Courtesy of the Barbados Ball Canada Aid: http://www.barbadosballcanada.com/bajan-centenarians.html
Mrs. Louisa Cumberbatch-Hunte was born in Bellair, St. Philip, Barbados on September 21, 1907 and except for some challenges with her eyesight, remained in full control of her faculties until her death. She had one sister who lived in Barbados and passed away at the age of 102. Her mother died at 93.
Mrs. Cumberbatch-Hunte attended Beulah School in St. Philip and Grace Hill School in St. Michael. She had four children, was grandmother of 25, great grandmother of over 30 and great-great grandmother of 6. She immigrated to Canada in 1974 to live with one of her sons and his family to help raise her grandchildren Sharon and Michael. She lived with Sharon in her final years.
