Remembering the Rhone One of the most tragic hurricanes to ever befall the British Virgin Islands happened 151 years ago. The year was 1867. My great-great-grandfather was 9 years old. His name was Henry Osmond Creque. Six of his siblings along with his parents were huddled together for safety in a cramped, two-roomed cottage. It […]
BRITISH Virgin Islands
Message in a Bottle Found on Virgin Gorda Beach! ~ 1833
Imagine walking along the beach and noticing an odd-shaped bottle still sealed and never opened! 🍾 Almost 200 years ago, a young boy discovered such a bottle on a beach in Virgin Gorda. Young James McDonough must have been thrilled by his discovery when he realized the mysterious bottle had its contents intact. The Message Opening the bottle […]
Rare Billy Bones Beach Bar Menu Up For Sale!
While scrolling through ebay today, I came across an interesting find! It was a dinner menu from a restaurant my husband and I opened in 1997! It brought back a flood of memories. Here is the listing information I found. 🔎 Billy Bones Beach Bar Menu “A find for all others – this is one of the […]
Ann True Story Book by Flordelisa Mota
The author and I share a love of BVI history! While I am still researching my family’s lives in Anegada, Flordelisa Mota has written about hers in this book. Below is an amazon review. Ann True Story They were driven on by wind and tide. Ann is about a journey of a Christian mother and […]
Sun, Sand and Murder Mystery Book by John Keyse-Walker
Here’s a new book set in the tiny island of our ancestors, Anegada. Thanks to Sophie Schiller, author of Transfer Day and Race to Tibet for telling me about it. It’s received rave reviews! Below is a small anecdote with links to amazon to learn more. Sun, Sand and Murder Mystery As a Special Constable, […]
A Hurricane Prayer for the Protection of the Virgin Islands
After Hurricane Irma hit the Virgin Islands destroying everything in its path, I started to think about life differently. ⛈ No longer do I want to hold on to so many material things. I started perusing my file cabinet with a view to throwing as much as I could away. While sifting through […]
Local Star Gazers Turned out to See a Solar Eclipse ~ 1897
The Solar Eclipse As exciting as it was for many to witness the recent solar eclipse, imagine what it was like for those living one hundred and twenty years ago! 🌖 Days before the event, Danish Astrologer, Carl Frederick Pechule gave an account of what was to be expected on July 29, 1897. Seldom was an […]
Join Me on This Tour of the Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum ~ 1780
Museum Through the welcoming doorway of this old museum is an intriguing time capsule that transports the visitor back in time. The walls in this once flourishing sugar plantation and later a cotton ginning station speak, reveal their unbelievable history as you follow along on a self-guided tour. Framed photographs and stories are posted throughout […]