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From: "Ann Whiting" <>
Subject: Re: St. Croix Lookups
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:21:26 -0800


Thank you Edward,
It is what I suspected, but had not seen it referred to that way. How's this
for serendipity, after posting the reply to Richard, I turned on BBCAmerica,
and Rebel Heart was beginning, and there it was the story of Colin and home
rule.
Ann


>From: "Edward Crawford" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: St. Croix Lookups
>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:01:54 -0000
>
>The Irish Free State is the present Irish republic, the 26 southern
>counties
>that voted for Home rule. I think the Free State became a republic in 1947
>though in fact there was not much change. The Free State was technically a
>British dominion, like Canada and New Zealand but remained neutral during
>the war. Indeed De Valera, the then Prime Minister visited the German
>embassy in April 1945 to celebrate Hitler's birthday and on VE day the
>Union
>Jack was burnt by a group in the middle of Dublin.
>Edward Crawford
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ann Whiting" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:32 PM
>Subject: Re: St. Croix Lookups
>
>
> > Yo Richard,
> > The 1917/20 census is the one that the Danish completed for the transfer
>of
> > the islands, the US did not recount for the 1920 census, they just
> > incorporated it. There are some missing pages for St. Thomas.
> > The 1930 is very useful. I found Uncle Dully and Aunt Annette, and the
> > children, my parents and the three oldest children, Cousin Aarona's
>first
> > son, and her sister, I found several Brewsters, but cannot make a
>familial
> > connection with them. I have been able to fill in quite a bit of my
> > Benjamin(paternal) branches, the Degraff's, the Adams, Christians,
> > Lockharts, Bonelli's Venzen, Simmons, Francis, Newton, McGovern, and
>that
> > is just St. Thomas. If I knew my way around St. Croix, I could do much
> > more. It is hard on the eyes to look at pages and pages of handwriting
>of
> > old fountain pen that makes the lettering run together.
> > I am trying to find street maps so I can compare street name to census
>and
> > know where I am.
> > Have you any idea what/where the "Irish Free State" is? It shows up as a
> > place of birth in the census.
> > Edie/Ann
> >
> > >From: (Richard Bond)
> > >Reply-To:
> > >To:
> > >Subject: St. Croix Lookups
> > >Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:32:43 -0500 (EST)
> > >
> > >Hi Ann,
> > >
> > > The two census dates would have been just before and just after the
> > >first great exodus of St. Croix's residents to Harlem and other places
> > >in the States. There had previously been Cruzan emigrants Statesward
> > >and also to Puerto Rico the Dominican Republic and Panama.
> > >
> > > The loss of the rum business to Prohibition under the Volstead act
> > >10/28/1919 caused an island depression in which caused many to go after
> > >1920. After the labor riot of 1878 fewer down islanders wanted to move
> > >to St. Croix. The Dominican Republic restricted immigration in 1924.
> > >
> > > This anti-immigration act by the D.R. caused the best opportunity for
> > >Cruzans to be N.Y.C. It also made Puerto Ricans who might previously
> > >have gone over there welcome jobs in St. Croix when a federal subsidy
> > >reopened the principal sugarmill at the end of the 1920s. By then a lot
> > >of St. Croix's native cane cutters were janitors and freight movers up
> > >north.
> > >
> > >Anything listed for our kin?
> > >
> > >
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