I have been following with great interest the discussion on William Ridge and Fanny Thomas. I am also a descendant of William and Fanny, my 2x great...
Hello. I would like to find information about my ancestors John Terry and his wife Penelope, who were married 26 Sept 1776 on St. Helena. John Terry was...
Hello I am descended from a freed slave who was born on St Helena. My gg grandfather was Benjamin Parker, born 1807 in Royton, Lancs, who married Ann Jane...
I've just startewd researching my girlfriend's family history. According to family tradition one of her ancestors guarded Napoleon on St. Helena. This may...
Morning all My name is Bill Ramsay and am trying to find some additional information on my GG grandfather Andrew Hagan who married Selina Wright Glass on...
Greetings! I have been reading with interest about the various descendants of individuals born on St. Helena. Where are you finding this information? I am...
I am searching for my GGG Grandfather - surname Harvey. Some years ago I was given a name - Lt. Henry Harvey, Native Company. East India Company - 1811. I...
Hi Andrew, I re-checked my records. You are right. She was a minor when married. From the following records, her birth date is cited differently: 1881 Census:...
Does anyone have any information about migration from St. Helena to New Orleans, LA during the late 1800's. Would most ships go directly to England and then to...
Hi, I am researching my St. Helena ancestors. GGMother was Mary Elizabeth Netherby Broadway. She was married to Ivor Jensen in 1909.(may have been a ships...
I am the Great Great Grand danughter of mary Jacobs/ Peter Green. Trying to find more infomration on my Grandmother, Mary Jacbon from St Helena. My Great...
I am researching the ancestry of my nephew who is a descendant of Ellen Seale who was born around 1870 on St Helena. She married James Woods, a regimental Sgt...
Hello group, I am a new member and am interested in the Skottowe family. In 2008, one of Christie's auctions contained the well known portrait of John Skottowe...
Does anyone have any record of a JOHANNA PAINTER/PAYNTER, born St Helena on 25 November 1888? Her mother's name was Rebecca Paynter (nee Knipe), born 15...
Records says John Young came to St. Helena Island about 1720 as a poor solider to help Honorable Company Chastidy, he came from among the Valentine Refugees....
While researching my Solomon connection, I came across The Brown Family Papers, held at the University of Cape Town Libraries, Manuscripts and Archives,...
A friend in Toronto is transcribing the burial registers for the Necropolis Cemetery in Toronto, Canada. She has forwarded the entry below to me. If James...
I am trying to trace any reference to Dr Fogerty who apparently served in the St Helena Regiment during Napoleon Bonaparte's residence on the island....
Hi, I am endeavouring to trace my greatgrandfathers time on Saint Helena. He was in the Royal Artillary 12th Brigade posted there between approx 1855-1865. His...
Hi Please could you assist me with regard to any records of date of birth for my gran, I am trying to get a copy of her birth certificate, however I do not...
Frederick Williams was born in Madras, India around 1855 but traveled to St Helena we believe where he met a Margaret Lena Day and then come to Australia. Any...
Any info on a Margaret Lena MAY from around 1860 to 1885 born in St Helena. She met a Frederick WILLIAMS from Madras in India. They then come to Australia. Her...
In my last post I was seeking information about 66th of foot on the Island. The person in this regiment was Thomas Smith and he had two children that I know...
Folks, Please note that when I set out to transcribe the 1827 slave details form the India Office Records my intention was that I would use the information in...
I am interested in any info anyone can give me about Stanley Evelyn or the Evelyn family. Stanley Evelyn was my father and moved from St Helena to Edinburgh,...
Hi all My 4x Gt Grandfather served with the 66th of foot regiment in St Helena, does anyone know if any records exist of the men on the island? Thanks Theresa...
