Forum: West Indies Genealogy

My 3 x great grandfather, Robert Carroll sailed to Melbourne Australia aboard the Glentanner and arrived on 27 September 1853. On his Wedding Certificate, it states his father's name as John Carroll and his mother as Catherine Brown. Does anyone have Robert in their Family Tree, and if so, can...

Hi forum, im looking for information on Robert William Porter born in in Santa Cruz circa 1860's. apparently he ran a sugar bag factory. any assistance is appreciated.

My ancestor Samuel Doyle was born in St Vincent, West Indies according to the 1841 Census. Possibly about 1783. He was in the Royal Navy from late 1700 to possibly 1810/15. I have tried without success to trace his birth. Perhaps someone can help.

I am researching my Gt Gt Grandfather Peter LeBlanc who was a hairdresser, born in1791 in Guadeloupe. He married Hannah Searle in London, England. I'd love to hear from anyone who has Peter LeBlanc in their Family Tree. I'd also love to know his route to the UK.

Hello everyone. Apologies if I am posting in wrong area here. I'm new here. Glad to be here! And I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my brick wall. Trying to find info on great grandparents: British West Indies, Trinidad (and Scotland, France?) I have been searching for the...

Hello Í'm new to this group but am hoping it might provide some information about my great great grandfather, Frederick Palmer Most of the information I have is family folklore, which needs to be treated with some scepticism. Family folklore has it that he was a physician/surgeon and that he...

I am researching my wife's ancestor. He considered himself Scottish was in the police force in station F Barbados in the late 1890's and married a local girl, Elisabeth Ann Coward. He then moved to Trinidad around 1901 and managed a plantation in Arima. Trinidad is very hard to research as no...

Paul was my wife's great grandfather and we know he served in a Trinidad regiment in WW1 and was sent to Egypt. I know that Caribbean regiments were discouraged from fighting as at that time racial discrimination was high and the "big men" running the war didn't want white soldiers to see...

Folks, On William's 1859 marriage certificate in Victoria,Australia he is recorded as a 32 year old mariner,born Domar???,West Indies,son of William Possel White and Sarah? White.The section of the certificate showing parent's trade has been damaged and is unreadable. William is a distant...

Hello. Can any one help me please. my daghter in laws father was born in St Vincent and the Grenadines. his srname is Murphy he is a white carrabbean . i have looked for the name Murphy in St Vincents and have found a Jerremiah Murphy marring Daisy Greaves in 1917. she was born in 1897. they had a...

obviously I am new to this, sorry I forgot to put some dates in my previous posts William Philpott born 4 February 1855 Grenada West Indies Thomas Philpott born 1811 Somersetshire? Mother was Elizabeth Lovell, father also Thomas Philpott Thomas died in Australia 3 November 1895

Highly confused! Trying to find info on this awesome guy: Surville Jean de Baptiste De Lanois - born in West Indies (I believe the Island of Martinique) about 1836. From a later census in the US, it looks like both his parents were also born in the West Indies. It seems he may have come to...

Hello, I am trying to help a dear friend from Jamaica find her birth mother, sadly, we know very little. My friend was given away, and looked after by maybe a family relative, although even that info is unclear! The only info we think we have at the moment is that the lady in question is...

My GrandDad Joseph Alexander Miller born 31 August 1854 was a "Ship's Cook" who arrived in Australia circa 1879. His Dad (Joseph Miller) was a Mariner and married a Margaret Turner in St Ann Bay Jamaica circa 1850. Can't find any reference to either Joseph or son J. A. Miller in arrivals by...

Edward was born in the parish of St Andrew in December 1919 to Fanny (or Jenny?) WILLIAMS, the illegitimate child of William SCOTT. Details of the Maintenance Order are in William Henry SCOTT's WW1 Service Records. (He enlisted at Montego Bay in 1911 & served until 1921.) Also in the records...

Seeking information of my Gt Grandparents, Richard John Stoute, and Sarah Augusta Haynes. He was a policeman in Guyana (British Guiana), when they married in Suddie Essequibo, 2.6.1887. He was born in 1849, she was born in 1860, but I cant seem to find anything that indicates they were born in...

I have this lady in Jamaica and I am trying to determine her burial/death date and location. Alas, most of the online trees (on A***) that include reference to her seem to have slavishly copied from one another, suggesting that she died in Verê, Parana, Brazil and giving no date (and no source...

Hello. I wonder if any one can help me please. My sons partner is starting to trace her family tree. her father was born in St Vincente . as was his father. she nows that Jeremiah was married to Dezzie Mozzard in 1917. and that he was born in the Carribean in 1894. but she doesn't know where abouts...

Hello I have this week discovered that my 3 x great grandfather Edward T Roberts was born in 1809 in St Thomas in the West Indies. This is the first time I have come across a birth that wasn't in the UK, is there anywhere I could find more details of his birth and maybe who his parents were ?...

My friend's ancestor, Robert William Amos Porter, died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1942. On both his death certificate and his marriage certificate (he was married in Brisbane in 1897), his birth is noted as having been in Santa Cruz, West Indies. His birth would have been about 1869. His...