my name is alica ellis and i was born in barbados. silver sands, christ church
to be precise. my father is a murrell from christ church and my mother's
family have the names bowen and ellis. we now live in connecticut.

we have kept in touch with most of our family, but we want to make sure that
there is no one missing. or at least i do. perhaps even friends that they
haven't heard from in many years.
if anyone knows a lawrence murrell, eldica murrell, christobell murrell,
arthur bowen, lolita bowen or wendie ellis from christ church e-mail me
and we'll talk. just my own curiosity.

thanks
alicia ellis
aeel...@unix.amherst.edu

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Hi Alicia and all !

My name is Alva Griffith.  Bajans here (Southern California) !  Hubby's
father and all that line were born in B'dos.  Would especially like to ck
w/you, and anyone else, on BOWEN, as that is one of his surnames, and we
know very little about them.  We would be happy to share/exchange what we
have.

The paternal line is GRIFFITH, originally of St. Lucy; moved to
Bridgetown, St. Michael by abt 1894; many came to New York abt 1912.  This
GRIFFITH mrd Sarah Jane HOLDIP, also of St. Lucy who may have roots in St.
Joseph.  She was the daughter of a BOWEN, who was apparently the widow of
a BABB.  Some of the GRIFFITHs and HOLDIPs are said to have gone to Panama
to work on the Canal.  I have run across a few BOWEN/BABB names in some
personal papers, but have no clue as to how/if they connect to us.

Good hunting!!  --  Alva Griffith  --  Gd Ol Ms G...@aol.com