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 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 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...
A former plantation worker, Edna was employed at the Norwoods, Bennetts and Bagatelle plantations in St Thomas.
Edna Elise Waithe was born on June 26th 1916 to John Griffith and Clarice Ifill in Checker Hall, St. Lucy. At an early age, she moved to Bridgetown to live with one of her aunts. Edna grew to love “city life” and spent most of her adult life living in Belfield,...
Desdemona Delphine Gibson (nee Dorant) or “Aunt Del” was born in the parish of St. George and was the third child of Thomas and Rosalie Dorant. She grew up in St. Helen’s, with her three sisters and two brothers and was educated at St. Augustine’s Girls’...
