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The Bristol or Rhode Island branch sprang from Charles DeWolf of Guadeloupe (1695–1726), who was born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, the son of Charles DeWolf and Prudence DeWolf. He emigrated to Guadeloupe, the French West Indies. During the 18th and 19th centuries the D'Wolfs of Rhode Island were the largest slave traders in the state.
Linden Place in 2017 Rear of Linden Place Scanned image from the Friends of Linden Place archives. Linden Place is a Federal-style mansion located in Bristol, Rhode Island.It was built in 1810 by slave trader, merchant, privateer and ship owner General George DeWolf and was designed by architect, Russell Warren.
John DeWolf, born on Sept. 6, 1779, to Simon and Hannah DeWolf, was a member of the famous and wealthy clan of Bristol merchants whose financial status was largely dependent upon their involvement ...
A trow was a flat-bottomed barge, and Llandogo is a village 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Bristol, across the Severn Estuary and upstream on the River Wye in South Wales, where trows were once built. Trows historically sailed to trade in Bristol from Llandogo. The pub was named by Captain Joe McMahon, a sailor who lived in Llandogo and ran the ...
The Mauretania is a pub in the English city of Bristol, built in 1870 by Henry Masters, with a rear extension being added in 1938 by WH Watkins.It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.
During the 1800s, Bristol was a popular resort and spa, and the inn catered to the travelers. [2] In 1892, the inn was renamed Ye Olde Delaware House. [ 2 ] The Mundy family purchased the inn in the mid 1950s and operated it as The Ye Olde Delaware House.
Bertram Wilks is a well-known member of the Bristol community. Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1938, Wilks moved to the UK in 1959. He opened the Black and White Café in the St Pauls district of Bristol in 1971. [3] Wilks has been featured in the books Policing Notting Hill: Fifty Years of Turbulence, by Tony Moore, [4] and Uprising!