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George Duncan Gittens, S. C. C.

Male 1814 - 1893  (79 years)


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  • Name George Duncan Gittens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Suffix S. C. C. 
    Birth 1814  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 5 Jul 1814  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Education 1831  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • and matriculated at Codrington College
    Education 30 Oct 1834  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Trinity College matric
    Slave Compensation/Other 29 Jun 1836  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Claim # 5312, 2 Slaves, 67, 19s, 4p
    Slave Compensation/Other 29 Jun 1836  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • claim 5312, 2 slaves, 67£-19s-4p
    Held Office 1842  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Master of Harrison's Free School
    Occupation 4 Jan 1843  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    • Assistant Curate in Cathedral District
    Occupation 11 Jan 1843  [14] 
    • Bishop licensed Rev. George Duncan Gittens as Asst. Curate in St, Michael in the Cathedral district
    Occupation 5 Jul 1847  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • assistant Curacy of St. Michael to the Curacy of St. John.
    Travel 1851  Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Held Office 1862  Saint Lucy, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • Rectory of St. Lucy
    Occupation
    • Master of Harrison's Free School
    Occupation 1862  Saint Lucy, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • the Rector of the Parish
    Death 3 Sep 1893  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20] 
    Burial St. Michael's Cathedral, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Person ID I793  Gittens Direct Line from REunion
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2022 

    Father Hon. And Rev. John Hamlet Gittens, B. A.,   b. Abt 1788   d. Abt 1863, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Lucretia Ostrehan,   b. 29 Sep 1792, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1859 (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1812  St Gregory's, Dawlish, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23, 24] 
    • Lucretia was married to a HALL who died. There was no issue of the marriage and his widow, Lucretia Hall married the Rev. J.H. Gittens,Rector of St, John, by whom she had issue.

      The East window of St. John's Church was erected to her memory after her death on 14 Jan 1859 at age 67.

      Apparently the exact date of her marriage is recorded in BMHS Journal XXV Vol 1 P 27; unfortunately I am missing this copy.
    Family ID F284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane Neblett,   b. Abt 1818   d. 19 Feb 1898, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1846 
    • Marriage date estimated on the birth of their son. CCG
    Children 
     1. Duncan Gittens,   b. 8 Feb 1847, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1898 (Age < 50 years)
    Family ID F286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1263] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    2. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume 22, page 255.

    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. [S1157] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    5. [S1231] Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860, (Date: Dec 2008;).

    6. [S1232] Barbados Archives.

    7. [S949] Barbados Archives.

    8. [S1241] Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 and Alumni.

    9. [S1217] Slave Compensation Claims.

    10. [S404] Slave Compensation Claims, cliam 5312.

    11. [S401] House of Loards, THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS 1842. Google Books. Digital images. Volume V Accounts and Paper, Canada and the Colonies., (http://books.google.ca/books?id=uQ9cAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA4-PA146&dq=Gittens&lr=&as_brr=3&rview=1#v=onepage&q=Gittens&f=false: 1842), V Accounts and Papers: 146. accessed 22 Aug 2009.

    12. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    13. [S369] .

    14. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume ??, page 5.

    15. [S1242] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS.

    16. [S368] .

    17. [S157] The Secretary of State for the Colonies, The Colonial Office List for 1862 . Google Books. Digital images. (First Publication to be continued Anually), (http://books.google.ca/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&rview=1&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false: 1862), First: Page 4-5-6. accessed 22 Aug 2009.

    18. [S1238] Edited by Vere Langford Oliver, The Monumental Inscriptions in the Churches and Churchyards of theIsland of Barbados, (Name: London: Michell Huges and Clark ; 140 Wardour St. W; 1915;).

    19. [S1239] Caribbean Family History.

    20. [S1240] Barbados Archives.

    21. [S87] Barbados Tombstones web site, (Name: http://www.tombstones.bb/tombstones;), Barbados burials - http://www.tombstones.bb/tombstones/tombstones.php.

    22. [S259] The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, JBMHS, Volume XXV, page 27.

    23. [S58] FamilySearch, "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912," database with images.

    24. [S251] IGI, Batch Number: 2260443 Sheet: 87 Source Call No.: 1553513.