[wtc911]

Likely not French at all. About 100-150 yrs ago the Brits "imported" thousands of Indians to be the middle management level people of a couple of their West Indian colonies, specifically, Trinidad/Tobago and Guyana (not to be confused with French Guyana or Suriname). These folks ran the post Office, transportation, etc. During WW2 a migration from the English speaking Caribbean to the UK started due to UK manpower shortages. It was similar to the South - to - North migration of Black Americans during the same time. This trend increased post war.

[dwd1]

Interesting how times of national emergency can bring about such interesting changes in who lives and works where...

Thank you for the info... I did not know the UK experience the same thing we did here but it does make sense...

[cyborg]

My gret grandfather is from Suriname, a Dutch shipmaster. His wife (Spanish/Indigenous) ran a sugarcane plantation and supplied dutch shippers with dry goods. My mother's side...my grandmother was from Africa,an indentured servant and so on. The English colonial government had a flair for tossing people together.