

In the name was so prominent that I remembered asking the archivists who were helping me to tell me who they were...so I dont remember their details other than they were a prominent family in St. Kitts.

Enjoy the link:
http://www.slideshare.net/BishopCDMiller/st-kitts-archives-1...

Blessings,
RevCDMiller

Re: Plantation owners

MargoMcPhillips — 2013-03-14 15:16:10Z

Too, good new database of owners receiving compensation for slaves:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/

Re: re: Looking for family members

holveyc — 2013-02-28 12:28:21Z

Hi there. My nanna's name was Jeffers (Oretha), she had a sister Maise... they lived somewhere near Frigate Bay if that means anything. My nanna was born 1930. Would love to hear from you if you think there may be a connection.

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

mugler001 — 2013-02-26 16:16:33Z

Sorry for the delay you can view the family tree at;
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mugler00...

Also if you look on the family tree there with the help of the family in Toronto we do have your family listed on the tree as well. It has taken me some years but I now have a complete history of our side of the family as well as copies of ship manifests and some birth certificates.

Also I was talking to family in Toronto last night and I mentioned your email on here Cathy Manchester asked that you email her at cathydg6@hotmail.com, you can also email me at shannon@datatics.com

She was pleasantly surprised when I mentioned your message on this thread.

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

judy_mcgivern — 2013-02-26 00:29:54Z

How do I get your tree

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

judy_mcgivern — 2013-02-25 23:56:33Z

Thank you so much for your response. I would love to see the family tree. Most of my mothers family is gone and my children zre starting to have grandchildren and I would love to share their heritage with them

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

mugler001 — 2013-02-25 23:31:31Z

Hi Judy, I am one of the great-great grandchildren of James and Felicia Ross. James and Felicia had 4 children, James, Predeaux, Alma and Charlotte. Charlotte was my great-grandmother. I know Great uncle James has a grand-daughter in Toronto who I chat with quite often. I have posted the family tree up on this site. I also have collected documentation on my few visits to St. Kitts and the National Archives here in Washington DC. Between the historical documents, birth certificates and sharing notes with Hans in St. Kitts I have a very detail reference collection which I would be glad to share with you!

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

pdickins — 2013-02-23 23:14:57Z

I recall coming across James Henry Manchester and Felicia Ross when reviewing microfilm from Latter Day Saints database. However, I never could make a connection with Manchesters in my genealogy, although I am sure there is one going back far enough - perhaps a generation before John James Manchester. I have placed my Dickinson/Manchester/Mallalieu genealogy database on line: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dickinson.... Cut and paste this link, if necessary. There are Manchester cousins in the Toronto area, some of which I met many, many years ago as a child. Spoke with one of them on the phone probably about 9 years ago.

Phil Dickinson

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

judy_mcgivern — 2013-02-23 22:41:56Z

Hi I the grand daughter of James William Manchester who is the son of James Henry Manchester and Felicia Angelica Ross of St Kitts. Ive just started searching my history on my mothers side. James married Violet May Purcell on Nov 9th 1914 in Toronto Ontario. They had 12 children one of which was my mother Mabel Irene. He was born Oct 5 1887 in Sandy Point St Kitts. His father was a planter who lived in Vanbelle in the parish of St Thomas Middle Island. Past that I dont much. Can you fill in anything

Re: Portuguese in St. Kitts

no1outlaws — 2013-02-16 16:25:21Z

Cheryl:My Great Grandmother was Caroline De Fraites and was married to Henry James Laws. They ran the rum and bakery shop in Bassaterre which is now the Laws Bookstore. Is there any information you can pass on to me regarding the family history in St. Kitts

Re: Slack settled in Jamaica from St.Kitts

susan12940 — 2013-02-16 12:46:19Z

Hi there, looks like my family.

I have a John Woodley Gordon SLACK, b 1883 St Kitts, son of William Augustus SLACK and Julia Woodley BEARD; grandson of John William A SLACK and Sarah Mary POLLARD. Sarah Mary was a sister of my great great grandfather Samuel Davies POLLARD of Canterbury, Kent, England.

This makes Sarah Mary POLLARD your 3 x great grandmother. If you are interested I have a photograph of Sarah Mary's grave in St Kitts. I would be interested to share info. My email is sue.slater11@btinternet.com

Re: Slack settled in Jamaica from St.Kitts

wcc_third — 2013-02-15 23:38:53Z

My Great Grandmother Gladys Slack Arnold from St. Kitts had a brother named Woodley Slack who moved from St. Kitts to Jamaica and became a judge or court official in Jamaica. He died from infection in the 1920's after having all his teeth pulled

Re: Eddy

alannar77 — 2013-01-28 18:39:59Z

My grandfather was Charles Morgan who married Catherine Eddy.They were from St.Kitts.They met and married in New York.We might be related.

Re: Eddy

alannar77 — 2013-01-28 18:37:28Z

Hi My grandfather was Charles Morgan who married Catherine Eddy in 1906, we might be related.They were from St. Kitts.

Re: Eddy

alannar77 — 2013-01-28 16:12:56Z

My grandfather was Charles Morgan and he married Catherine Eddy. They were from St. Kitts.I think we're related.I did not see this message and that is why I am just answering now.You can e-mail me at Alannar 77@excite.com

Re: Eddy

Schafferangel — 2013-01-25 04:25:42Z

My name is angel hamptonie-Schaffer .. My great grandfather is Henry b hamptonie from either st croix or Georgia. His second wife was louise eddy from st kitts. Her brother was Robert Eddy and he married Loise's stepdaughter Gloria Hamptonie .. Perhaps Ethylene is Glorias middle name .. I can forward you copy of 1940 census with all Hamptonie family including Robert Eddy who was listed as brother n law.. I just spoke to your uncle Michael in California.. We r related

Re: Morgan and Buncombe

NKCELL132 — 2013-01-23 19:08:14Z

Ive heard of Florence Morgan, Lorndadell told me about her. Do you currently live in the United States?

Re: Morgan and Buncombe

vhaugnl — 2013-01-23 17:39:34Z

hi my great grandmother name was florence morgan. she was from half way tree stkitts then she married a fell. my grandmother, jane fell then she married a lewis which made her jane lewis .

Re: Family Search

e_theodora_gmg — 2013-01-08 18:56:30Z

Hi my name is Ebby.I'm from the Island of Curacao also in the Caribbean. My gr.grandmothers family name was Henville from St.Kitts. She went from St.Kits married to a my gr. grandfather who's family name was Douglas he was dark colored man and my gr.grandmother was white women and from the stories i know from her family that they were wealthy and they owned business's. I have a picture of her she was born in around the 1890's.But after she got married they went away to live in St.Domingo where my grandfather and his brother's were born.During the civil war in st.Domingo they escaped to the Island of Curacao. I'm gonna try to get her full name and date of birth.Cause my Grandfather's twin brother is still alive he just turned 90 last year. and he live in St.Martin. i hope somebody can help me with more info.

Thanks

Re: Seek info re Morris and Stevens, St,Kitts,WI

LesleyMorris516 — 2013-01-05 23:17:59Z

Please contact me re: morris, Thomas

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

pdickins — 2013-01-04 21:35:20Z

I am a first cousin twice removed of Louisa Wynter (Winter). Louisa's mother was a sister of Alice Malina Manchester, who was my great-grandmother married to Richard Samuel Dickinson. I have a Dickinson genealogy posted at rootsweb.com. It is a combined effort by me and Hans Mallalieu, who also is descended from Alice and Richard. I visited Hans and his family in St. Kitts in 2004, at which time I also met some of the St. Kitts Dickinsons. I live in North Carolina.

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

likoau — 2013-01-04 19:44:04Z

Great. One of my sisters and I live in NY where we grew up. Keep me in the loop.

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

mugler001 — 2013-01-04 19:42:15Z

We have had a couple of gatherings here in the States and on St. Kitts with the Manchesters, Challenger and Skeritt families. The family is big and diverse...lol

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

likoau — 2013-01-04 18:23:36Z

I somehow found myself on this thread- who knows how. I believe I am a distant cousin to some of you. My great-grandmother is Louisa (as she was known to my family) Wynter. My father also spoke of Thom and Katherine Manchester who were maybe cousins of my grandfather Edgar Oscar Challenger (through marriage??). I think someone (if not done already) should have a family gathering so we can all meet one another. I go to St. Kitts form time to time and got married there. Very cool.

Re: Herbert Boon & Minnie Laura Yearwood St. Kitts marriage 1915

gjgonzalez — 2012-12-22 13:35:49Z

Hello: Herbert and Minnie Boon did not have any children as far as I know. I was born in St. Kitts and left when I was 13. My mother was friendly with Minnie Boon (nee Yearwood). We all( ie our family) went to a "housewarming" lunch at Ottley's Estate which the Boons had bought in the 1940s.Herbert was a senior member of the local Govining Administration/Civil Service. He acted Administrator of the Island if the Administratior was away.I understood that he did alot towards "upgrading" Springfield Cemetery, among other things .

Re: Eddy

NKCELL132 — 2012-12-18 14:07:33Z

We are related by Enoch Morgan and Catherine Carey from St Kitts. Charles is their son. My great grandfather Nathan Adolphus Morgan is his brother.

pereira family

anthony62148 — 2012-12-15 00:27:31Z

am looking for the family of dudley pereira in st kitts

Re: Tota/Pennyfeather of St Peters Parish, St Kitts

rdrtota — 2012-12-09 05:35:15Z

I am Romainique Tota who lives in St.Peters Parish St.Kitts... I came here researching as well I would like to find research as well.

Re: Adams Family og St.Kitts and Nevis

rital88 — 2012-12-05 22:23:09Z

I am very interested in Ida Emily Adams....married Thomas Jefferson Avery, died 1960 in Pennsylvania. Please email me at jeter13@juno.com Ida was the sister of Efreida Ethelinda Adams I believe. Thanks. lj

Re: Berridge, Davis & Black Families

brettdavis36 — 2012-11-18 20:51:22Z

Hello, If you are still looking for information? try this site http://www.androcles.co.uk/cb/ let me know if this is any help we are possibly related?

Rodrigues on St. Kitts

kathrynizzo — 2012-11-12 19:48:01Z

I am researching my husband's Portuguese St. Kitts heritage and looking for more information on the Rodrigueses in St. Kitts in particular and the Portuguese there in general. Any lost cousins or knowledgeable historians want to give me any help? I would be so grateful.

Re: Looking for Moore family

max_maynard10 — 2012-11-09 03:04:25Z

apparently my grandmothers dad name is Henry Moore. his grandmother was said to be Portuguese. That's all the information I know. If you acquire any information could you respond to me with it . Please and Thank you.

Tatem, Olpherts, Douglas & Abenego from St. Kitts/Bermuda

californiak — 2012-10-31 16:10:31Z

Looking for connections to my Bermuda & St Kitts ancestry.

Tatem - Thomas (came to Bermuda from St. Kitts)
Albert Vivian - born in Bermuda

Olpherts - Lucinda (married to Ablert Vivian)

Douglas - Zachariah & his son Charles,
Charles children - Charles Agustus, Elvira, Theophilus, Jospeh, John, George & Ethel

Abenego - Jane (was married to Charles Douglas Sr.)

told that all family branches were originally from St. Kitts and moved to Bermuda, but read census records that state that some Bermudians were sent to Salt Key Island in the Turks & Caicos to mine salt for slave owners. Found quite a few Tatems in that catagory.

Looking for any information or clues. Thank You!!

Re: Charles family St.Kitts

kittysurfer — 2012-10-30 05:09:09Z

Would love to get some more information. I might be your cousin. My father was his cousin. I'd love to see your family tree. Do you have info about our grandfather from Madeira?

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

mugler001 — 2012-10-19 19:53:25Z

I don't have an Alice Mard on my tree. Can you give me a little more info?

Re: "Some Nevis Families" and "More Nevis Families" by E Byron

veebenjamin — 2012-10-04 12:45:11Z

Hi...I've been looking for either of these books and haven't had any luck. Could you give me some direction. I am related to Cacklin, Morgan, Maynard, Huggins, Tyson, Liburd, Archibald, Benjamin, Hart (haven't seen or been able to get any info on that name). I would appreciate any information you can provide on the book.

Thank you.

Re: Dickinson/Manchester family

pdickins — 2012-09-29 22:31:23Z

My Manchesters, including Alan Manchester of Canada, trace their roots back to early 19th century St. Kitts in the Caribbean. I do not have any information on these Manchesters to those in England.