...years of age in 1857 and died in 1928. He is buried at the Anglican cemetery in Old Town (I think in Tortola). Any information will be sincerely appreciated.ZYXZYX
...aunt, Tan Pun, and we had a ball. I believe a Wheatley is the president of the local B.V.I. college in Tortola, where I am from.There is too much to write. Please acknowledge. GodfreyAnguillaZYXZYX
...its been very helpful. Natasha Rabsatt wrote and said that her father's family is from the Longlook, TortolaBVI area. I've been hearing that about the Rabsatt's for a long time and I believe they are still th...
...marine from either Trinidad or Tobago.
I understood that the Rabsatt's in St. Thomas came from Longlook, TortolaBVI. In a history book I have about Tortola many of the residents sailed to other islands for work and ...
My uncle is Halva Rabsatt. He is a taxi driver here on St. Thomas. His father was Ernest Rabsatt of Tortola and his mother was Casilda George of Tortola. Halva also has a sister by the name of Ethel Rabsatt, sam...
..."oil island"! No-one knows for sure.
A knowlegeable person on the language meanings is Jill Tattersill, Tortola,BVI. Suggest your correspondent write to her simply that address. She delivered a paper at a Congr...
Hey Robert,
A few years ago, I responded to your post RE: Chaldwell on the Tortolian Message Board. Just to let you know, a few days ago, I came accross a database that migth prove valuable to people...
...Skelton (Kelly) related to Geraldine Ritter, the Shirleys, McWellington Todman as well as sll Frasers in Tortola or descended from Tortolian Frasers.
There is a Norman-Fraser connection as well, trace back...
Michelle, I am working on collecting information regarding the Vanterpool family. If you could give me some more details I might be able to help you. email me at cheryl_gmason@hotmail.comZYXZYX
...born abt 1884 in St. Thomas according to the 1930 census was married to William "Walter" Georges from Tortola British Virgin Islands born about 1871. One child on census name Ernest "Belmo" Georges Oct 1914...
I am a descendant of Daniel Alexander Farrington and Hettylinda
Turnbull(maiden name), they were my great-great-great grandparents.
I have a pamphlet from a Family Reunion, which took place in St...
In your research of Smiths from Sea Cow Bay, have you found Thomas Alfred Smith born 1868?
Have you gotten everything you need on Ellen? I too am a direct decendant of the Norman line. My ancensto...
...heard of the one you mentioned, but will keep an eye and an ear out. In a few weeks I'll be down in Tortola and will ask my grandpa-in-law, a descendant of the Smith line (he'll be 98 this year). Below is ...
Dear Mr. Maduro,
Would you be so kind as to explain the Dutch naming system? It may possibly assist me in researching my own family, the OBEN family.
Cordially,
Ines Diaz-OwenZYXZYX
Mr. Pereda Maduro,
In researching the OBEN family of Puerto Rico, of which my grandfather, Jose Alejandro OBEN y ALVARES, was a member, I came across two OQUENs from "Santa Cruz" but the two daughte...
...research as well.
One source has linked us to the infamous or famous Hodge on the british island of Tortola. He was a Judge there I believe. All in all, I will have to do some serious research to come up ...
...reply. I was only writing to one of my cousins today that we are probably related to Arthur Hodge of Tortola that killed his slave, Prosper, and was hung for it by the British government. I don't know whet...
My husband is a CHRISTOPHER on his grandmother's side. Though she lived in Sea Cows bay most of her life, many Christophers are from the Pleasant Valley area just down the road. My husband's ancestor...
Surnames: Christopher, Smith, Thomas Norman, Hyndman/Hyman
Dear Mr. Maduro,
Of course, I agree with you. The similarities are striking, especially given the rarity of the surname in Puerto Rico as well as of persons from the Virgin Islands. I have done muc...
...was a George. My Grandfather name was Henry Malone. As a small child, I lived with her in Road Town Tortola. I hear that there are several Malones; however My grandmother fits somewhere in this big pictu...
Surnames: Malone, Melchoir, George, Venzen, Waters, Brown
