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I wrote before, in my other blog, about a woman named Eliza Phillip who died a few years ago before I completed college. She lived in Dominica all her life. She died as a centenarian. She was my great grand mother. She was almost 115. I always said if she lived past my college graduation that I would ask her how she did it.

I remember visiting her in my youngest days and her daughter, Adothan. Adothan always had cookies/candy for us. I loved it there. However, I always had to remind “Ma Bradley,” of who I was. I always wondered if she really knew. The place smelled like old people as usual (you know how it is visiting your grandparents sometimes). But, I loved the decoration/furniture that they had. There were dolls and doilies – that Adothan would make. Sometimes we had food, I was surprised seeing my great grandmother in the kitchen at times. She turned 100 in 1988. Therefor she was born in the 1880s.. wasn’t that remarkable?

On the genealogy tree that I am using (geni.com) I added articles and photos found by research and provided by family members. I want to thank my relative Natalie for this – she is a new cousin that I found out that I had. She’s over 50 and lives in London. I also have to give credit to another family member: Agatha Carr who provided more photos.

My great grand mother actually have records that verified her age which was pretty remarkable. Here are a few things posted:

articledrawing( Drawing By Gabrielle Le Roux)

I hear stories of her now, she was strict and strong even if she looked like a small woman.

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motherThey called her “Mother,” this photo above is of my very own mother (with the red ribbon), her siblings and Mother, they must have been going to church.

2 thoughts on “Centenarian in my family

  1. […] where I dropped off my things, said hi to my uncle and tanty who happens to be around 96 years old. Her mother lived to almost 115. There’s a monument celebrating her life in the center of the […]

  2. […] I don’t know much about the life of my late grandfather (mum’s dad, to me he was a man of mystery). However, I wanted to write an entry in his honour. I really thought he would live to be 100 since his mum lived almost 115. […]

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