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...
Baptized Angela Sylvia Browne but always referred to as Sylvia Angela, she was the second child of Stanley Browne, a seaman and Camilla Browne, a seamstress. She had one younger brother (Lester Browne) and one sister (Monica Elaine Wilkins). She also had two older...
George McMalon Toppin was 23-years-old when he left Barbados and went to the United Kingdom to fight in World War II. Like many young Barbadians who left these shores for the battlefield, he was unaware of the dangers that were ahead. However, Mr....
Mary Viviane Phillips was born in St. Lucia but migrated to Barbados at an early age. Formerly of 1st Avenue Pinelands near St. Barnabas, St. Michael, Ms. Phillips was a resident of the St. Michael Geriatric Hospital before being transferred to the Roy Wardeen...
One of Barbados newest centenarians, Ms. Glendora Ruth Phillips, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 8, 2023, surrounded by family and friends, near her home in Cave Hill Drive, St. Lucy. President of Barbados, Her Excellency, The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason,...
