Ruth Bowe writes: Alfred Francis Adderley combined many fine qualities of character and
brilliant intellect.
He was a leader in his church and community, a statesman, and a gentleman. He
was born on November 16, 1891 to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Parliament Adderley, and
followed in his family's tradition.
Before Alfred's birth, the name of Adderley was well respected in legal and
administrative circles. He was the third member of the family to be elected to
the House of Assembly. His father, W. P. Adderley, C.B.E., J.P., served as a
House member for 35 years. His great uncle, William Campbell Adderley was one
of the first black men elected to that body.
Adderley's grandfather, Aladin, owned large estates in New Providence, but made
his home on Delancy Street...
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society will host a talk by
Rosalie Fawkes on her father, Sir Randol Fawkes on Thursday,
January 28th at 6pm.
In 2005, Miss
Fawkes established the Bahamas School for Piano Studies and she remains very
active in the training of a new generation of pianists and helping with the
music ministry at her parish church, St. Mary’s Anglican Church. Miss
Fawkes has also been a member of the Young Women’s Christian Association
(YWCA) for many years and currently serves as the General Secretary for that
association.
Sir Randol Francis Fawkes (born March 20, 1924), is often referred to as "The Father of
Labour" for the work that he did in establishing the trade unionist
movement in The Bahamas...
Ruth Bowe writes: For over a century and a half the newspaper history in the Bahamas has been
closely connected with the Nassau Guardian and the Moseley family, the
original founders, owners and editors. The history of the Nassau Guardian began
with the arrival of Mr. Edwin Charles Moseley in 1837 from England to assume
the Editorship of the Argus.1
However, he declined this position because the newspaper was anti-emancipation
and opposed to many of his views.
On 23 November 1844 he founded the Nassau
Guardian which became the longest lived and most widely circulated newspaper
in The Bahamas. In the 1870's there was a growing concern for the survival of
the newspaper industry since the community did not require nor could it support
three newspapers.
Nassau, Bahamas -
The following was written by by Paul Boultbee:
Libraries in some form or another have existed
since man first learned to read and write; to record his triumphs and defeats,
his commerce, laws and literature. Records of civilization have been kept for
nearly 3000 years and have nearly always found their way into some kind of
library, archive or repository of knowledge. Originally these collections were
either royal or government libraries and remained as such, for the most part,
until the 18th century.1 It was not until this time that the
predecessors of the public library, as we know it today, came into existence.
These early movements, culminating in public library systems, began in Britain
and have a direct bearing on the development of
library service in the Bahamas.
In order to understand the influences of these
developments in general and on the establishment of the Nassau Public Library...
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society hosted a talk by
Darius Williams on
‘Liberated African Settlements in the Northern Islands' on
November 26th, 2009.Watch his presentation on Video within. Darius D. Williams is a Grand
Bahamian entrepreneur with an artistic and engineering background. He was born
in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, the son of a Family Island Administrator and a
Schoolteacher turned housewife. He is author of
The Rail and Locomotive
History of the Bahamas. He is currently working on a second book,
The
Heritage of Grand Bahama and its People. He can be seen on U Tube on the
National Art Gallary of the Bahamas web site. He has been featured in all major
local newspapers, on ZNS TV and Charles Carter’s Bahamians. He has given
many presentations to social clubs, heritage festivals and the Bahamas
Historical Society...
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society held a Talk on
December 3rd with Jane Eva Baxter, who spoke on
"Cemeteries in San Salvador".
Jane Eva Baxter is Associate
Professor and Chair of Anthropology at DePaul University. She completed
her doctorate degree in 2000 from the University of Michigan where she
wrote her dissertation on the archaeology of childhood, a topic on which
she continues to publish. Dr. Baxter began working on the island of San
Salvador in 2004 with her project co-director John Burton where they
have excavated at Polly Hill Plantation, Kerr Mount Plantation, and
most recently at Prospect Hill (Farquharson's) Plantation...
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society held their Jubilee Banquet on November at the Sandals Hotel.
Brief speeches were made by President
JimLawlor and Sir Orville Turnquest, who substituted for our Patron, His
Excellency The Governor General Arthur Hanna due to the recent death of Mrs
Beryl Hanna.
Masters of Ceremonies were Anthony Skeebo Roberts and Betty Cole, and eight long serving members of the Society
were honoured...
Remembrance Day – also known as
Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the
event it commemorates) or Veteran’s Day is a day to commemorate the sacrifices
of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically
since the First World War. It is observed on
11th Novemberto recall the end of World War I on that date
in 1918. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour
of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.
The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919, to the
observance of members of the armed forces who were killed during war.
The Bahamas also sacrificed heroes to the First World
War. The Bahamas received the news of the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 via the year old Marconi wireless system...
This handsome
young lad, Garth Johnson, was photographed about 1924 by Doc Sands for his parents, Allan
L. Johnson and Miriam Sands Johnson. Miriam was "Doc" Sands' sister.
This story has a
tragic ending. During World War II (1939-1945), Garth felt called to duty and
was one of those Bahamians who volunteered to join in the struggle against
Germany. Like my cousin, Warren Lightbourn, he became a Royal Air Force fighter
pilot who was killed in action when his plane was shot down.”
“Christopher Columbus made his first
landfall in the New World on October 12, 1492. Columbus affixed the name of San Salvador to the island that served as the
site of his first landfall. Columbus
left the island behind in search of the gold and riches of the Indies and never returned. The island of San Salvador,
quite literally, fell off of the face of the earth following its role as the
landfall of Columbus...
The
Bahamas Historical Society is a non-profit cultural and educational organisation
dedicated to stimulating interest in Bahamian History and to the collection
and preservation of material relating to that history.
One of the society's main objectives is to improve its
Museum and to open it more frequently to the public. Society programmes
and publications are made possible by
membership dues, donations and advertisements
in the Journal.
Bahamian artist, Mr Alton Lowe kindly designed the crest
for the Bahamas Historical Society, which appears on their website...
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society presents Dr Ronald V. Shaklee
who will speak on