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Olga's Daughter
http://www.olgasdaughter.wordpress.com
In 1994 my mother was admitted to hospital in the UK seriously ill. I realized had she died so would the chance of my finding out about her past, her family in Jamaica and who my father was, information she had refused to tell me. So I decided to find out for myself.
My blog relates the Jamaican history behind the story of a remarkable woman who, because of circumstances, made a choice, which caused her to lose contact with her beloved family in Jamaica, until nearly half a century later when her past caught up her.
- Author: Marie
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- Tags: genealogy family history family saga jamaican history ross family tracing roots
Recent Posts
Sydney comes to London -1939
<—-Aunt Martha, Paddington When I asked my mother (Olga) how safe she felt in London during the first part of 1939, she said she wasn’t worried because people felt that war with Adolph Hitler had been averted. Maybe the prev...
Aunt Martha, Chilworth Street, Paddington
<—A Change of Plan for Olga My Great Aunt Martha was the oldest and not at all like her sisters, Becky and Lucy, either in temperament or looks. She was a short, stout woman with a badly pockmarked face – apparently the result of chicken ...
A Change of Plan for Olga – London 1939
Even after all these years I still struggle to understand how my grandmother, Becky, thought it was safe to send my mother, Olga, to London in April 1939. The threat of war between Britain and Germany had not receded in spite of Nevil...
London 1939
<—-Kingston 1938 – A Dangerous Place to Live My mother, Olga Browney, arrived in London from Kingston, Jamaica on 1st April 1939 intending to stay only a few months. The plan was that Olga would stay with her Aunt Martha in Paddingto...
Christmas in Jamaica with John Canoe
<—-Kingston 1938 – A Dangerous Place to Live I couldn’t help but be amused when I discovered this Christmas card that my Uncle Sydney used to send to his customers in Jamaica. It depicts snow – in Jamaica!! ...
Kingston, 1938 – A Dangerous Place to Live
1938 was a very diffcult and dangerous time for the Browney family living in Kingston. In May of that year workers all over Jamaica went on strike and the unemployed joined them marching and demonstrations. The banana trade had declined drastical...
