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<Mitwah>
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hog sty was were a whole lot of my family lived, last name Hack

dunno de famous son EA dunno


Its not Terry Gajraj?


a doan believe suh, TGaj is fram RH or Albion i believe


Fyrish.
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Hey Riya u from Canjie right? do u know them Ishmael from No 2...he was a Public Notary.. dunno
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Other villages in Wakenaam - Good Success, Sans Souci, Melville, Belle Plaine, Sarah, Maria's Pleasure, Zeelandia, Friendship, Bank Hall, Meerzorg, Caledonia, Free and Easy, Arthurville, Palmyra, Maria Johanna, Domburg, Fredericksburg, Noitgedacht, Rush Brook and Ridge.
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Sans Souci


ent dat french?
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Domburg, Fredericksburg


we gat de Germans tuh
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Terry Gajraj is from Whim, now that is another name for you to ponder. Big Grin
<Mitwah>
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Other villages in Wakenaam - Good Success, Sans Souci, Melville, Belle Plaine, Sarah, Maria's Pleasure, Zeelandia, Friendship, Bank Hall, Meerzorg, Caledonia, Free and Easy, Arthurville, Palmyra, Maria Johanna, Domburg, Fredericksburg, Noitgedacht, Rush Brook and Ridge.


You missed Lenora. Big Grin
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...the nuns and priests who came to GY were mostly Irish... this is some of the history that many of our under 30 nationals and offspring wouldn't readily know today. They were dispatched to bring Christinanity/Catholicism etc. to the Guyanese subjects of the UK.

My father was named for his father's boss, he was born in March and was named by the Irish Superintendent for St. Patrick's day...


There were also Scottish and Welsh plantation owners and overseers. Also a number of Irish soldiers were sent to British Guiana to help "keep the peace" and to prevent slave rebellion. One such soldier was Staunton St. Claire who spent 3 years in BG around 1805-1808.


...true, our own Queenie/Moira is of Scottish decent, her father ran a sugar plantation..
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look doan argue wid me Big Grin Big Grin

jus email he and aks him

Terry@TerryGajraj.com


lol

I just did Razz partybanana
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If I had a name like Dick Hack i would cahge it.
Try saying it over and over. Big Grin Big Grin
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Originally posted by Amber:
Hey Riya u from Canjie right? do u know them Ishmael from No 2...he was a Public Notary.. dunno


sorry, I don't remember no Ishmael. Canje is a big area.
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Originally posted by Riya:
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Originally posted by DaFreak:
hog sty was were a whole lot of my family lived, last name Hack

dunno de famous son EA dunno


Its not Terry Gajraj?

Terry is famous enough but I was thinking of internationally famous writer and academician, Jan Carew.

Yo Freak: Do you know my buddy Haroon Khan? We went to school at Howard University together but he now lives in Boca Raton.
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bird yuh stchupid baad chap Big Grin Big Grin

hea Suga, lose de addy now Mad
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Now this thread is the type that we ole timers used to have and enjoy a lot when GNI took over from the Mango Tree and Kaiteur Connection... Red Face
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hea Suga, lose de addy now Mad


Nope partybanana

he just reply and seh he will sing a sang fuh meh
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Terry is famous enough but I was thinking of internationally famous writer and academician, Jan Carew.
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Wow! I didn't know that. I have read Jan Carew books. Nice.
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werk en rust= dutch = work and rest

kaikoyeral = dutch = overlooking everthing
<Mitwah>
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Originally posted by Amber:
Hey Riya u from Canjie right? do u know them Ishmael from No 2...he was a Public Notary.. dunno


Yeh Jacob.... near to the Palmyra turn. He now resides not far me.
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Now this thread is the type that we ole timers used to have and enjoy a lot when GNI took over from the Mango Tree and Kaiteur Connection... Red Face


and it shows, all de oletimers pon it cool.gif

EA i heard my dad talk about a Haroon fram Boca, will aks he tonite
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...true, our own Queenie/Moira is of Scottish decent, her father ran a sugar plantation..


I think GNI has a fairly good representative of the different ethnic makeup of Guyana. I worked with a lady in Guyana who outwardly looked 100% African, except that one of her ancestors was a Dutch - and her surname was the only clue as to her "white" heritage.
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If I had a name like Dick Hack i would cahge it.
Try saying it over and over. Big Grin Big Grin

U got me on the floor bai...lordie... partybanana
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hea Suga, lose de addy now Mad


Nope partybanana

he just reply and seh he will sing a sang fuh meh


meh look fi duh Mad
<BK>
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You missed Lenora. Big Grin


its spelt - Leonora Eek
<Mitwah>
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Terry Gajraj is from Whim, now that is another name for you to ponder. Big Grin


"Terry, the son of a school teacher, was born in Fyrish Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Guyana, and became a teacher himself at a Comprehensive High School in Guyana"

From his personal home page.
Riya
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Terry Gajraj is from Whim, now that is another name for you to ponder. Big Grin


One said Fyrish and one said Whim Big Grin

maybe that village was named on a sudden whim? dunno
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Hey Riya u from Canjie right? do u know them Ishmael from No 2...he was a Public Notary.. dunno


Yeh Jacob.... near to the Palmyra turn. He now resides not far me.

No Kidding...Mits we shall talk abit more...my dad would be excited..hope is the right person... wavey.gif
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meh look fi duh Mad


he seh fuh tell yuh thanks Big Grin
<Jansher>
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Palymra is old arabic/hebrew... the biblical city which is in Syria, land of queen zenobia.
Riya
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This is a very nice thread...I was always fascinated by the villages names.

I figured the Dutch ones and the English ones but the ones like Betsy Ground or Miss Phoebe makes me wonder.
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Palymra is old arabic/hebrew... the biblical city which is in Syria, land of queen zenobia.


and it means city of palm trees.
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