Category: Genealogy

Surnames

Surnames: My Mother’s Family, St Croix, US Virgin Islands BOUGH My mother is Joyce Bough-Matthews.  I have traced the family back five generations to the baptism of George Anthony Bough in 1805.   An 1816  Danish Census was the starting point for my interest in family history. Gasper My grandmother was Caroline Gasper who married…… Continue reading Surnames

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Surname Saturday-Boughs of US Virgin Islands

Although the Boughs have been in the Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands) since the 18th Century, family lore has it that the ancestors were living in County Cavan, Ireland before coming to St. Croix. As was typical during the 18th and 19th Centuries, the St. Croix population was mostly of English, Irish and…… Continue reading Surname Saturday-Boughs of US Virgin Islands