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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 14 January 16 15:48 GMT (UK) »
Thanks, that sounds interesting!
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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 14 January 16 16:18 GMT (UK) »
Candida Virginia Pereria 1847 Madeira isles Portugal
William Goodridge married Candida before 1878
2 children born in Demera British guiania
William Goodridge 11/11/1878
Beatrice Goodridge 12/17/1884
Left Demera about 1900 for USA
Need help in getting records or any info on them!!!

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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 14 January 16 17:46 GMT (UK) »
I think that a lot of UK people worked in the sugar industry.  I've got a family member, from Yorkshire, whose obituary included:

Worked in the Sugar Industry for many years including Bookers, Tate and Lyle and H.V.A. in Guiana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Jamaica.

He was born 1921 and died 2010.

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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 13 April 16 03:47 BST (UK) »
Looking to hire a British guiania student to find birth records in British guiania .

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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 01 June 19 03:57 BST (UK) »
Hi,

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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #14 on: Saturday 01 June 19 04:01 BST (UK) »
Hi,
    I am also interested in the West Indies/British Guiana and the Sugar Plantation industry.

    My Great Uncle, William McGie from Scotland was involved - you can refer to my message -

Topic ; William McGie – born 1891 in Edinburgh, Scotland - died 1963 in Barbados, West Indies

       https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=710431.0

    I would love to find out more information about him and his life in W.I.

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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 01 June 19 07:41 BST (UK) »
I had a cousin of my grandfather's, a Willie Mackenzie from Ross-shire, who served his time in Glasgow between the wars as an engineer with a company which manufactured sugar processing machinery. He went out to Cuba when his time was out & eventually managed a plantation in Oriente province for the British American Sugar Corporation? Tried to find out where he might have served his time but there were several engineering firms in Glasgow engaged in exporting sugar machinery.
Possibly fist this is also the route your ancestor took into the business. Willie apparently drove to Glasgow in an open car & took ship to Cuba with the car.  ;D

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Re: Sugar Planter in British Guiana
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 01 June 19 16:16 BST (UK) »
My mother's great grandmother, Thulia Pontifex, was born 1841, Georgetown, Demerara. Her father. George Pontifex, was a sugar planter.
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