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feb 21 2009>, "BG Colonists Index - Gittens,"
Tikwis Begbie
2/21/09
to me
Cliff
This is all the information that I have.
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Family entry:
1 Duncan Ostrahan GITTENS Esq.
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Birth: abt 1847
Death: 17 12 1882, London
Occ: of Pln. Affiance, Essequebo 1873
Colonist Sat 4 Jan 1873, On the 2nd instant, at Pln. Cornelia Ida, by the Revd. Augustus Wilson, M.A., Margaret Amanda, second daughter of Robert Smith, Esq., to Duncan A.[sic] Gittens, Esq., of Pln. Affiance, Essequebo.- No cards;
Argosy Sat 6 Jan 1883 Died.- In London, on 17th December, 1882, Duncan Ostrahan Gittens. Esq., of Oldburg, Barbados; aged 35 years.
Free BDM Deaths Dec 1882 Gittens Duncan Ostrahan 34 Camberwell 1d 508
FYI, Pln. stands for Plantation and Affiance is the name of the Plantation, likewise Cornelia Ida was the name of another plantation.
Spouse: Margaret Amanda SMITH
Second marriage: The Times 29 Jun 1886 M On the 24th inst., at St. Mark's, Notting-hill, James B. Finney, C.E., late of Rio de Janeiro, to Margaret Amanda, widow of the late Duncan O. Gittens, and daughter of the late Robert Smith, of Demerara, West Indies;
Father: Mr. Robert SMITH (~1819-1876)
Marr: 2 1 1873, Pln. Cornelia Ida
Known Children:
Helen (1873->1881)
Gertrude (1877->1881)
1.1 Helen GITTENS
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Birth: 1 11 1873, Pln. Affiance, Essequebo
Death: aft 1881
Colonist Newspaper: Thur 6 Nov 1873 - November 1st, at Pln. Affiance, Essequebo, the wife of Duncan O. Gittens, Esq., of a Daughter
1.2 Gertrude GITTENS
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Birth: 18 3 1877, Pln. Henrietta
Death: aft 1881
Colonist Sat 24 Mar 1877 At Pln. Henrietta, Leguan, on the 18th inst., the wife of Duncan O. Gittens, Esq., of a Daughter
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This is a single entry
Name: Harriet GITTENS
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Birth: abt 1861
Death: 12 1 1894 Lusignan
Argosy Newspaper Sat 20 Jan 1894 Wolseley.- At Lusignan, on the 12th inst., Harriet, beloved wife of W.A. Wolseley, aged 33 years.
Spouse:
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1: William Augustus WOLSELEY
Birth: abt 1848 British Guiana
Death: aft 1901
Father: Revd. William Augustus WOLSELEY B.A.
Mother: Mary Maria FLOCKHART
Children: William Bertie (1894-1894)
Notes for Harriet GITTENS
Dau of John Gittens, Oldbury, Bdos.
Her sister Fanny married Henry the brother of William Augustus Wolseley
Colonist Tue 26 Nov 1872 .- At St Philip's Church, Barbados, on the 14th inst., by the Revd. Duncan Gittens,
Henry J. Wolseley, of Rose Hall, Berbice, second son of the late W.A. Wolsely, M.D., to Fanny Carlton, daughter of John
Gittens, of Oldbury, Barbados.
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I also have an incidental mention of the name Gittens:
Argosy 16th December, 1884, at the Cantonment Church, Secunderabad, the Revd. F.C. Gittens, B.A., Garrison Chaplain officiating at
a wedding.
The BG Colonists Index depends on the exchange of information both for its accuracy and continuation. If you can contribute
any further information on the Gittens or other families associated with British Guiana before 1900, I'd be grateful for a copy.
I hope this is of interest.
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