<—A Change of Plan for Olga Sydney Comes to London 1939 —> 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 pox. Every now [...]
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Aunt Martha, Chilworth Street, Paddington
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Genealogy, Jamaican History, tagged Browney family, Drury Lane Theatre, Olga Browney, Olga's diary, Ross family, Ross sisters on October 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
St Andrews, Jamaica
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Jamaican Genealogy, Memoirs, tagged boom town Jamaica, Drury Lane Theatre, Kingston, Ross family saga, Ross sisters on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
<— London 1900 My First Contact —> My Great Aunt Lucy was a sweet, gentle and intelligent lady who loved to sketch and paint. Becky and Lucy had aways been close and Becky missed Lucy a lot. They were similar in looks and demeanour – slender with fair hair and blue eyes. However, neither [...]
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Why I Wrote ”Olga – A Daughter’s Tale”
In 1994, my mother, Carmen Browne, was admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton in the UK seriously ill. As she slowly recovered I realized that had she died so too would the chance of my finding out about her past, her family in Jamaica and, of particular importance to me, who my father was information she had consistently refused to share with me. So I decided to find out for myself.My first discovery was that my mother’s real name was Olga Browney, born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and one of eleven children from a close-knit, coloured Catholic family. A kind, naïve and gentle girl, my mother arrived in London in 1939 and lived with a malevolent, alcoholic aunt, intending to stay for only six months. However, world events, personal tragedy and malicious intent all combined to prevent her from returning home to Kingston.
"Olga - A Daughter's Tale" is based on a true story about cruelty, revenge and jealousy inflicted on an innocent young woman and about moral courage, dignity, resilience and, in particular, love. It is the story of a remarkable woman, who because of circumstances, made a choice, which resulted in her losing contact with her beloved family in Jamaica, until nearly half a century later, when her past caught up her.
What I discovered about my mother filled me with such admiration for her that I wanted her story recorded for future generations of my family to read so that they would know about this remarkable woman whose greatest gift to me was her unconditional love. That's why I wrote “Olga – A Daughter’s Tale”.
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