Richard, I don't know about your branch, but I grew up on Gifilte fish, we called them fish balls, smoke herring ,Rasin, Black and Rye bread, Knishes, Matzah wafers and lox on johnny cakes. To this day there is a box of wafers next to my bed, to snack on when I am reading in bed. Our aunt Henrietta and her family were Jews. Ann "Sharing the information." Researching the USVI, St.Eustatius, St. Barts, Barbados ----Original Message Follows---- From: RichardBond@webtv.net (Richard Bond) Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Grace ___ Busby from Statia Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:53:26 -0400 (EDT) We have the same oral tradition in our branch. I have mentioned it when visiting temples in describing my ancestry with Jewish friends and to my nieces and nephew whose father's family is Hungarian American Jewish. Whether she was entirely Jewish I do not know as there are stories indicating she too was part Asian. The probability due to those families claiming us as relatives through her is that she was. Indeed Grace seems from one of the Sephardic Jewish families that were then warehouse operators in Oranjestad. They were mostly constructed in the 1700s during the French and English War and the American Revolution boom years. That stopped with the British invasion under Rodney and Hood. They have slowly crumbled but were useful for cheap long term storage for many subsequent years. http://www.ecm.net/hsrj.de/statia/s60.jpg ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== The CARIBBEAN-L FAQ can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/mailinglistfaq.htm. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Most of what you are describing in terms of cuisine is just as equally Scandinavian. Most of what is considered Jewish cooking in New York City is the same food that their Catholic and Orthodox neighbors were eating in Europe. In fact most of those Jews where Grace Busby was born were Sephardic and as such they would have had their own Sephardic food preferences. My grandmother probably had the greatest knowledge and she only surmised. Some of our relatives were Jewish by faith and by descent. Other relatives had Jewish surnames but were not. My mother just told me on inquiry that Aunt Henrietta converted to Judaism in Harlem with the knowledge that some of the family were already.

Shalom Ann! - are you a Jewess from the Caribbean ? Sara (Weiss) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Whiting" <aqw8326@hotmail.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:05 AM Subject: Re: Grace ___ Busby from Statia > Richard, > I don't know about your branch, but I grew up on Gifilte fish, we called > them fish balls, smoke herring ,Rasin, Black and Rye bread, Knishes, Matzah > wafers and lox on johnny cakes. To this day there is a box of wafers next > to my bed, to snack on when I am reading in bed. Our aunt Henrietta and her > family were Jews. > Ann > > > > "Sharing the information." > Researching the USVI, St.Eustatius, St. Barts, Barbados > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: RichardBond@webtv.net (Richard Bond) > Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com > To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Grace ___ Busby from Statia > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:53:26 -0400 (EDT) > > We have the same oral tradition in our branch. > I have mentioned it when visiting temples in describing my ancestry with > Jewish friends and to my nieces and nephew whose father's family > is Hungarian American Jewish. > > Whether she was entirely Jewish I do not know as there are stories > indicating she too was part Asian. The probability due to those families > claiming us as relatives through her is that she was. Indeed Grace seems > from one of the Sephardic Jewish families that were then warehouse > operators in Oranjestad. They were mostly constructed in the 1700s > during the French and English War and the American Revolution boom > years. That stopped with the British invasion under Rodney and Hood. > They have slowly crumbled but were useful for cheap long term storage > for many subsequent years. > http://www.ecm.net/hsrj.de/statia/s60.jpg > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > The CARIBBEAN-L FAQ can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/mailinglistfaq.htm. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > ==== 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. > >