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From: Cindy Kilgore Brown <>
Subject: [CARIBBEAN] Re:Ollivierre and Wallace families
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 11:20:00 +0000


Pardon is all mine, Jean-Marie, as I assumed one would know SVG as St.
Vincent and the Grenadines. St. Vincent, the motherland of the
Grenadines, is located at 13'10" north and 60'57" west - approximately
100 miles west of Barbados, 21 miles southwest of St. Lucia. There are
approximately 123 islets, cays, rocks, and small islands known as the
Grenadines, scattered between St. Vincent and Grenada. Bequia is the
largest (and the jewel) of the St. Vincent Grenadines...although it is a
mere 6 square mile dry, volcanic rock. Population today is around 5000;
the local populace is a mix of African, English, French, Scottish,
Portuguese and Carib. A combination making for one beautiful people!
(not a hard, cold fact, but a warm observation of a kind and gentle
people). Historically this area was the tail-end of the European descent
upon the Caribbean, as a result of the strength and determination of the
Carib peoples. But, that isn't to say there wasn't pockets of settlers -
particularly, French. It wasn't until 1783, the Treaty of Versailles,
that the island, became apart of the British Empire. ...but, not any
more; 1979, SVG was granted their own independence.
best regards,
Cindy

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