Bahamas Population 27,519 with 13,071 Vaccinated in 1851
The 1851 census was particularly detailed. Of note, was the need for the government to assess the number of able bodied men in the Colony. Men were needed to maintain Continue Reading
Mrs. Edith Bertram – First Woman Appointed To A Public Board in The Bahamas Ignited A Firestorm 1903
In January 1903, Mrs. Edith Bertram became the first woman, in the history of the Bahama Islands, to be appointed to a Public Board. Mrs. Bertram was appointed Commissioner of Continue Reading
Three Generations of Sands – Sir James, Mr. Stafford and Sir Stafford
Sir James Patrick Sands was born 1859 in Nassau. He spent the better part, of his first twenty years, in Haiti. Sir James came back to Nassau in 1882 to Continue Reading
Death Granted Sisal Patent and Crown Land in Abaco 1889
Death came to the Bahama Islands in 1889. William Ephraim Death, an engineer with a most striking name, from Leicester in England, made a significant contribution to a new and Continue Reading
FOR SALE – Entire FOX HILL 1,200 acres renamed Sandilands by Order of the Bank 1850
In 1850, Robert Sandilands had been forced to sell all 1,200 acres of Fox Hill, renamed Sandilands. Robert Sandilands in fact, was selling everything he owned in The Bahamas, or Continue Reading