One of Barbados’ latest centenarians, Ottaline Sealy, celebrated her birthday on Wednesday August 10, 2022, surrounded by family, friends and members of the South District Methodist Church, in St. George. Mrs. Sealy also received a special visit, via Zoom, from...
Cuthbert Chesterfield Cumberbatch was born at Black Bess, St. Peter. With no formal education, he worked as a labourer at the Mangrove and Richmond Plantations in the same parish. In 1947, he married Mildred Cumberbatch and had six children, one deceased. ...
Beryl Padmore was born in Hoyte’s Village, St. James and educated at St. John the Baptist Girls’ School to seventh standard. On leaving school, she lived briefly in Hall’s Village, St James before returning to Hoyte’s Village. She worked as a domestic at...
Drusilla Browne was born in Indian Ground, St. Peter, but currently resides at 4th Avenue Rock Dundo, St. James. Educated at Indian Ground School, in the same parish, Drusilla worked as a labourer cutting and loading canes at various plantations – Sedge Pond,...
One of Barbados’ newest centenarians, Doris Ilene Holder, who celebrated her 100th birthday throughout the month of November, welcomed family members and a few close friends to her Lears-Canewood home on November 23, 2024, to mark this significant milestone. ...