A Family Record · Working Edition

House of Ogle

A family history for the Ogle children: the Ogles of Guyana, the Campbells of Barbados, and the Frederick, Gouveia and other lines that join them.

Compiled by Theon Ogle

Explore the record

An Interactive Family History

More than a book: a living record of the Ogle family, bringing together people, places, documents and stories across generations. Every finding is marked as proven, likely or family tradition, and every record is cited.

Explore the Family Record
Forested hills and farmland (illustration)Part OneFather’s LineDemerara, British GuianaA palm-lined Caribbean shore (illustration)Part TwoMother’s LineSt James and St Michael, Barbados

Key contents

Discover What’s Inside

The people, places and events that shaped the Ogle family story.

The family journey

A Timeline Through the Generations

Key turning points in the Ogle and Campbell family history, as the records show them.

  1. c. 1790From West AfricaThe earliest ancestor on the father’s line is born in West Africa.
  2. 1817–1834The registersAncestors on both lines appear in the plantation registers of Demerara and Barbados.
  3. 1834–1842FreedomEmancipation, and the first family marriages in church records.
  4. Later 1800sFamily lines emergeBaptisms, marriages and villages trace the Ogles and Campbells.
  5. 1900sNew horizonsFamily members settle in Guyana, Barbados, New York and England.
  6. TodayThe recordThe research continues, with open questions still to answer.

Be Part of the Record

Do you have documents, photographs or family memories? Approved family members can help grow and correct the Ogle family history.