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Edris Elaine Trottman [note 1] was born on 19 April 1909 in Linstead, Saint Catherine Parish, in the British crown colony of Jamaica to Alice (née Feurtado) and Robert Henry Trottman. [1] [2] [3] She grew up and was educated in Linstead and then moved to Kingston, where she began her career as a clerk at the dry goods store, Sherlock & Smith ...
The Ziadie family is a Maronite family residing in Jamaica, where they were prominent merchants. A branch of the family now resides in the United States and its members have become successful horse trainers. [1] [2] They are the descendants of half a dozen Greek Orthodox brothers who emigrated from Lebanon. [3]
Kerr-Jarrett became manager and owner of the Barnett Sugar Estates from 1910 [8] and, after service in World War I, he was a member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica between 1919 and 1921. [9] He served as Chairman of the Jamaica Sugar Manufacturers’ Association between 1930 and 1945, and was Custos for St James, Jamaica between 1933 and ...
Abraham Elias Issa CBE OJ (October 10, 1905 – November 29, 1984) was a Jamaican businessman, entrepreneur and hotelier acclaimed as "The Father of Jamaican Tourism". [1] As the first president of the Jamaica Tourist Board he contributed to the expansion of Jamaican tourism in the late 1950s.
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean .
The Beckford family was an aristocratic English family in Jamaica. [1] They were known for their involvement in the slave trade and owning plantations in the West Indies in the 17th century . [ 2 ]
In 1950, Hart returned to Montego Bay after a fire destroyed his father's business establishment, Samuel Hart and Son. In 1951, He started Jamaica's first record manufacturing company, Records Ltd, in Kingston. The same year, he left Samuel Hart and Son and established Jamaica Electronics in Kingston, but returned to Montego Bay in early 1953.
Eli Joseph Matalon, OJ (January 9, 1924 – October 31, 1999) was a Jamaican businessman and politician, representing the People's National Party (PNP). He served as Mayor of Kingston from 1971 to 1973, as Minister of Education from 1973 to 1974, and as the first Minister of National Security and Justice from 1974 to 1976.