Audrey Esmeralda Chapman’s sharp wit and agility impressed all those she encountered. The centenarian, originally from Pile Bay, Black Rock, St Michael, emigrated to the United States in the 1980s following the death of her mother. In 2016, she returned...
Keziah Vanlair Beaumont Clarke was born to Samuel Aaron Hall (a fisherman) and Florence Hall nee Headley (a housewife) at Olive Lodge Road, Paynes Bay, St. James, on December 25, 1919, and had eight other siblings. Her early education was at the St. John the...
Winston Brewster was born in Gibbons, Christ Church. Educated at Providence Boys’ School, Winston worked alongside his grandmother pulling grass at Gibbons Plantation, in the same parish until age 10. Later, he worked weeding the roads and clearing gutters...
Alicia Waithe worked as a domestic in private homes in St. Philip and St. John. Born in Clifden Hill, St. Philip, Mrs. Waithe was educated at St. Philip’s Girls’ School. Alicia was the mother of seven, three deceased. She married Charles Waithe, who predeceased...
Mildred Eunice Cumberbatch was born in Weston St. James. On the death of her parents at an early age, she moved to Mount Brevitor, St. Peter where she was raised by her aunts Helena and Elvira Toppin. Mildred began her early school life at St. Albans...
