"In 1814, Anna Heegaard became involved with an Irishman, Paul Twigg. He had come out to the islands from Dublin in the year 1810, at the age of 28. He had gone into business in Christiansted and was quite successful. Dahlerup, the Danish sea Captain and historian, who knew Twigg, described him "as a very sociable and jovial man who loved to entertain."
Evidently unmarried, Twigg looked around for a good housekeeper and hostess to help him with his household duties and his numerous parties. Anna had been recommended to him as having the necessary qualifications. After meeting Miss Heegaard and being pleasantly impressed, Twigg invited her to join his household and to take over.
Whatever the relationship with Twigg was, it could not have been too binding, for it is recorded that from 1816-1820, Anna Heegaard lived with her mother, Susanna Uytendahl, in Susanna's house in Compagnigade, Christiansted."
From a history of St. Croix
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Paul Twigg, Born 1782, and Joseph Robinson Pim
My Mother was Dorothy Ann Myvanwy (John) Horn. Her mother was May (O'Brien Twigg) John. Grandma May's father and grandfather were both named Paul O'Brien Twigg and her great-grandfather was Paul Twigg (esquire), a lawyer and investor from Dublin Ireland.
Lately I have been following up on some clues about my third great-grandfather Twigg and here is some of what I have found, including some that I have managed to piece together in the last two days.
Apparently Paul Twigg, as well as being a lawyer, invested in several businesses which funded the first steam ships, first for ships traveling between Ireland and England and then traveling between England and America. The principal partner in both of these companies (and I assume a personal friend of Paul Twigg) was Joseph Robinson Pim. This explains something that I found out a little while ago, that one of Paul Twigg's children had the middle name "Robinson" and another had the middle name "Pim" (Charles Robinson Twigg and Joseph Pim Twigg).
Records for the baptisms of these children can be found at http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie .
The company which built ships to go between Ireland and England was "The Saint George Packet Steam Company" as you can see in this Journal
of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. The company with ships going to America was "The British and American Steam Navigation Company" as noted here in A chronological history of the origin and development of steam navigation
By George Henry Preble, John Lipton Lochhead.
According to the latter book, the "Sirius" built by this company was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.
Lately I have been following up on some clues about my third great-grandfather Twigg and here is some of what I have found, including some that I have managed to piece together in the last two days.
Apparently Paul Twigg, as well as being a lawyer, invested in several businesses which funded the first steam ships, first for ships traveling between Ireland and England and then traveling between England and America. The principal partner in both of these companies (and I assume a personal friend of Paul Twigg) was Joseph Robinson Pim. This explains something that I found out a little while ago, that one of Paul Twigg's children had the middle name "Robinson" and another had the middle name "Pim" (Charles Robinson Twigg and Joseph Pim Twigg).
Records for the baptisms of these children can be found at http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie .
The company which built ships to go between Ireland and England was "The Saint George Packet Steam Company" as you can see in this Journal
of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. The company with ships going to America was "The British and American Steam Navigation Company" as noted here in A chronological history of the origin and development of steam navigation
By George Henry Preble, John Lipton Lochhead.
According to the latter book, the "Sirius" built by this company was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.
Friday, August 5, 2011
My Ancestors' Surnames
I'll be posting here information that I find out about my ancestors as well some of my as yet unproven speculations about them (I'll note which items are fact and which are speculation) as well as various things I learn about how to do genealogical research in general and some of the technology I find which may be helpful in researching and sharing family history materials.
The surnames of my direct ancestors that I know so far and am researching are: Horn, Singer, Rosner, Fischbein, John, Twigg, Jessup, Richards, Dinbete, Williams, Thomas, James, Clark, Humphrys, and, (unverified) Kennedy, Betty, Irvine, Thompson and Bridge.
The surnames of my direct ancestors that I know so far and am researching are: Horn, Singer, Rosner, Fischbein, John, Twigg, Jessup, Richards, Dinbete, Williams, Thomas, James, Clark, Humphrys, and, (unverified) Kennedy, Betty, Irvine, Thompson and Bridge.
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