Frederick Manahem Lindo
| Frederick Manahem Lindo | |
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| Born | 1821 Kingston, Jamaica |
| 💀Died | 1882 Falmouth, Jamaica1882 |
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| 👶 Children | 3, including Percy Lindo |
Frederick Lindo was a Jamaican merchant and politician.
Early life[edit]
Frederick Lindo was born in 1821 at Greenwich Park, Kingston to Abraham Alexander Lindo and Luna Henriques. He was the 7th of 14 children. [1]
In 1825, at the age of 4, Frederick moved with his family to Mecklenburgh Square. His next stop at age 7 was the Isle of Wight and from there went to the Channel Islands. When he was 14 he moved to London again before returning to Jamaica in 1841. In 1846, he moved with his father to Cincinnati until his fathers death in 1849.
Career[edit]
Frederick's elder brothers: Alexander, Abraham and Henry has set themselves up as merchants trading under the name Lindo Brothers in Saint Mary and Trelawny Parish. In 1849, now aged 28, he returned from Cincinnati with his mother and he joined Lindo Brothers firm in Falmouth, Trelawny where they operated as importers and retailers. Their businesses included the Fire Proof Store (provisions and estate supplies), Medical Hall (Druggist), Waterloo House (dry goods business), cigar and tinware factories and a newspaper called the Falmouth Post. [2]
In 1855, the brothers sued Edward Moulton Barrett for negligence.[3]
Frederick was a director of the Falmouth Water Co. and vestrymen for Trelawny.[4]
In 1867, he launched the Trelawny Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1868, he opened a haberdashery on Harbour Street in Kingston.
Personal life[edit]
In 1858 he married Grace Morales, the daughter of Dr. Moses Morales and Louisa deLisser in Falmouth, Jamaica. The couple had ten children, including:
- Cecil Vernon Lindo (1870-1960)
- Stanley Lindo (1875-1958)
- Percy Lindo (1877-1946)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Jamaica Sephardic Jewish births I-L". www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ↑ "Jamaica Gleaner Newspaper excerpts February 1867". www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ↑ "Alexander Lindo, Abraham Lindo, and Henry Lindo v. Edward Moulton Barrett (United Kingdom), Privy Council, Judgment, Law, casemine.com". https://www.casemine.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Ranston, Jackie (2000). The Lindo Legacy. Toucan Books. ISBN 978-1-903435-00-7. Search this book on
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