Olive Alicia Carter was born on 12th October 1933 in Rose Hall Village Corentyne Berbice British Guiana. Her first marriage in 1960 to Clarence Alexander Thom also known as“CT” former Captain of Bookers Coastal Shipping was born in Hope town west coast of Berbice. Sadly they did separated and Olive Thom immagrated to the United Kingdom 1965. She work at the Post Office as a clerk and this is where she met Randolph Benjamin a postman. A relationship blossomed and decided to live with eachother in a house in southwest london aka 22 near the Oval ward a house that became the focal point for countless relatives and friends.
After having two children Robert and Dawn the rented room was far to small and decided they wanted a bigger place. So in the early seventies they bought a semi detatched house in Seven kings Ilford where they remained for the next 40 years.
1976 was a big year, the UK was under a heatwave that summer and my mum was able to have a divorce from her first marriage and then marry Randolph her name changed from Olive Thom to Olive Benjamin. To celebrate not quite a honeymoon but Olive took her children to their first holiday to Guyana for 6 weeks.
Olives Parents, Charles Nathaniel Carter, late of Melanie, was born on 29 December 1905 in The West Bank Demerara Village of Pouderoyen, a former sugar cane, and coffee plantation spelled Poederoijen. It has Dutch origins and includes a subdivided section called Klien Pouderoyen to the north - Klein, the Dutch word small. He attended school in Pouderoyen and from his early youth showed a keen interest in the building trade which said was an occupation he took over entirely after his father’s retirement in 1940. During his 40 years in the building trade, he worked extensively in Guyana and Trinidad. In 1930 Charles met and married Agatha Franklin a teacher by profession who was born on 19th July 1905 in Georgetown but this union was severed by Agatha’s demise in 1936. A few years later he met and married Maud Andrews( Olive’s stepmother) ; this marriage was also severed by Maud’s early death. Charles Carter has four children, Sheila who resides in Guyana, Eustace(Frank) who resides in New York and Olive & Uriel who reside in the United Kingdom with 19 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Olive, a confident strong willful individual can be fiercely stubborn in her opinions and is described as a purposeful and determined person. Often will listen to her instincts and make her own decisions based on her values. Can navigate through failures and focus on overcoming all types of obstacles. Her personality is to face her fears and try to win over them instead of running from them. Olive is intentional about everything she says and does and is clear about where to invest her time and who are the most important people in her life, Always focused and fully present on the task at hand. Olive devotion to the church and her faith complements her character through selflessness and concern for the well-being of others. A quality typically puts others first and truly cares about the people around them, whether they are family or not.
Points of interest
Rose Hall was once owned by Dutch planters and later purchased by former slaves. In 1908, it acquired village status; and it wasn't until 1970 that it became a town. Rose Hall has an area of 13 km2 and a population of about 8,000. Rose Hall is divided into three wards: Middle Rose Hall, East Rose Hall, and Williamsburg. Rose Hall is a hub for the surrounding areas where people buy raw materials for clothing and grocery in the Berbice region. Two banks and stores lined the main public roads. Most of the stores are clothing stores and grocery stores. The Welfare Centre Ground is a cricket ground that formerly held 1st class cricket matches.
Beterverwagting, also Betterverwagting or abbreviated to B.V., is a village in Guyana, on the East Coast of the Demerara River The name Beterverwagting comes from the Dutch words "Beter verwachting", literally "better expectation. On 8 May 1839, 62 former slaves pooled their savings together and bought the plantation Beterverwagting from Baron van Groningen. In 1842, Triumph was established to the east, Triumph and Beterverwagting have grown together, and are often referred to as Beterverwagting/Triumph. Both villages are under the same local government. Beterverwagting is located roughly 10 miles from the capital, Georgetown, and is a critical feeder village for the sugar estate.
Kennington Oval is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is part of Kennington near The Oval cricket ground which is the ancestral property of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Seven Kings is a district of Ilford in East London, England, part of the borough of Redbridge. Situated approximately two miles from Ilford town centre. Seven Kings forms part of the Ilford post town, The name Seven Kings derides from an occasion when seven royal huntsmen paused at a clearing in Hainault Forest, while their horses drank from a stream.
Sittigbourne is an industrial and agricultural area in Kent, south east England 17 miles from Canterbury and 45 miles from London, Sittingbourne owes its name to a modernised version of an observation on its location. The town’s name came from the fact that there are a small stream or “bourne” running underground in part of the town.
B T is the world’s oldest communications company. Its roots can be traced way back to The Electric Telegraph Company. Founded by Sir William Fothergill Cooke, George Parker Bidder, and Joseph Lewis Ricardo in 1846, it was the first company to develop a nationwide communications network.
The British Telecom brand was introduced in 1980 and became independent of the Post Office in 1981, officially trading under the name British Telecommunications was privatised in 1984, becoming British Telecommunications Plc with 50 percent of shares sold to investors after vesting day on 1st April 1984 British Telecom became the trading name for the privatised company British Telecommunications plc entirely separate from the Post Office. In April 1991, to reflect its potential worldwide market BT became the new trading name of British Telecommunications plc