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In the mid 1930's James Plumpton moved to Trinidad and then to the Demerara district of Georgetown in British Guiana
His military records show that he resided at 73 Main Street along with one or two other addresses
Not much is known in my family about James' life in Georgetown or where he was buried in 1949?.. but if I find out anything I'll update this page.
My Father did write the following about it:
"With regard to the death of James in Georgetown, I am afraid that I have no details James married again some time after shipping out as a bankrupt widower from Cullompton to Central America. His new wife was called Marjory and they had a son and daughter together. Mum corresponded with Marjory every now and then until mum's death. Marjory's daughter had married and moved to Europe but I am not sure about her brother. I once looked up the telephone directory for Georgetown but there were no Plumptons registered. "
If there is anyone In Georgetown who can help with researching public records for me, I would appreciate it.
I can be contacted on jamesplumpton.history@gmail.com
Update: I have recently found the following article from 1935, which suggests that James Plumpton, Frank Cooper and Percy Howe (Cocos Members) and also G. W. Allen from Croydon Surrey, went in search of treasure on a sunken Spanish Galleon in Chaguaramus Bay, Trinidad.
February 28th 1935
According to his Naval Records, this is one of the addresses where James Plumpton stayed
Hotel De Paris was located in Marine Square (Now Independence Square), in Port of Spain, Trinidad
"When it was founded in 1870 by Louis Guiseppi, the Hotel de Paris on Abercrombie Street was the finest of the sort in the island. It boasted 34 rooms opening onto an upper floor, a posh dining room, and an extensive drawing room where the upper classes would meet and share a cocktail over the latest gossip. To the back of the hotel was a garden and patio which was an oddity for an establishment in the heart of the city. The hotel as a resort was unknown until the opening of the Queen's Park Hotel in 1895. Nevertheless, the Hotel de Paris existed well into the 1930s by which time it had lost much of its sheen and had decayed into little more than a cheap dive. Indeed, one guest in 1922 remarked that the rooms had saloon swinging doors rather than proper panelled ones so that one could lie in bed and see the heads and feet of all the people trudging the corridors."
If you have any information to add or any comments, please drop me an email: jamesplumpton.history@gmail.com
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