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Jamaican Nembhards

Posted by Jay Nembhard <pneumatikos2003@yahoo.co.uk> on Thu, 29 Jan 2004, in response to The surname Nembhard, posted by N Nembhard on Wed, 28 Jan 2004

I too also heard that the Nembhards originally came from Germany. That they were German Jews who immigrated to Jamaica. From what I've heard it was originally NEMBHARDT. There are still some in Jamaica who spell their last name that way. My dad told me that one of my cousins actually went to Germany back in the late 80s or early 90s to investigate. He looked up some Nembhards (I guess from the phone book) and literally arrived at their doorsteps. He was welcomed as one of the family.

I did a sweep on the internet and barely found any Germans with such a last name. (I did not search any phone books). It is only speculation but maybe they all got killed in concentration camps during world war 2.

That is just one theory. What puts a spanner in the works is the existence of the Honorable Ballard B Nembhard who owned alot of land in Southern St Elizabeth. This, I believe, was in the late 1700s. What makes him a spanner is that german immigration to Jamaica only took place after emancipation and that was in the 1830s, which is forty years after Ballard. Also, the term 'Honourable'speaks, not of nobility, but of some sort of prestige. Could a man of at least German origin be given such recognition by the British?

Also, my dad got someone to do an investigation on the Nembhards back in the late 80s. I can recall reading from his investigation of a female Nembhard who was to be married to a prominent man. I believe she was of high society herself. The person who was doing the investigation was working his way backwards and got up to the late 1700s before he was murdered. Just our luck!

I'm sorry I wasn't of much help. I'll be going back to Jamaica at the beginning of March and so hopefully I'll be able to see if I can get some wheels turning in a new investigation.

I know that the Nembhards of St Elizabeth are related to the Nembhards of St Catherine. I know the link between the two. What I just can't seem to connect is the Nembhards of St Elizabeth and the Nembhards of St Ann.

If anyone out there could solve the puzzle I'd greatly appreciate it. In all honesty I'm going to Montego Bay solely for pleasure next month & I probably won't get much done but I am going again later on in the year. I'll be going to Kingston on business and so maybe I can go to spanish town (I think that's the correct place) and see if I can somehow get into the records.

To all my cousins out there on the web, goodnight.

Jay Nembhard

Responses

Jamaican Nembhards : Wendy Nembhard -- Mon, 02 Feb 2004
- slant to Nembhard history : MARK NEMBHARD -- Fri, 26 Mar 2004
  - Roots : Errol Nembhard -- Tue, 09 Nov 2004
    - response to Errol Nembhard : Mark Nembhard -- Fri, 26 Nov 2004
      - Errol Nembhard : Paulette Nembhard -- Fri, 25 May 2007
        
        Acting on a dream : Amanda Watson (Mandy) -- Fri, 15 Jun 2007
        
        Errol Nembhard - Court Order : Friend -- Fri, 29 Jun 2007
        
        Errol Nembhard : Jay Nembhard -- Fri, 21 Sep 2007
        
        Mr Errol Nembhard is a good man. : Garikai -- Tue, 04 Dec 2007
        
        GREETINGS : Grace Ariwi -- Mon, 28 Jun 2010
      - tracing relative : Sonia Nembhard -- Thu, 13 Jan 2011
        
        You have found me Sonia... : Errol Nembhard -- Fri, 04 Feb 2011
    - Nembhard/Nembhart : Lindsay Nembhart -- Mon, 21 Feb 2011
GRAND COUSINS! : Matilda Nembhard -- Sun, 02 Jan 2005
- Nembhards : Monisha Nemhard -- Tue, 11 Jan 2005
- Grand Cousins! : Hubert Nembhard -- Tue, 30 Dec 2008
Looking for Nembhards too! : Monisha Nembhard -- Tue, 11 Jan 2005
- ma family : elisha nembhard -- Wed, 26 Jan 2005
  - Looking For Nembhards : Monisha Nembhard -- Wed, 26 Jan 2005
- Nembhards of Jamaica : Jay Nembhard -- Sun, 13 Feb 2005
  - name origin : gracia nembhard -- Thu, 21 Apr 2005
    - Nembhards of Jamaica : Jay Nembhard -- Sat, 23 Apr 2005
      - Trace my roots back to Jamaica : Luis Stultz -- Tue, 12 Jul 2005
Nembhardt (yes with a "T") : Hyacinth Nembhardt -- Thu, 24 Feb 2005
- Nembhards of Jamaica : Jay Nembhard -- Tue, 01 Mar 2005
  - Nembhards of Jamaica : Harold Moores -- Wed, 20 Apr 2005
    - Nembhards of Jamaica : Jay Nembhard -- Sat, 23 Apr 2005
      - The Nembhard name!! : Caroline -- Thu, 15 Feb 2007
      - My name is also Nembhard : beverley Nembhard -- Mon, 19 Nov 2007
      - The Nembhard legacy : Ava dyer -- Wed, 20 Apr 2011
- Nembhards of Jamaica : Jay Nembhard -- Tue, 01 Mar 2005
  - Interesting : Sarika Nembhard -- Mon, 14 Aug 2006
- looking for a friend : Aaron Sato -- Sun, 28 Jan 2007
jamicain nembhards : elisha nembhard -- Tue, 03 May 2005
- Nembhards of Jamaica : Jay Nembhard -- Mon, 16 May 2005

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