<—Bad News Refuge for Friendless Girls—> Olga’s Diary (Continued) Dear Diary What did I do wrong: The water in my bath was so hot the bathroom was thick with steam, burning my skin and I could barely see the bath taps. But I didn’t want to cool it down, I wanted it as [...]
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The Rape of an Innocent
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Genealogy, Nursing during the War, tagged Captain John Edward, family story. roots, nursing WW2, Olga Browney, Olga's diary, paddington, rape, St Giles Cottage Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital on January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Olga – A Student Nurse at St Giles Hospital 1939
Posted in Family Historian, Family Saga, History of my ancestors, Memoirs, tagged Browney family, Carmen Browne, family story. roots, London 1939, nursing WW2, Olga Browney, Olga's diary, paddington, St Giles Cottage Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
<—Sydney Comes to London – 1939 Olga, Nursing & Declaration of War —> (Olga’s Diary Continued) Dear Diary St Giles Hospital: I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Not too long ago I was spending my mornings sitting on a park bench in Regent’s Park feeling sorry for myself and now I’m [...]
Sydney Shoots a Burglar
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Jamaican folklore, Jamaican Genealogy, Obeah, tagged Browney family, Catholic religion, family story. roots, Holy Trinity Cathedral Kingston Jamaica, Jamaica, Obeah, obeahman, Olga's diary, Ross family, Sydney Browney on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
<– More Spells and Obeah Kingston 1938 A Dangerous Place to Live—> Click to englarge image Once my Mum (Olga) started to talk about her family to me and what her life was like growing up in Jamaica, she told me about the two biggest scandals in the family (and there were quite a few!). [...]
Pops, Aunt Martha and Marcus Garvey
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, History of my ancestors, Jamaican Genealogy, Marcus Garvey, tagged Annie Palmer, Browney family, family story. roots, Garvey, Jamaica, Jamaican society, Marcus Garvey, Obeah, Olga, Olga's diary, Rose Hall on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
<-Vivie, Sydney & The Den of Inequity A Loose Cannon & The Catholic Church–> Some might say that dysfunctional would be an appropriate word to describe my mother’s family, but I prefer the word colourful! Mum had described her family to me as high Catholics, a phrase I have never understood the meaning [...]
Olga’s Diary Continued : Siblings, Lodgers and a Gift from God
Posted in Family Historian, Family Saga, Genealogy, History of my ancestors, tagged Browney family, Browneys, Diary, family story. roots, geneology, Jamaica, Jamaican ancestory, Maroons, memoir, Obeah, Olga, slavery on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
<—Olga’s Diary Vivie, Sydney & the Den of Inequity—> Dear Diary When we were little, Mammie used to take in lodgers and we still have one, Mr Delgado who has one of the rooms downstairs. He is a salesman, from the Cockpit Country and a direct descendent of the Maroons, who, by the way, [...]
How It All Began
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Genealogy, Memoirs, tagged Carmen Browne, family, family story. roots, Jamaica on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In 1994, my mother, Carmen Browne, was admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, England 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 [...]
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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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