Handlist to Resources Relating to BAME People Updated September 2020
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A handlist to resources relating to Black, Asian & minority ethnic people and communities in Gloucestershire How to use this handlist .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Parish Register Entries & Bishop Transcripts ................................................................................................................... 5 Published Works ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 Newspapers & Cuttings ................................................................................................................................................... 12 County Council and District Council Records.................................................................................................................. 13 Gaol Registers ................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Records of Local Groups, Associations and Projects ..................................................................................................... 16 Other Documents ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 Records relating to Slavery ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Records relating to BAME communities outside Gloucestershire ................................................................................... 30 Africa ................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Records relating to Ethiopia ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Asia ................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Records relating to China and the Chinese Community in Gloucestershire ................................................................... 32 Records relating to India and the Indian community in Gloucestershire ......................................................................... 47 Records relating to Pakistan and the Pakistani Communities in Gloucestershire .......................................................... 87 Records relating to the Philippines .................................................................................................................................. 89 Records relating to Thailand ........................................................................................................................................... 89 Caribbean, West Indies and South America ................................................................................................................. 92 Records relating to Antigua ............................................................................................................................................. 92 Records relating to Argentina .......................................................................................................................................... 96 Records relating to Barbados and residents in Gloucestershire ..................................................................................... 98 Records relating to Jamaica and the Jamaican communities in Gloucestershire ......................................................... 103 Records relating to St Lucia .......................................................................................................................................... 111 Records relating to Trinidad and Tobago ...................................................................................................................... 112 Europe ............................................................................................................................................................................ 114 Records relating to Bulgaria .......................................................................................................................................... 114 Records relating to Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and to Czech Communities in Gloucestershire ............................................................................................................................................................. 115 Records relating to Estonia ........................................................................................................................................... 118 Records relating to Hungary .......................................................................................................................................... 118 Records relating to Latvia .............................................................................................................................................. 122 Records relating to Lithuania ......................................................................................................................................... 123 Records relating to Poland and the Polish Communities in Gloucestershire ................................................................ 124 Records relating to the Ukraine and Ukrainian communities in Gloucestershire .......................................................... 131 How to use this Handlist This handllist (or detailed guide) lists the resources held at Gloucestershire Archives concerning the historic county’s Black. Asian and minority ethnic communities, as well as detailing resources held relating to the original home countries of the communities. The main section (from pp.32 onwards) is arranged alphabetically by nationality, and each entry will give the Archives’ document reference number, details of the content of the document, and the covering dates of the document (a rough date will be given if an exact one is not known). The earlier sections of the Handlist are arranged thematically. All the documents listed are available to view at Gloucestershire Archives, and you can find details of the Archives’ opening hours and location, as well as other information that will help you to get the most out of a visit, by following this link. Unless otherwise indicated, the documents are not currently available to view online. Please note that many of the countries that appear in the Handlist experienced long periods of Western involvement, and our holdings include documents which reflect the settlement and activities of Western concerns in these countries. The Handlist includes these documents for the sake of completeness, and the original language is used. The handlist has been compiled by Sarah Aitken and Paul Evans, and was updated by Jenny Rutland in August 2020. 4 Parish Register Entries & Bishop Transcripts Generally the nationality of an individual is not recorded in parish registers. However as there were few Black and Asian people around, race was sometimes noted in early registers. The term “black” might refer to the colour of someone’s skin or it might be a nickname. For example 'Black Samuel Cox' might have been a black man or he might have been a blacksmith or just a man with a ‘black’ temper. A person’s place of birth was also sometimes noted, e.g. “a Barbados merchant” could be black or white. There are also entries of baptism of slaves who were brought to live and work as servants in this country. These types of entries generally stop when formal printed registers were introduced in 1813 (1754 for marriages). Reference Entry Parish Date MF511 (Bishops George Bristol ‘a black', was baptised. Awre 3 October Transcript) 1733 P47 IN 1/1 John Davies ‘ye black’ was buried. Bisley 22 [Difficult to be sure that ‘black’ refers to his skin] November 1603 P78/3 IN 1/2 Ruth an adult Native of Madras, Ayah in the service of Colonel Cheltenham, 26 July 1882 Rowlandson, was baptised in the Tamil Language. Christchurch You can view this entry online at www.ancestry.com D4290/PP1/1 James Hudson, a Negro aged about 30 years, was baptised. Cheltenham, St 16 February Gregory's Roman 1816 Catholic Church P78/1 IN1/10 Baptised: ‘Samuel son of Saul and Gertrude, surname unknown, Cheltenham, St Mary 10 May 1828 natives of Madagascar, slaves.’ You can view this entry online at www.ancestry.com MF528 (Bishops Romeo Hamilton, a negro, was buried. Cheltenham: St Mary 21 October Transcript) 1810 MF638 (Bishops Mingo, a black man, 30 years old, was buried. Cheltenham: St Mary 12 July 1817 Transcript) MF638 (Bishops Margaret Walden, spinster, a ‘person of coller', was baptised. Cheltenham: St Mary 13 August Transcript) 1817 MF670 (Bishops Jane Ross was baptised. Parents unknown. An adult, born a Cheltenham: St Mary 6 August Transcript) household slave at the Cape of Good Hope, now the servant of Major 1831 Robertson. 5 Reference Entry Parish Date P86 IN 1/9 Sidh Bisill Mahli, child of Nizam Ull Din and Rasham Bibi Mahli of Cirencester 21 February Badoo-Mahli, Punjaub, India, was baptised. Father's occupation: 1894 private gentleman. You can view this entry online at