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Doctor Thomas Joshua Gittens[1]

Male Abt 1843 - 1898  (55 years)

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  • Name Thomas Joshua Gittens  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Prefix Doctor 
    Birth Abt 1843 
    Baptism 17 Aug 1843  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1868  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Doctor after becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, He afterwards practiced for several years in in South America, but failing health complelled him to relinquish his work, and eventually he returned to England. For more than 10 years before his dealth he suffered from paralysis agitans (Parkinson's disease) and was an inmate of the Royal Hosipital for Incurables, Putney. There, on August 16th he died as a result of a fall.
    Census 1891  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Thomas was a patient at the Royal Hospital for Incurables.
      1) Thomas Joshua Gittens, patient, male, married, age 48, born West Indies 'British Subject'
    Death 16 Aug 1898  Putney, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Obituary 17 Sep 1898  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Publiashed in the British Medical Journal, We regret to record the death of Thomas Joshua Gittens, son of the late Joshua Mayers Gittens, of the Parish of St. Phillip, Barbados, West Indies. Mr, Gittens received hia medical education at Guy's Hospital, and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1S68. He afterwards practised for several years in South America, but failing health compelled him to relinquish his work, and eventually he returned to England. For more than ten years before his death he suffered from paralysis agitan3, and was an inmate of the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Putney, There, on August 16th, he died as the result of a fall.
    Person ID I1199  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2016 

    Father Doctor Joshua Mayers Gittens, M. D.,   b. 12 Mar 1814, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1866, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ann Marshall,   b. 1 Apr 1821   d. 3 Aug 1854, Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1842  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Joshua Mayers Gittens married Margaret Ann, only daughter of the lateThomas Marshall, Esq
    Family ID F279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Eliza Revitt,   b. Abt 1849 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1869  St. Mary Newington, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S253] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of April 3, 2009), Batch #: M513822, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 1157969, Printout Call #: NONE, Dates: 1856.

    2. [S251] IGI, Batch No.: C513931 Dates: 1648-1848 Source Call No.: 1157934.

    3. [S131] "Caribbean Births and Baptisms 1590 -1928, index," database, Genealogical Society of Utah. Caribbean Births and Baptisms. Index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., accessed 4 Dec 2012); Data scraped using Outwit Hub from the Family Search Site.

    4. [S1203] Barbados Archives.

    5. [S1195] Barbados Archives.

    6. [S1461] The British Medical Journal, The British Medical Journal, (Web Site).

    7. [S1464] England. London., 1891 census of England. Digital images., (Ancestry.com. The National Archives - 1891 England Census . http://www.ancestry.com : 2005).

    8. [S1462] The British Medical Journal, The British Medical Journal, (Web Site).

    9. [S1463] Death Certificate - England, Death Certificate - England.

    10. [S726] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    11. [S251] IGI, Batch No.: M513957 Dates: 1825-1849 Source Call No.: 1157929.

    12. [S3566] Marriage Certificate - England.