Her parents and grandparents emigrated to Bermuda from Nevis and St. Kitts in 1914, part of a large influx of West Indians that had begun in the latter years of the 19th century.
In 1914, her family made their way to Bermuda from Nevis and St. Kitts, joining a larger group of West Indians who had begun settling there in the latter years of the 19th century.