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Edwin Thomas George Gittens

Male Abt 1850 - 1925  (75 years)

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  • Name Edwin Thomas George Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth Abt 1850  Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptism 26 Dec 1850  Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    ADOB 1880  Prospect Villa, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Baptism Memo: (null)
    This is the Family Search Link to the original record retrieved in the Outwit Hub Scrape:
    URL Reference: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLGQ-9HX
    Source Film Number: 1157962  [8] 
    Occupation 1882  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Accountant
    Residence 1882  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Gov't Hill
    Occupation 1884  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Accountant
    Residence 1884  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Prospect Villa Gov't House
    Occupation 1885  New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Accountant
    Travel 1 Sep 1885  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • aboard the "Golden Feece" arriving on, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
      Name:E Gittens
      Arrival Date:1 Sep 1885
      Birth Date:abt 1850
      Age:35
      Gender:Male
      Place of Origin:Barlendy??
      Port of Departure:Barbados
      Destination:New York
      Port of Arrival:New York, New York
      Ship Name:Golden Fleece
      The passenger list states the purpose of travel is immigration.
    Residence 28 Jul 1887  Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • 139 West 62nd Street
    Occupation 5 Jul 1913  [3] 
    • Accountant
    Wills 25 Jul 1923  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • which was written, Wife Dora Henry Gittens Executrix.
      Edwin left everything to his wife.
      Witness E. Fields and F. Fields
      _______________________________
      Court of Ordinary document
      Edward Samuel Allison Fields swears that the will is the one he witnessed.
      Will filed 16 Mar 1925
      Will Proved 20 Mar 1925
    Occupation Accountant at time of marriage  [7] 
    Burial Mar 1925  Westbury Cemetery, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Occupation 3 Mar 1925  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Auditor, Id:71905
      Cemetery:Westbury Cemetery
      Number:180
      Date:1925 Mar 3
      LastName:Gittens
      FirstName:Edwin J
      Age:74
      Occupation:Auditor
      Abode:Ivy Land
      BirthPlace:
      Minister:"Conliffe, Clement"
      Notes:No place of birth recorded
      Ref:24/26
    Death 3 Mar 1925  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Died in Ivy Land, Saint Mchael
    Person ID I36  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2023 

    Father John William Gittens,   b. 9 Jun 1824, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1852 (Age 27 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Hyde,   b. Abt 1832 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1847  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabella Gretton Leach,   b. 4 Oct 1858, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1887, Manhattan (New York Co.), New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1880  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 15, 16, 17] 
    Children 
     1. John Gretton Gittens,   b. Abt 8 Jun 1881, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 8 Aug 1881, Westbury Cemetery, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +2. Julian "Ben" Hyde Gittens,   b. 25 Oct 1882, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1953, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +3. Clifford Bertram Gittens,   b. 17 Sep 1884, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1975, Bedford, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +4. Edwin "Teddy" Johnson Gittens,   b. 15 Mar 1887, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1921, District of Castries, State of Saint Lucia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2023 

    Family 2 Dora Henry Fields,   b. 29 Mar 1874, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1939, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1892  Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Dora Isabella Gittens,   b. 27 Feb 1893, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1975, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     2. Russel Aubrey Gittens,   b. Abt 1894, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1975, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +3. Ruby Emily Gittens,   b. 25 Sep 1895, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1981, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. May Gittens,   b. 8 Nov 1897, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Evelyn Gittens,   b. Abt 1898, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mabel Conliff Gittens,   b. 9 Sep 1901, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1982, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +7. Alban Randal Crofton Gittens,   b. 29 Jan 1905, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1948, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     8. Archibald Lisle Gittens,   b. 29 Jan 1908, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1984, Christ Church, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +9. Frank "Boula" Du Boulay Gittens,   b. 1 Jan 1912, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S226] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    2. [S603] FamilySearch, Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891, database.

    3. [S300] St Partick's Chruch, Jemmotts Lane, Marriage Certificate, Certificate #10.

    4. [S76] "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.

    5. [S578] Barbados Archives.

    6. [S579] Barbados Archives.

    7. [S962] FamilySearch, "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images.

    8. [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.

    9. [S582] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;).

    10. [S585] City of New York, State of New York, Death Certificates, death certificate Death Certificate number 8166, other identifier 610836 (1887), Isabella G. Gittens.

    11. [S581] Cliff Gittens, Westbury Cemetery database, personal copy.

    12. [S247] Work done by Harold Hart , E-mail Nov 17, 2009 Family tree report for Edwin Thomas George Gittens.

    13. [S251] IGI, Batch No. M513957, dates 1825-1849 Source No 1157929, type film.

    14. [S3529] "Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1887, index and images," database, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJ8R-8M4W : accessed 2 March 2015), John William Gittens and Mary A Hyde, 1847, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJ8R-8M4W.

    15. [S251] IGI, Batch No M514953, dates 1880, Source Call No: 1157999, type Film.

    16. [S588] Barbados Archives.

    17. [S596] Louise Williamson, Louise Williamson, Personal Knowledge, (Barbados).