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apart from family search is there anywhere i can find records pre 1920,s

maddie

FMP has the following for Jamaica -

Births and Baptism Index 1752-1920
CofE baptisms 1664-1880
Civil Birth, Marriage, Death Registrations (no dates given)

Civil - Looks like images available for marriages from c 1840 up to 1950
for births 1840 ish up to c 1930
and deaths c 1875 to c1925

Only tested with one fairly common surname

If you don't have access then post or PM

thank you greyghost

i am looking for the birth of obadiah, his wives and their ancsters.

Unfortunatley i don't have worldwide subs to fmp so any help gratefully received


Obediah Ezekiel Martin

Birth c 1899

Death23 May 1954 Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
sources (7) records (7)

Father Francis Martin
Mother
Spouse Harriet Estella Dixon ( c1897-1925 Portland. Her father James
Married 1920
Children

Surriphas Ezekiel (1921-1994)

Spouse Maltisa Faulkner c 1903-1944 Portland. Her father Nathan
Married 1927 He was aged 27, she was aged 24
Children

Alpheus Augustus (1928-1992)
Bertram Alexander (1929-1988)

thank you
maddie

Jamaica, Civil Marriage Registrations

First name(s) Obadiah Ezekiel
Last name Martin
Sex Male
Year 1920
Marriage year 1920
Event date 11 Feb 1920
Place Portland, Jamaica
Parish Portland
Country Jamaica
Father's first name(s) Francis
Father's last name Martin
Line number -
Page number 2
Record set Jamaica, Civil Marriage Registrations
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Americas, Caribbean

From image - to Harriett Estella Dixon
Bachelor aged 22 and Spinster aged 23
Parish and Residence at time of marriage - Portland Hectors River (although If you hadn't said I wouldn't know it said Hector !!
His Calling was - Cultivator
Fathers - Francis Martin and James Dixon
Married at Seaside in the Parish of Portland by me (can't read name) a Marriage Officer of the Island of Jamaica
witnesses David McKnat? and Margaret Lynch

He remarried -

Jamaica, Civil Marriage Registrations

First name(s) Obadiah Ezekiel
Last name Martin
Sex Male
Year 1927
Marriage year 1927
Event date 24 Jul 1927
Place Jamaica
Country Jamaica
Father's first name(s) Francis
Father's last name Martin
Line number -
Page number 8
Record set Jamaica, Civil Marriage Registrations
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Americas, Caribbean

From Image - to Malthace Faulkoner (she appears to have signed Faul(k)nor. The name of her Father had been completed as Falconer and officially changed to Faulkoner by the officiator)
Widower age 27 and Spinster aged 24.
Calling for both shown as Cultivator
Parish & Residence time of marriage -
Him - Portland, Happy Grove, Father Francis Martin
Her Clarendon, Orange Hill Father Nathan Faulkoner
Both signed
Married at Orange Hill in the Parish of Clarendon by (or before me) Josias Johnson Wright
witnesses Samuel Ricketts and Esther Bryant

Not able to look at Baptism index - "sorry an error occurred" etc

Deaths only go up to 1925 and Harriet's is not showing

Failing with Births I'm afraid

There are lots of James Dixon christenings in Jamaica in feasible years - impossible to know which might be Harriet's father.

Ditto several Francis Martin christenings.

(On FS)

Posting this as a long shot - maybe Ezekiel was written wrongly on the record - though it clearly does say Dezel in the image.

Name: Obadiah Dezel Martin
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 20 Jun 1899
Event Place: Moneague, Saint Ann, Jamaica
Event Place: St. Ann, Jamaica
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Ada Martin, labourer

District: Moneague
Line Number: 1871
GS Film Number: 1389188
Digital Folder Number: 004492589
Image Number: 00712

thank you for trying much appreciated
maddie