Elvira Mary Rock was born on July 22, 1878 to Eliza Ann Burnett and John Rock in St. Lucy, Barbados. She was the eldest of six children. She married at St. Clement’s Anglican Church in St. Lucy on February 22, 1898 at the age of 19 to 23-year-old Isaac Henry Newton...
Ellerton Ingrahm Norville was born August 14, but his birth was registered as September 14, 1915. His parents were James and Elizabeth Norville of Salmonds, St. Lucy. He was the only surviving child of 13, born to Elizabeth, although he had a brother and sister by...
Editha Babb was born in Rock Dundo, St. James, and educated at the nearby St. Boniface School. On leaving school, Editha worked as a seamstress who specialised in uniforms and dresses. She was also a laundress for Realtors Limited in the 1970’s. She met and...
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...
