Points of connection
"The Year of the Earth Ox"
Samuel Lowe (Dingchao Luo): Born in the village of Luo Rui He in the town of Longgang, Huiyang County in Guangdong Province
“…Indeed, this small, simple two-story wooden structure, marked the beginning of grandfather’s life. He played here with his little friends, and it had always been that special place in his heart through all these difficult years overseas.”
Family, I
“To place “Family” in the centre of all affairs is one of the core values in Chinese tradition.”
The "Guest”
Jamaica in the early 1900s.
Kingston, St.Ann's Parish
"When I moved to Kingston as a very young girl, I vaguely remember overhearing rumours of the family having lived in Latin America." - Cousin Birdie (Anita Hansen)
Family, II
"In Jamaica, when someone have plenthy ah children,
you farm dem out to where don’t have a lot of children to get dem better care.
Up to now dat happen.
It also why it have plenty ah dem abuse."
"The Hardwares + The Lloyds"
2018
1899
Birth of Sarah Lloyd
"The Chinee Shop"
1916, Emma Allison (4)
1918, Alberta Campbell (1)
1923, Ho Shing Lowe (7)
Money Man
Birth of son, Elrick Sr, 1917
Car mats, 1938
"SL & Bros."
Family, III
"In Jamaica there's no 'step', no 'half'. You're family."
ALBERTHA BERYL CAMPBELL
Obituary
Two brothers: Roland Spence (nicknames “Son” and “Brother Son") and Lynford Spence
Two daughters: Nell Williams and Hyacinth M Davis (retired to JA)
Little Wayside Bethany: Founded in 1940 by Mother Lena Hinchcliffe. It is a Revival Church, of the Charismatic, Pentecostal and Holistic Evangelical Movement group.
J.B.B.S.
“Towards the end of the last century, and in the early part of the present century, the JBSS was a very important organization to our poorer brothers and sisters in the island, as it helped them through co-operative and fund raising efforts to pool small sums of money with which to bury their loved ones, assist them through periods of hospitalization due to illness, and also help them in many other urgent matters.
Before the days of funeral parlors and their refrigerated units, the burial of the dead was a traumatic home based activity, and burial was done within a period of three days, before decomposition set in or before the body “raised”. Poor people who were unable to find the money for burial, generally went from home to home, with a white saucer in which some salt was placed, soliciting assistance for the funeral expenses. It was such an event, when a dead man was not buried after four days, which prompted Andrew Duffus Mowatt (born at Dehaney Pen, St. Thomas on the 23rd September 1854; Methodist Class Leader and Circuit Steward in Spanish Town), a compassionate man, to take action which led to the eventual establishment of the Jamaica Burial Scheme Society, at Banbury, Linstead, on the 18th February 1901.
It was the first benevolent society founded in Jamaica, and long preceded the Credit Unions, NIS, NHT and such other organizations. At one time, there were 160 branches of the society island wide, and also in Costa Rica, Panama and Cuba, where many Jamaicans lived. The JBSS headquarters, situated in Spanish Town, was destroyed by fire a few years ago, and has not been yet rebuilt.”
Albertha's death certificate
Date of death: 1971, May 28
Age: 72
Date of birth: c. 1899 (1898-1900)
Place of birth: Westmoreland
Spinster (unmarried)
Comments/Queries:
Unusual we are not finding any information on Hyacinth's birth. Ask Beverly etc?
ALBERTHA: HOLNESS, SPENCE, CAMPBELL?
SEARCHES FOR ALBERTHA'S BIRTH:
Mother: CAROLINE SPENCE. DOB btw 1896-1900. Westmoreland.
Note: We hand searched all the certificates for 1898 for Darliston, Westmoreland
2. Mother: CAROLINE HOLNESS. DOB btw 1896-1900. Westmoreland.
One birth found for a Ada Rebecca HARVEY in 1896
3. Mother: ARLENE HOLNESS or SPENCE. DOB btw 1896-1900. Westmoreland.
4. Mother: ARLENE SPENCE. DOB btw 1896 - 1900, Westmoreland.
5. Mother: CAMPBELL. DOB btw 1896 - 1900, Westmoreland.
3, 4 & 5: No results
CAROLINE HOLNESS' CHILDREN
Roland Spence
1917: POSSIBLE birth of Roland Spence (TBC).
Caroline Holness
Death: 1957
Age 90:
est. Birth: 1867
Westmoreland
Spinster
Last child (Roland): 50
Note/Possibilites:
Albertha was:
born to Caroline and Henry Spence and not recorded
born to Caroline and an Unknown Campbell
born to Henry Spence and Unknown
Other?Ask Norma Spence Eradiri: Has she heard of who her father's siblings were?
THE NEW YORK HOLNESS CONNECTION
“Caroline’s maiden name is Holness and that explains our connection to Hugh and Rose Holness, brother and sister who sponsored my mom’s move to NYC from Jamaica. She lived with them. I believe they were Albertha’s first cousins and they are also from Westmoreland. ”
BACK TO WESTMORELAND: JULIA (& JOHN) HOLNESS
Connecting Hugh to John and Julia
Comments/Queries?
Find the link between John and Caroline Holness.
They were having children around the same time.
A Frances Holness also appears.
Very difficult without any names for Caroline's parents.
TRACING THE SPENCES…
"Emily Spence" and Henry Spence?
Comments/Queries?
Find the link between Richard and Henry Spence.
Look further into a possible Campbell link.
Very difficult without any names for parents.
