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James Edward Gittens

Male Abt 1833 -

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  • Name James Edward Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth Abt 1833 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1853  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • James Edward Gittens was a Blacksmith at the time of his marriage.
    Death
    • Y
    Person ID I6492  Gittens Clusters
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2017 

    Family ID F809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Rebecca Weatherhead,   b. Abt 1833 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1853  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F1477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

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  • Notes 
    • This is an excerpt from a research paper prepared by Jeffery Gittens in about 1988. The full paper is included with the source for this note.

      The information in the excerpt is the source for establishing that Joseph Gittens and James Edward Gittens are brothers.

      JOSEPH GITTENS AND WILHELMINA WEATHERHEAD
      The record of the marriage of Joseph Gittens to Wilhelmina Weatherhead can be found in Volume RL310B of the Register of Marriages (1849-1866), page 314 Certificate #710. Their marriage was solemnized in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of St. Philip according to the rites and ceremonies of the established Church of England after Banns. The ceremony was performed by the Rector R.F. King and the witnesses present were John E. Gittens and John E. Gittens, Jr.
      There appears in the Register of Marriages another certificate #709, the one immediately preceding that of Joseph and Wilhelmina. James Edward, a blacksmith and a bachelor was married to Sarah Rebecca Weatherhead on the 10th of March 1853 by the Rector R.F. King. John Edward p resent at the wedding of Joseph and Wilhelmina also bore witness to the wedding of James Edward and Sarah Rebecca. It appears that the Gittens brothers, James Edward and Joseph, married the Weatherhead sisters, Sarah Rebecca and Wilhelmina Leslie. The father of these girls, James William Weatherhead was a signatory as witness at the marriage of Sarah Rebecca and James Edward. Sarah Rebecca, was an illiterate spinster who signed her marriage certificate with an X. Her father, James William Weatherhead was a sugar planter at Walronds.

  • Sources 
    1. [S64] "Caribbean, Marriages, 1591-1905. Index," database, Citing collections of the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Contains only some localities and time periods. Consult individual records for additional citation information., FamilySearch  , accessed 25 Nov 2012); This is a batch update of data scraped using OutWit Hub.

    2. [S48] "Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891," Genealogical Society of Utah. Barbados Baptisms. Index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., FamilySearch  , accessed 1 Dec 2012); Outwit Hub Data scape of Family Search Database.

    3. [S60] "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. [S2332] "Caribbean, Marriages, 1591-1905. Index," database, Citing collections of the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Contains only some localities and time periods. Consult individual records for additional citation information., FamilySearch  .

    5. [S1417] Gittens, Chris, E-mail correspondence. Chris Gittens, Tampa Bay, Flordia [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,], e-mail<.