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ellieathome

ellieathome Report 17 Sep 2011 13:01

The Brittish had a military garrison out there .Have you tried researching the records at Kew .Some are online at FindmyPast.National archives online may have something.

Ellie

ellieathome

ellieathome Report 17 Sep 2011 13:26

The Indexes of Family History Library Film
# 1162485



St. George's Cathedral, Church of England, Kingstown, St. Vincent

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Ellie

ellieathome

ellieathome Report 17 Sep 2011 13:40

1881
Household:-Relation?

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Isabella SPENCE Head W Female 55 Scotland Annuitant
William Gedes SPENCE Son U Male 21 St Vincent, West Indies Mechanical Engineer (E&M)
James Fred. SPENCE Son U Male 19 St Vincent, West Indies Chemical Comml Clerk
Louisa McIntyra SPENCE Niece U Female 27 St Vincent, West Indies
Margaret STOKER Servant U Female 18 Wintaton, Durham, England Domestic

66 Elswick Rd
Census Place Elswick, Northumberland, England
Family History Library Film 1342218
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5051 / 128
Page Number 3

ellieathome

ellieathome Report 17 Sep 2011 14:48

http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/

Non-Conformist Records, Early Births, Baptisms and Burials including Overseas records
Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalist, Presbyterians, Unitarians, Quakers (Society of Friends), Dissenters and Russian Orthodox. Maternity Records. Overseas Records. Early Birth Registers plus various other BMD records.


ellieathome

ellieathome Report 18 Sep 2011 14:11

Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834

Name: Diana Webb
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Age: 26
Colonial Dependency: St Vincent
Owner Name: John Stanley Spence
Record Date: 1822

ellieathome

ellieathome Report 18 Sep 2011 14:24

1881
Name: William Gedes Spence -Mechanical Engineer (E&M)
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Isabella Spence
Gender: Male
Where born: St Vincent, West Indies

Civil parish: Elswick
County/Island: Northumberland

1891
Name: William J Spence
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: West Indus, St Vincent
Registration Number: 310
Registration district: Monifieth
Civil parish: Monifieth
Town: Broughty Terry
County: Angus
Address: 3 King - Street
Occupation: Chief Draughtsman


Think they are both the same person
Can only find him on these 2 Census

heather

heather Report 18 Sep 2011 17:41

The only spence's I can connect with is the name John, Benjamin, Annie, and Thomas, when you mention the 3 towns are you from ayrshire

ellieathome

ellieathome Report 19 Sep 2011 15:55

Name: Alexander Spence
Year: 1841
Place: St. Vincent
Source Publication Code: 1640.11
Primary Immigrant: Spence, Alexander
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of death or other mention in the West Indies. Date of birth, occupation, place of origin, name of ship, name of parents, references to sources and other genealogical data may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: DOBSON, DAVID. Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co., Inc., 1998. 150p.
Page: 131

Scots in the West Indies 1707-1857 Vol 2 [Paperback]
Dobson (Author)

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