THere is a book available called 'The Jews of Jamaica' which sheds a lot of light on this topic. Another good book is the 'Lindo Legacy' which traces one Jewish family 400 years from Amsterdam to Jamaica. Nice little note ... the founder of the Jamaica Gleaner (De Cordova, a sephardic Jew) was also the founder of Waco, Texas in the 1830's Rory -----Original Message----- From: Sara Weiss [mailto:ksara@tesco.net] Sent: 14 June 2003 23:39 To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: The BBC Show? I am trying to reply to R. Anthony Warner but his e-mail address could not be resolved by my Windows XP - but I hope you see this Mr Warner anyway: Mr Warner - Is Spanish Town in Jamaica - and Spanish town? I know that Jamaica has or had a huge Jewish population as I wrote to Rev de Souza there and he told me that it once numbered 2,000!!! But there is no Jewish presence in Anguilla although there is a Jewish presence in both the Dutch side and the French side of St Maarten - very near. Sara Weiss ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dot Hodge" <DotH@gbc.co.uk> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: RE: The BBC Show? > Dear all, > > Can I recommend that if you do have an interest in this programme that you e-mail or contact the BBC. The participants in the study were really disappointed that no further "follow up" work had really been planned by the BBC, in the form of educational videos, or even a helpdesk number, however the production company were keen to note that the more requests for information the BBC received, the more likely it was that further information would be produced. > > Can I therefore (in the true spirit of the lobbyist that I am) encourage anyone that has an interest in finding out more about this project, or even if you believe that a video should be available to contact the BBC. > > Site details are below. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/ > > Best wishes > > Dot > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nneka X [mailto:cheryl_nneka@hotmail.com] > Sent: 16 February 2003 03:04 > To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: The BBC Show? > > > For those of us who weren't able to view this BBC show, is it possible to > get a copy of the tape? are there highlights on a website? > > Cheryl Hazell > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES > What is a Mailing List? > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES What is a Mailing List? http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html

The Johnny Carson Show's producer for many years was a man named Freddy deCordova whose parents were from Jamaica. There is an institution near Boston which was founded by a Jamaican called the "deCordova Museum" after Julian deCordova whose family had a business called Leonard deCordova & Sons mostly in hardware. The family paid for a shipment of glass. It was never delivered as the company went bankrupt. Julian was sent to the States to collect and ended up as the owner. He managed to make a fortune which he left invested in kitsch when he died. His executors sold it off and turned the building into an exhibit hall. The Presidents aunt was active there for awhile. Does anyone remember the "Waco Wacko" not David Kores but our own particular affliction. We had a poster who lost touch with her roots remembering only the boast that her family had ancestors who founded Waco and complained that they were being told that the founders were not Catholic.

Richard: Julian DeCordova was the son of Raphael Joshua DeCordova, who was born in 1824, the son of Raphael DeCordova, Jr. and Leah Martin. I would suggest that Listers check out the web page www.decordova.org/decordova/info/celebrate.html and decide for themselves whether or not the contents of the museum qualify as "kitsch". Jacob Raphael DeCordova, who founded Waco, Texas, was the half-brother of Raphael Joshua DeCordova, being the son of their common father, Raphael DeCordova, Jr. and his first wife, Judith. He was born in Spanish Town in 1808. His father, Raphael Decordova, a Jewish Jamaican coffee grower and exporter, moved to Philadelphia where he became President of Congregation Mikveh Israel in 1820. Jacob went into the printing trade and he and his brother, Joshua, founded the Gleaner and DeCordova's Advertising Sheet iln 1834 iln Kingston, which is still going strong as the Daily Gleaner. Jacob settled in Texas in 1839, living in Galveston and later Houston, where he was elected state representative to the Second Texas Legislature in 1847. He acquired large tracts of land to sell to settlers, and with two to other men he laid out the town of Waco in 1848-49.. Along with Robert Creuzbaur he compiled the Map of the State of Texas, first published iln 1849. Much subsequent Texas cartography is based on this map. He also wrote books which were influential in attracting settlers to the state. The business you mentioned, Richard, Leonard DeCordova & Sons, came much later. Leonard DeCordova, the son of Michael DeCordova, who was himself the son of Joshua Haim DeCordova, was the great nephew of Jacob Raphael DeCordova, and was born in 1866. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bond" <RichardBond@webtv.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: June 16, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: The BBC Show? deCordova Family > The Johnny Carson Show's producer for many years was a man named Freddy > deCordova whose parents were from Jamaica. > > There is an institution near Boston which was founded by a Jamaican > called the "deCordova Museum" after Julian deCordova whose family had a > business called Leonard deCordova & Sons mostly in hardware. The family > paid for a shipment of glass. It was never delivered as the company went > bankrupt. Julian was sent to the States to collect and ended up as the > owner. He managed to make a fortune which he left invested in kitsch > when he died. His executors sold it off and turned the building into an > exhibit hall. The Presidents aunt was active there for awhile. > > Does anyone remember the "Waco Wacko" not David Kores but our own > particular affliction. We had a poster who lost touch with her roots > remembering only the boast that her family had ancestors who founded > Waco and complained that they were being told that the founders were not > Catholic. > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > Before posting a query, check to see if the question has already been asked on the List. All messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived by date or thread at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CARIBBEAN. You can search the archives at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CARIBBEAN. >

Was Waco not founded by the Inneraritys and Pantoss? Richard Bond <RichardBond@webtv.net> wrote:The Johnny Carson Show's producer for many years was a man named Freddy deCordova whose parents were from Jamaica. There is an institution near Boston which was founded by a Jamaican called the "deCordova Museum" after Julian deCordova whose family had a business called Leonard deCordova & Sons mostly in hardware. The family paid for a shipment of glass. It was never delivered as the company went bankrupt. Julian was sent to the States to collect and ended up as the owner. He managed to make a fortune which he left invested in kitsch when he died. His executors sold it off and turned the building into an exhibit hall. The Presidents aunt was active there for awhile. Does anyone remember the "Waco Wacko" not David Kores but our own particular affliction. We had a poster who lost touch with her roots remembering only the boast that her family had ancestors who founded Waco and complained that they were being told that the founders were not Catholic. ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== Before posting a query, check to see if the question has already been asked on the List. All messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived by date or thread at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CARIBBEAN. You can search the archives at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CARIBBEAN. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!