Constance Jordan was described as the sugar cake specialist by her neighbours and friends in Marley Vale, St. Philip. In earlier days, Constance was a hawker and among the nuts and fruits sold from her tray in Marley Vale, were tasty sugar cakes made from almond...
Cyrillisa Brewster lived in Greens, St. George. From the early 1900’s, Ms. Brewster was a homemaker and a small farmer. She made a living from growing sugar cane, ground provisions, vegetables, livestock and poultry on the one acre of land where she...
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’...
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,...
