The library in StThomas has a card file developed by the former director, Enid Baa. It includes information on Jewish families in StThomas and StCroix. The Monsanto family and the family of Judah Benj...
my Smith name is allied with the surnames, Ruan/Rouan, Heyliger, Barnes, de Wint, Richardson, etc. for this time period. D you have any info for Smith family including Ruan/Rouan and various spellin...
His name was Huliang HUSEA, moved to St Croix VI, Had children with my grandmother whose name was Anna DANIEL, she lived in Christensted. He died as a result of some type of poisoning.
Ann:--
Hope that you have not stopped looking for persons with the surname CLENDINEN. Just today when reviewing xeroxed pages (made in 1994) of LIGHTBOURN'S ANNUAL and COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY of the Vir...
Louise,
I just got around to looking at all the posts. I have tried to mail you privately to thank you for all your input, but have been unsucessful. Thank you.
J.A. Clendenin, is James, and the fathe...
My ggrandmother was born on St.Croix. her married name is von Siebenhoven. Her maiden name is Hansen and her father was Dutch. I would be willing to share any info.
Just way your post.
My uncle was Alphonse Siebenhoven, his father was Gregory, who was a Tailor, and it is said he was an illigitimate child, so he could not carry the Von.
Al's brother was Gustave an...
Ann, thanks for the confirmation. Gustave von Siebenhoven was my great-grandfather, he died in 1987. His wife Imogene von Siebenhoven passed away on February 4, 2000. His daughter Vera Spillers, says ...
Pauline was one of Alphonse Siebenhoven and Louise Brewster Siebenhovens daughters married to William "Al" Fields a foreman of security guards for Grumman Aviation.
One of their sons Michae...
There is an expert on St.Thomas Clindenins. He spoke at one of the recent conferences at Landmarks in St.Croix, and brought an exhibit with photos of ancestors and homes. You can find him by contactin...
In the 19th century, a number of men from a small region in Ireland, County Cavan, came to St. Croix where they were employed on estates as accountants, overseers, and managers. Some later acquired es...
Aa in Danish is pronounced Ow.
Erik Lawaetzes book mentions a student at Soro Academy in Denmark from St Croix whose mother was named Aarestrup.
Samuel William van Brakle, Born 11-23-1821, St Croix....
I will definitely research this clear possibility. Perhaps, that was the spelling when our ancestor had an audience with the King of Denmark.
This bears my further research. Thank you.
Richard, What would you like to know?????..... and what can you tell
me....
It's very funny that if found your message today..it's about 5 years since i
first heard of the Aarestrup name....and what i...
James Peter Bruley was a member of the last Danish Crown Council on St. Croix before transference to the US. Am interested in any information about him or resources I might consult.
Once back on the island , Maria Roman's parents opened a dry goods store in the Bruley building located at the end of Company Street - next to the Sunday Market. (The Bruleys had a daughter whose name...
I'v researched my Great-great gandfather with little
success. My last document placed him in St. Croix
around 1916. My great grand mother was 16 at the
time with name of Ismay Samuels. They were liste...
If your g-g-grandfather and/or g-grandmother were in St. Croix in 1916, check the 1911 Danish census record for St. Croix, available on microfilm either through the Enid M. Baa Public Library on St. T...