These biographies are of my ancestors from the Bahamas, Florida (Everglades & Keys), Georgia, Louisiana, Portugal, and Cuba.
PDFs of individuals available upon request. Email me at kyvonnehamilton@gmail.com or message me.
BELLO/GARCIA
Blanca Rosa GARCIA Bello (1907-1982) b. Key West, Florida. Married Jose Ramon Diaz.
Candido ‘Beby’ GARCIA (1909-1993) b. Key West, Florida. Married Blanca DIEDIER
Elio Garcia BELLO (1923-2001). b. Key West, Florida. Married Grace Delores HENRIQUEZ (1926–2003).
Jane Ann GARCIA (1938-2021) b. Key West, Florida. Married Leo ROWLAND.
Jose Evelio Garcia BELLO (1917-2009). b. Key West, Florida. 1st marriage: Clara Belle LARIZ. 2nd marriage: Lydia LLANEZ.
Jose Garcia BELLO (1871-1959) b. Cuba. Married Maria Carmen Amparo RODRIGUEZ.
Josephine GARCIA (1940-2021) b. Key West, Florida. 1st husband: Ernest Eugene HAMILTON. 2nd husband: Harold Dean Simmons.
Juan GARCIA De Casuso (Orasua) (1830-1881) b. Havana, Cuba. Married Maria de Jesus BELLO De Nunez
Maria de Jesus BELLO De Nunez (1831-1859) b. Havana, Cuba. Married Juan GARCIA de Casuso (Orasua)
Rosa Maria (Rosemary) ‘Meme’ BELLO (1947-2004) b. Key West, Florida. Married Larry BANKS.
CAMPBELL
Hannah Campbell (1745-1828) b. Bahamas. Married to James Alexander Knowles, Sr.
CANIZARES
Anna Maria Canizares De Rodriguez (1906-1968). 1st husband: Harry Churb Whitehurst. 2nd husband: James Richard Newkirk
GOMES / GOMEZ
Amelia ‘Mellie’ Isabelle GOMES (1907-1975) b. Fort Myers, Florida. Married Walter PADILLA.
Anna Bell Gomes (1890-1965) b. Lee County, Florida. Married Toribio PADILLA.
Edna GOMES (1915-1936) b. Fort Myers, Florida. 1st husband: Harry Anderson (1905-1932). 2nd husband: Silas Holmes (1913-1936).
Frances Lenora Gomes (1912-1979) b. Fort Myers, Florida. 1st marriage: John Lawrence Ogden. 2nd marriage: Niles Pinder.
Francisco GOMES D’sa (1855-1931) b. Portugal. Married Laura Etta YOUNG.
Florinda Marie GOMES (1909-1964) b. Boca Grande, Florida. 1st husband: William Joseph HAMILTON. 2nd husband: William David PARKER. 3rd husband: Junius Otto POSEY.
Joaquin F “King” GOMES (1898-1975) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Nellie Mary HAMILTON.
Lillian “Lily” Josephine GOMES (1899-1978) b. Punta Rassa, Florida. Married Shelley E. Coleman.
Mary Joaquina GOMES (1895-1971). b. Florida. 1st husband: Andrew Lawrence PADILLA. 2nd husband: William H. Tucker.
Salvador Sabino GOMES (1913-1966) b. Fort Myers, Florida. Married Rosalie HAMILTON.
William Leo Gomes (1923-1986) b. Everglades City, Florida. 1st wife: Alma Powers, 2nd wife: Marjorie Drake Krasnodemski
HAMILTON
Ann Elizabeth Hamilton (1893-1953). Probably born in Key West. Married to Erskine Alexander Rolle, probably about 1918.
Ellen Kathleen HAMILTON (1908-1962) b. Key West, Florida. Married William Joseph Weeks.
Ethel Madelyn HAMILTON (1914-1964) b. Key West, Florida. 1st husband: Ralph Eugene Knowles. 2nd husband: Frank Lowe.
Ernest Eugene HAMILTON (1932-2023) b. Key West, Florida. Married Josephine GARCIA. Married Nancy Bell RIPLEY.
Eugene Joseph HAMILTON (King Gene) (1883-1966) b. Chatham Bend, Everglades, Florida. Married Rebecca JOHNSON.
Eugene Joseph ‘Josie’ HAMILTON (1913-1991) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Isabelle Julian “Bella” Darna.
Eugene Mervin Hamilton (1923-2013) b. Key West, Florida. Married Sylvia Constance McCormick in 1943.
Francis Salvador Theodore HAMILTON (1929-1978) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Kunagunda “Connie” SABON.
Irene Elizabeth Hamilton (1917-1993) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Frank Key.
John Leon HAMILTON (1885-1964) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Sarah Elizabeth JOHNSON.
Mary Agnes HAMILTON (1895-1970) b. Everglades, Florida. 1st husband: Marion McCloud. 2nd husband: Alvin Wiggins.
Mary Elizabeth HAMILTON (1888-1968) b. Everglades, Florida. 1st husband: Henry Short. 2nd husband: John Franklin Johnson
Nellie Mary HAMILTON (1905-1978) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Joaquin F “King” Gomes.
Richard HAMILTON (1840-1944) b. Savannah, Georgia. 1st wife: Hannah Elizabeth MOORE. 2nd wife: Mary Appolonia WEEKS.
Robert Joseph HAMILTON (1910-1932) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Lola Lee CARRAWAY.
Rosalie M. Hamilton (1911-1965) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Salvador Sabino Gomes.
Roy Philip HAMILTON (1921-1969) b. Wood Key, Florida. Married Lorena RAULERSON.
Walter Joseph Valentine HAMILTON (1880-1957) b. Everglades, Florida. 1st wife: Alice Lenora PARKER. 2nd wife: Letty PENT.
William Joseph HAMILTON (1904-1932) b. Everglades, Florida. Married Florinda Marie GOMES.
William ‘Bill’ Joseph HAMILTON Jr. (1926-1992)
HOPKINS
Alice May HOPKINS (1888-1975) b. Key West, Florida. Married Harold PINDER.
Frances Elizabeth “Fannie” HOPKINS (1882-1958) b. Key West, Florida. 1st marriage: James Clinton RUSSELL. 2nd husband: Elvie Herman PIERCE
Frances HARRARD Hopkins (1832-1865). Married James HOPKINS (1828-1865).
James HOPKINS (1828-1865). b. Colquitt, Georgia. Married Frances HARRARD.
James Berrian HOPKINS (1857-1921) b. Colquitt Georgia. Married Mary Melissa CAREY.
Jane Ann HOPKINS (1847-1933) b. Colquitt, Georgia. Married Justin Everett KNOWLES.
John Simon HOPKINS Frow (1859-1924) b. Colquitt County, Georgia. Married Josephine STIRRUP.
Rose Ella HOPKINS (1893-1967) b. Key West, Florida. Married John Joseph “Jack” NEWCOMB.
JIMENEZ
Coleta V. JIMENEZ (1846-1922) b. Cuba. Married Manuel Andrew Lariz.
JOHNSON
Gilbert ‘Gib’ Henry JOHNSON (1857-1934) b. Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas. Married to Mellisa Emaline HOLLAND
Isabelle ‘Belle’ Bradley JOHNSON (1869-1920) b. Huntsville, Alabama. Married John William JOHNSON.
Isabelle B JOHNSON (1890-1978) b. Key West, Florida. Married Raymond Lockwood JACK.
John Verta JOHNSON (1841-1910) b. Key West, Florida. Married Sophia Lavinia KNOWLES.
Rebecca Elizabeth JOHNSON (1887-1947) b. Florida. Married Eugene Joseph Hamilton.
KNOWLES
Alexander George KNOWLES (1782-1862) Long Island, Bahamas. 1st wife: Sara Ann Clement. 2nd wife: Nancy (unknown last name)
Alphred Pillage “Tukie” KNOWLES. b. Key West, Florida. Married Elizabeth DELMONTE.
Belle Corrine KNOWLES (1889-1962) b. Florida. Married Claude Adolphus FREEMAN.
Clara Dena KNOWLES (1879-1961) b. Key West, Florida. 1st husband: Enrique Manuel RODRIGUEZ. 2nd husband: Manuel RODRIGUEZ de CANIZARES. 3rd husband: Manuel LARIZ, Jr.
George Washington Knowles (1866-1949) b. Key West, Florida. Married Juliette Russell
Hannah Elizabeth KNOWLES (1869-1943) b. Key West, Florida. 1st husband: Thomas William BRADY. 2nd husband: Arthur O GRIFFIN.
Ivadel GRIFFIN (1896-1979) b. Florida. Daughter of Hannah Elizabeth KNOWLES. Married Jesse Gilbert DUNCAN.
James Alexander Sr KNOWLES (1733-1806) b. Long Island, Bahamas. 1st wife: Patience DARVILLE. 2nd wife: Hannah CAMPBELL. LAST UPDATE: 1/30/2025
John Thomas KNOWLES (1803-1891) b. Long Island, Bahamas. Married to Hannah Elizabeth Prance (1814-1866)
Justin Everett KNOWLES (1847-1900) b. Long Island, Bahamas. Married Jane Ann HOPKINS.
Leonora “Lela” KNOWLES (1884-1967). b. Key West, Florida. Married to Thomas WOODSON.
Ralph Eugene Knowles (1899-1973) b. Key West, Florida. Married Ethel Madelyn Hamilton.
Sarah Ann KNOWLES (1836-1917) b. New Providence, Bahamas. Married Robert William JOHNSON.
Silas Everett KNOWLES 1868-1938 b. Key West, Florida. Married Anna MOORE.
Sophia Lavinia KNOWLES (1842-1912) b. Long Island, Bahamas. Married John Verta JOHNSON.
Winifred Irene KNOWLES (1880-1918). b. Key West, Florida. Married John CRUZ.
LARIZ
Andrew Woodrow (Bubby) LARIZ (1919-1995) b. Key West, Florida. Married Mabel SYFRETT.
Clara Belle LARIZ (1917-1965). b. Florida. Married Jose Evelio Garcia BELLO.
Clarie LARIS (Lariz) (1911-2000) b. Florida. 1st wife: Amelia Perez. 2nd wife: Mercedes Cuervo
Manuel Andres LARIZ Jr (1875-1947) b. Key West, Florida. Married to Clara Dena KNOWLES
Manuel Andrew LARIZ Sr
PACETTI
Joseph Franklin PACETTI (Frank 1866–1949)
PADILLA
Walter PADILLA
POSEY
Junius Otto POSEY Sr (1916-1984) b. Murphy, North Carolina. Married Florinda Marie GOMES Hamilton
Junius Otto POSEY Jr (1948-1971) b. Key West, Florida
Paul Thomas POSEY (1951-1991) b. Key West, Florida. Married Joan EMERSON.
PRANCE
Hannah Elizabeth PRANCE (1814-1866) b. Long Island, Bahamas. Married John Thomas KNOWLES.
RODRIGUEZ & MARTIN
Antonio Rodriquez GODOY y Martin (1848-1892) b. Cuba. Married Mathilde B. “Tilly” Thomas y Thatu.
Francisco Rodriguez de Godoy b. Cuba (date of birth and death unknown). Married Mercedes Martin.
Maria Carmen Amparo RODRIGUEZ (1885-1859) b. Santa Clara, Cuba. Married Jose Garcia Bello.
Mercedes Martín (1811-?) b. Cuba. Married Francisco Rodriguez de Godoy.
SANDS
Merrill Frank Sands Sr (1891–1936) b. Key West, Florida. Married Lavinia Minnie Rivero (1893–1970).
THOMAS / THATU
Edward Thomas (1838-1875) b. New Orleans, Louisiana. Married Justina Tulles Thatu.
Justine Thatu (1841-1890) b. Cuba. Married Edward Thomas.
Mathilde B. “Tilly” THOMAS y Thatu (1859-1892). Married Antonio Rodriquez GODOY y Martin.
WEEKS
John Leon WEEKS (1832-1900) b. Beaufort, South Carolina. 1st wife: Deborah TANNER. 2nd wife: Sarah Ann MERCER. 3rd wife: Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” RAULERSON.
Mary Appolonia WEEKS (1859-1917) b. Everglades City, Florida. 1st husband: George Christian. 2nd husband: Richard E Hamilton.
WOODSON
Edward Thomas Woodson (1915-1990) b. Key West, Florida. Married to Marguerite Brady.
YOUNG
Laura Etta YOUNG (1875-1955) b. Florida. 1st husband: Francisco GOMES D’sa. 2nd husband: Joseph Franklin PACETTI. 3rd husband: Vivian F. McKinney. 4th husband: Louis J. REEL.
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