Edna Augusta ‘Adina’ Harris (nee Bailey) was born at Gregg Farm, St. Andrew on October 23, 1900. Her parents were Angelina Mitchell, a labourer, and William Bailey, a Scottish overseer and bookkeeper at Nicholas Plantation, now St. Nicholas Abbey. In 1928, she married...
Daisy Eleanor Mahon was born in the parish of St. Lucy, but relocated to St. Michael. She worked as a domestic. Mrs. Mahon was married to Charles Christopher Mahon, and was the mother of two children.
Valera Barrow (nee Holder) was born to Barbadian parents, who migrated to Panama. Her father worked on the construction of the Panama Canal. At the death of her father, the family returned to Barbados. Mrs. Barrow attended St. George’s Girls’ School and worshipped at...
Marie Millicent Trotman was born to Dorothy Jane Mayers and Robert Taitt of Hillswick, St. Joseph on September 23, 1905, and was one of seven children. Educated at St. Elizabeth Girls’ School, St. Joseph, she left there and went to work at the age of 14. She...
Sarah Eudora Boyce was born on March 16, 1907, and died on June 11, 2009, at the age of 102. She resided at Cave Hill Drive, St. Lucy. Ms. Boyce obtained her earliest formal education at St. Clement’s Girls School in St. Lucy. From a youth, she showed a compelling...
