Genealogy Projects tagged with migrant worker on the Geni Family Tree

Jamaican Families in Hartford, Connecticut, 1940-Present

This project is a sub-project of the The West Indies - Caribbean Region Master Project and Notable West Indian Americans and Canadians .Hartford, Connecticut, has more generations (4-5) of Jamaicans and Caribbean people. At one time, the mayor was Jamaican. (Philip Bedward, 3-5-12).Jamaican men first migrated to Connecticut for seasonal work on tobacco farms during World War II as part of an ar...