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The Dunkleys of Jamaica, West Indies

Updated February 5, 2008

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This is a genealogical research of the Dunkleys who migrated from the United Kingdom to Jamaica during the British colonization of the island.
According to oral history, three Dunkley brothers migrated to Jamaica during the 1700s and settled in three different parishes: one settled in St. Elizabeth, the other in Trelawny and my great-great gandfather William (Busha Bill)Dunkley, settled in Clarendon.

 
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  • Gertel (Jean) Dunkley Collins (49 KB)
    Gertel (Jean) was the 8th of 17 kids and spend her youth in Lowoods clarendon playing in the River before moving to the capital Kingston. From there she migrated to New York, and then to Florida where she corrently lives with her daughter Tanya and granddaughter Tamia.
  • Esemenda (Blossom) Young nee Dunkley (192 KB)
    Esemenda affectinately called Blossom grew up in Lowoods clarendon and attended the Christiana Secondary School. After graduating she worked as a store assistant in a pharmacy and then moved on to becoming a post mistress at the Christiana post office, a town several miles away from home. After marrying, businessman Vincent (Chin) Young she returned to her almater mater to work as a typist. She currently has five children and resides in Mandeville where she operates a supermarket with her husband.
 
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    Jacquline Faith Desree Dunkley-Young
    97 Manchester Road
    Mandeville, Manchester, Mandeville P.O.
    Jamaica
    876-856-2058/ 323-03
    jfdyoung@yahoo.com

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