John Burke

John Burke

One of Barbados newest centenarians, John Burke (also known as John Young) celebrated his 100th birthday with family, friends and members of St. Jude’s Anglican Church, St. George, on Wednesday, December 20. President of Barbados, The Most Honourable Dame Sandra...

Meet A Centenarian From A Sister Island In The Caribbean

Ena Collymore-Woodstock, has blazed a trail in the legal fraternity in Jamaica as its first female judge on the bench. The centenarian, who was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica on September 10, 1917, is of Barbadian ancestry.  Her great grandfather, the Reverend Joseph...
Gwendoline Thorne

Gwendoline Thorne

Courtesy of the Barbados Ball Canada Aid: http://www.barbadosballcanada.com/bajan-centenarians.html Born in Glebe Land, St. George in 1914, Mrs. Gwendoline Eileen Thorne attended Belmont Girls School, St. Michael. She came to Canada in 1959 and settled in...
Lydia Richardson

Lydia Richardson

Courtesy of the Barbados Ball Canada Aid: http://www.barbadosballcanada.com/bajan-centenarians.html Born in Barbados on January 28th, 1914, Mrs. Lydia Richardson was one of seven children of Herbert and Lydia Johnson. In 1934 she moved to Aruba where she became a...
Gwendoline Ramsay

Gwendoline Ramsay

Courtesy of the Barbados Ball Canada Aid: http://www.barbadosballcanada.com/bajan-centenarians.html Mrs. Gwendoline Louisa Adessa Ramsay was born in Roberts Land, St. Michael, Barbados in 1914 and attended South District Girls School in St. George. Married in 1930 and...
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