Rose Adelin Wiltshire

Rose Adelin Wiltshire

Rose Wiltshire (nee Maughan) was born in St. Michael and attended Queen’s College.  On leaving school, she married Wilbert Wiltshire, a Barbadian chemist employed by the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company.  They had nine children. As a housewife, Rose gave piano...
Rosalie Ifill

Rosalie Ifill

Rosalie Ifill was a proud, hardworking woman who was devoted to her immediate family and blood relatives. Hailing from Connell Town, St. Lucy, Mrs. Ifill was an active member of St. Swithuns Anglican Church from the time of her confirmation, at 15 years old, in 1908. ...
Millicent “Millie” Ifill

Millicent “Millie” Ifill

Millicent “Millie” Ifill is a well-loved, former fish vendor whose hard work and dedication to the industry has earned her the respect among the fishing community in Weston, St. James. Raised in Broomfield, St. Lucy by her grandmother who passed away when Millie was...
Matilda “Dootsie” Walker

Matilda “Dootsie” Walker

Matilda Walker (nee Sargeant) was born in the small village of Carrington, St. Philip.   The oldest of five children, “Dootsie” was entrusted with the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings. Matilda began her working career as a teenager being...
Iona Ianthe Gaskin

Iona Ianthe Gaskin

Iona Gaskin was born in Lower Burney, St. Michael and worked as a shop assistant and laundry worker along with working as a domestic. She emigrated to Canada, where she was an active supporter of the Caribbean Associations there. She now resides in Rural Cot, Mapp...
Edna Agustus Lynch

Edna Agustus Lynch

A former plantation worker, Edna was employed at the Norwoods, Bennetts and Bagatelle plantations in St Thomas.