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Archambeau and St. Hill family collection

Title
  1. Archambeau and St. Hill family collection, 1868-2003.
Author
  1. Archambeau family.

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Additional authors
  1. St. Hill family.
  2. St. Hill, Cynthia.
Description
  1. 2 folders
Summary
  1. The Archambeau and St. Hill family collection consists of papers pertaining to family members before and after they immigrated to the United States from Jamaica and Barbados. Documents for the Archambeau family include copies of the marriage certificates for John and Elizabeth Jane Archambeau, John Nicholas Archambeau's parents, who were married in Jamaica in 1869, and Emile Archambeau, a member of the family who owned members of John Archambeau's family during slavery. Other documents for the Archambeau family include several copies of nineteenth century baptismal certificates, Elizabeth Jane Archambeau's passport and immigration documents for her grandchildren Lester and Sybil, as well as deeds and other legal documents regarding the foreclosure of the family house in Hackensack, New Jersey, (1932-1933).
Subject
  1. Archambault family
  2. St. Hill family
  3. Archambeau, John Nicholas
  4. Archambeau, Elizabeth Jane
  5. Archambeau, Emile
  6. Archambeau, Lester
  7. Archambeau, Sybil
  8. Archambeau, Jason
  9. Archambeau, Rita Louise
  10. St. Hill Jr., Clyde Ewart
  11. West Indian Americans
  12. Jamaican Americans
  13. Real property, Exchange of > New Jersey
  14. Caribbean Americans > New Jersey
  15. Families, Black > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Immigration records – United States – 20th century.
Call number
  1. Sc MG 722
Note
  1. One photograph transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
Source (note)
  1. Cynthia St. Hill
Biography (note)
  1. The Archambeau family consisting of John Nicholas Archambeau and his two children, Lester and Sybil immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1908 and 1919, respectively. John Nicholas attended Howard University, became a dentist, and married Julia Hood of Virginia. His daughter Sybil graduated from Teachers Training School in New Jersey in 1927, and in 1938 married Clyde Ewart St. Hill, Jr., originally from Barbados. Lester Archambeau married Thelma Woodward and had two children, Jason and Rita Louise Archambeau. The Archambeaus owned and operated the Old Ladies Home in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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  1. Processed
  2. Cataloged
Author
  1. Archambeau family.
Title
  1. Archambeau and St. Hill family collection, 1868-2003.
Biography
  1. The Archambeau family consisting of John Nicholas Archambeau and his two children, Lester and Sybil immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1908 and 1919, respectively. John Nicholas attended Howard University, became a dentist, and married Julia Hood of Virginia. His daughter Sybil graduated from Teachers Training School in New Jersey in 1927, and in 1938 married Clyde Ewart St. Hill, Jr., originally from Barbados. Lester Archambeau married Thelma Woodward and had two children, Jason and Rita Louise Archambeau. The Archambeaus owned and operated the Old Ladies Home in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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Added author
  1. St. Hill family.
  2. St. Hill, Cynthia.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 722
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