Golden Grove - Nabaclis Village District

 MaaNgala Oni Shankalla

Golden Grove - Nabaclis Village District

October 22, 2013  · 

To promote and to protect the social, educational, economical, and political interests of the community. 

To interest member and others in the welfare of the peoples of the community. To improve relations among all Guyanese, and people with interest in the development of Guyanese society. 

To co-operate with organizations, institutions and individuals sympathetic to the improvement of the Haslington, Golden Grove, Nabaclis, Cove John, Victoria and Belfield Communities. 

To honour our ancestors.

To blaze a trail for our descendants.

To tell the stories of the community ourselves. 

The Shareholders and Joint-Proprietors of Golden Grove - incomplete listing:

Prince Grant; Juptier Quashey; Lina Hercules; John Sumner; Bentick Sancho; Filbert Horatio; Cheesewright Josiah; Ben Conwright; Sophy David; Leah Giles; James Smith; Rowland Chester; Job Timmany; Luke Philip and Gotina Stout; Bristol Newport; Philip Daniel; Tuckness Sancho; Quashey Luke, and Prince Asan; Benjamin Solomon; Robert Europe; Wellington Rogers; Sambo Sumner and Quammy David; Andrew Lexey; Joseph Beard; Sam Sarrabo; Blackwell Simon; Frederick Hope; Billy George; Frank Seaforth; Grenville Green; Billy Billieson; Duke Cato; George Jack; Charles Christmas; Diamond Chester; Stewart Smith; Daniel Virgil and Margaret McArthur; Sam Dick and Jack Newport; Sammy Richard; Sampson Collins; Douglas Hector and James Simon and George Timmany.

List the professionals, civil servants, the academics,  University trained persons and Village politicians  and iconic personalities who were resident in Nabaclis and Golden Grove. 

Bertrand Abrams, Cardwell F. Adams, Thomas Adams, Malcolm Agostini, Carl Austin, Cecil Barnwell, Kenneth Barnwell, Neville Barnwell,  Stanley Barnwell, Stella Benjamin, Albert Messiah Benn, Thomas Henry Benn, Oswald Bland, Kenneth Bristol, Rev. John Allan Campbell (1846-1903), Richard Charles, Pharaoh Chase, Pandit Dowlat Ram Chowbey, Pandit Ganesh Ram Chowbey, George Edmund Cockfield, David Collins, Sampson Nathaniel Collins (1898-1949), Bertram Aggrey Nathaniel Collins, Isaiah David, James David, Claude Hicks Augustus Denbow, Ernest Barnabas Elliott Tappin Johnson Elliott, Wilfred Elliott,  Isaac Evelyn, Merle Grenada , Stanley Gomes, Michael Harry, Patrick Harry, Thomas Harry, Cecil Arthur Hawker, Colin Hiles, Hubert Augustus Hughes, Nathaniel Hughes, Willie Hughes a.k.a. Sapata: the Obeah Specialist, Archibald Fitz Donald Jackman, Eric Jackman, Stephen Fitz Donald Jackman, James William James, Stephen Livingston Jeune, Daniel Thomas Adolphus Jones(1855-1945),Peter Lauchmonen Kempadoo, Oonya Kempadoo, Roshini Kempadoo, Benjamin Kingston, E. London,  Job Luke, Murtland P. Maison, Nathaniel Maison, W. Maison, Carlton Paton Browne Melbourne (d. 1962),Pandit Lalbachan Misir, George H. H. Morrison, Joseph Alfred Parkinson, James Patterson, Balgobin Persaud, Dr. Jagat Paul Persaud, Manoel Garoe Pitta,   Praksh, Leo Ramotar, Donald Richards, Adam Ridley,  Chris Sampson, Christopher "Boss" Bentick Sancho, John Sancho, Tuckness Sancho, Lambert Tuckness "Tommy" Sancho, Leebert Sancho, Christopher Bentick Sancho, Joseph Thomas Sancho, T. Anson Sancho, Oswald Sancho, Frederick William Sandy, Leopold Duncan Sarrabo, James Christopher Seeley, Barton Scotland, James Bradshaw Sharples (1799-1859), Alexander Simon, James Rodwell Simon,   Stanford Simon, Bhup Singh, Abina Solomon , Dr. Cyril Solomon, Frederick Solomon, Stanford Solomon, P. Sumner, Henry Thomas, Hubert Alfred Thompson, Rampersaud Tiwari, Alwyn Laurence Ellerton Trotman, Annandale Trotman, Branford Trotman, Donald Ashley Bevel Trotman (b. 1899), Donald Ashley Bevel Trotman, James Alfred Trotman (1864-1961), Raphael Trotman, Waveney Trotman,  Shurland "King Fighter" Wilson and Joshua Arthur Younge 

LAWYERS: 

Felix Austin, Abina Solomon, Barton Scotland, Donald Ashley Bevel Trotman, Kenneth Barnwell, Holder, Stanley E. Gomes, 

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS:

Frankie Hosannah,  James Campbell

DENTISTS:

Charles Jupiter

HEAD TEACHERS: 

James Alfred Trotman, Donald Ashley Bevel Trotman, Hubert A. Thompson, Tappin Johnson Elliott, Joseph A. Patterson, Muriel Sancho, Leebert Sancho, AA Bristol, Joseph Parkinson, Carlton Paton Browne Melbourne

STATION MASTERS: 

Barnwell, Henry John Elliott, Benjamin Sandy??

POSTMASTERS: 

James Rodwell Simon, Bertrand Simon, Compton Patterson

SANITARY INSPECTORS: 

J. H. Roberts

CHAIRMEN of the Local Authority of Golden Grove and Nabaclis Village District: Thomas Adam Ridley (Thursday, February 9, 1893 - Thursday, June 1, 1893),  

Manoel Garoe Pitta (1893-1899),  Thomas Adams (1899-) , Branford Trotman (1908-), George Edmund Cockfield, Leopold Duncan Sarrabo, James Alfred Trotman (October 31, 1928 - December 31, 1928) , N. Maison (January 1, 1934 -June 13, 1934), and James  Rowell Simon (June 14, 1934 – December 31, 1934), D. A. Bacchus, Donald Ashley Bevel Trotman, James   Christopher M. Sealey, Hubert Augustus Hughes, Murtland P. Maison, H. Jeune, Donald Jackman, 

DEPUTY CHAIRMEN of the Local Authority of Golden Grove and Nabaclis Village District:

Thomas Adams (1893-), Nathaniel Mason (1919-), Augustine Fernandes, Abdool Majeed, Carlton Paton Browne Melbourne, Kenneth Stephens, C. Allick, H. Jeune, 

OVERSEERS in the communities of Golden Grove and Nabaclis:

John Sancho (Golden Grove, 1872), Lammy Tuckness Sancho (Golden Grove, 1881-1882) Alexander Simon (1919-), Munro Rodney, Adams, Hawker, Walter Theophilus Benjamin, Assistant Overseer: Frederick Solomon, 

COUNCILLORS - the Members of the Local Authority of Golden Grove and Nabaclis Village District:

John Sancho, Manoel Garoe Pitta, Thomas Adams, Albert Messiah Benn, Lammy Tuckness Sancho, David Collins, Adam Ridley, E. London, James David, Richard Charles, George Edmund Cockfield, W. Maison, P. Sumner, Branford Trotman, James Alfred Trotman, Job Luke, C. Hiles, Nathaniel Mason, Alexander Simon, Leopold Duncan Sarrabo, James Rodwell Simon (September 21, 1929), W. Baptiste, Joseph Bristol, C. Evans, N. Hackett, Donald Ashley Bevel Trotman, E. Adams, Walter Theophilus Benjamin, J. H. Roberts, Victor Henry Walcott, B. Kingston, Bhupsingh, Carlton Paton Browne Melbourne, D. A. Bacchus, James   Christopher M. Sealey, N. Maison (resigned February 6, 1935), W.E. Agostini (February 6, 1935), J. Williams, D. A. Sarrabo,  C. H. Collins, N. Marcus, Hubert Augustus Hughes, Charles Herman Collins, Stephen Livingston Jeune, Cardwell F. Adams, Bhupsingh,   Joshua Arthur Younge, T. R. Persaud, Frederick Solomon, Augustine Fernandes, Thomas Henry Benn, Mitchell Fraser, A. Mc Donald, Murtland P. Maison, Rattan Singh, Leonard Augustus Scott, Henry Culley, Abdool Majeed, Kenneth Stephens, Rampersaud Tiwari, Sidnauth Singh, H. Jeune, C. Allick, Cecil Assanah, Samuel Luke, Donald Jackman, T. R. Persaud, 

Working Class People of Golden Grove, Nabaclis and   Haslington

OIL MANUFACTURERS

Nabaclis:

Randolph Rodney, Joseph Sumner, Cardingon Ross, Fred Cranmore, Joe Benn, Kingston, John John, Tidding, Samuel Adams, Jack, McQuean (Cousin Dove), Gertie Fung (Yango’s mother), Solomon at water side, Samuels (Swine) father, Buddy Russell, Bertie Lewis father, Mambo Weatherspoon’s father, Fernandes, De Abru, Canary Jack, Big Head Dan Bristol,  Alick, Bodo Hamilton, Stanny Datorne family, Burgess, Ms Young, Ms Jacobs next to the Trim family, Ms Solomon next to Cunock, McAndrew, Sammy Bristol’s father at Sand Street, Miss Vivian by Lam dance hall, Cousin Chris by the playground, Big Sin by the pimpler tree, Roggier by the line, Joe Hughes’s father,Ms Forde across the street from your grandfather had a factory, Papa Alex, Merle Douglas’s father, Punce Solomon, Gerald McRae, Charlie Adams, Pope John’s father, Ms Mitchell, Daddy Alick’s parents, Salve Rodney, Carlton Sumner parents, Bun Benn parents, opposite Uncle Tom Dodson, Selmo Gardener’s parents, Rashleigh Sharper, Sonny Benn, Charlie Adams, Clyde Adams, Harry (Nathaniel Harry, Nabaclis, Oil Manufacturer),Hollingsworth (Milton Simpson  Hollingsworth, Golden Grove, Oil Manufacturer), Victor Walcott

Golden Grove: 

James Alexander Solomon, Louis Fernandes

FARMERS 

Nabaclis:

Clifton Rodney, Ramdat Singh, Linden Ageda, Samuel Abrams, James Abrams, Charles Stephen Adonis, Reginald Allick, Cecil Allick, Thomas Bollers, Arnold Solomon, Sheridan Smith, Gerald Simon,

Golden Grove:

Richard Roberts, Leonard Augustus Scott, Ramnarine Singh (Rice Farmer), Sahadeo Singh, Alexander Sumner, Jonathan Sumner, John Sumner, Kenneth Grandison Stephens, Moses Blair, Abraham Solomon, William Wilkens Simon, Jeremiah Simon, Frank Samuels,

SHOPKEEPERS 

Nabaclis

Reginald Cecil Farnum, Goodung, Henderson, Eddie De Castro

Golden Grove: 

De Castro

FARMERS

Haslington:

Clifford Glasgow

Source: The Official Gazette of British Guiana - July 26, 1952: pages 139-147

GOLDEN GROVE:

Conwright Simon (Landed Proprietor), Alexander Simon (Carpenter), Bob Sancho (labourer), Aaron Richards (Carpenter), James Augustus Toney (Watchman),

Joseph Ignatius Da Silva (salesman), John Ferguson (Driver), Richard Frank (Labourer)

NABACLIS:

Randolph Abrams (Guttersmith) , John Allen Adams, Charles Adams (Mason), Joseph Cornelius Austin (Guttersmith) ,