Caroltta Strickland, was born in Flatfield, St. Lucy . A pupil of St. Swithins’ Girls’ School, she left school at an early age to work at Hope Plantation as a labourer. She later worked as a domestic for the parents of former Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Philip Greaves...
Vera Elaine Gibbs-Gooding was educated at Belmont Girls’ School. On leaving school she attended music lessons, where she learned to play the piano, but went on to learn the art of dress making Thereafter, she worked as a shop attendant. In the early 1950s, she opened...
Baptized Angela Sylvia Browne but always referred to as Sylvia Angela, she was the second child of Stanley Browne, a seaman and Camilla Browne, a seamstress. She had one younger brother (Lester Browne) and one sister (Monica Elaine Wilkins). She also had two older...
Helen Lizette Hutchinson was born September 11, 1915 to Robert and Rachel Mayers. She is the last of four children. She attended St. Margaret’s Primary School. Her family were shopkeepers in the area serving the communities of St. Margaret’s, Glenburnie and Foster...
Vivian Ursula Blenman, born February 15, 1913 to parents Mildred and Joseph Blenman, resided in Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill, St. Michael, for all of her 101 years. Vivian was the eldest of seven children educated at the Belmont School and Carrington Village...
