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PLACE+MEMORY: CHACACHACARE


PEOPLE OF CHACACHACARE​
PEOPLE OF THE COLONIAL/PRE-LEPROSARIUM PERIOD
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The famous Venezuelan revolutionary, Santiago Mariño (1788-1854), who later joined forces with Simón Bolivar and was instrumental in the liberation of Venezuela from Spanish rule, used Chacachacare as a base for his successful 1813 invasion of Venezuela with a tiny band of 45 "Patriots"
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Concepción Mariño (1790–1854) was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence. ​
Fr Hyacinth Bariou (Parish Priest)
Louis Bertrand
Emile Birotte (Landowner)
Bolo (enslaved woman who the Bolo rocks to the
southwestern point of Chacachacare are named after)
​Geraldo 
Carry (AKA Geraldine Carige)
Atanacia Carige (married Santiago Santiago Marino de Acuna, a Spaniard from Spain, in 1797)
Marie Alcina Carey  (Carry/Carige)
Dr LF Chittenden (bought land established island's first sanitorium)
Joell (Whaler ca 1828)
Llanos (Cotton Planters)
Maria de Ortega (wife of Geraldo Carige)
Vessigny (Cotton Planters)


PEOPLE OF THE LEPROSARIUM PERIOD (1921-1984)
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Sister Marie Benedict Sister Agnes.Sister Marie Benedict, right, died in Trinidad in 1994; Sister Agnes, left, died in 1998 in Guadeloupe.
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Sister Marie Purification Chatelaine, the first nun to die at Chacachacare
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Sr. Hedwige Dobrowolska
Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert Chacachacare Leprosarium Trinidad
Sister Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert. In 1927, Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert, had already contracted leprosy. She suffered with the disease for 18 years and lived in the women’s compound at Sanders Bay instead of the convent. The disease had taken away her sight and had hideously distorted her once attractive face. Her tongue was so swollen she could barely speak. (Catherine Gillo).
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Dr. Louis de Verteuil the mayor of Port of Spain noted in 1857: “Leprosy is, unfortunately, very prevalent, and, of late years, appears to be even on the increase. It is much to be apprehended that the malady will continue to spread, and thereby entail an increasing amount of misery. An asylum was established under the government of Sir Henry G McLeod, and is still maintained at the public expense, for the reception of lepers who are not in a position to support themselves. But as it is generally left to their option to enter the asylum or not, those only who make application are admitted, and, of course, lepers, who prefer a mendicant life, are seen going their rounds and begging, not only on the highways, but in the very streets of Port-of- Spain. Surely this ought not to be tolerated.”
DOCTORS
Dr. Wilfred Urich 
Dr. Ferdinand De Verteuil
Dr. Welch (1926 to ?)
Dr. Robert​ Archibald (1936-39)
Dr. Cook, 1939
​Dr. Ernest Muir (1940-43)
Dr. Michael Corcos (1950s)
Dr. Van  Crosson (1952)
Dr. Young-Lao (1950s)
Dr. A. Peat
Dr. Huggins (1960s)

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PATIENTS
Beulah and Bryan
PRIESTS & PUNDITS
Most Reverend Louis Joachim Gonin, OP
Msgr. Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P.
Msgr. John Pious Dowling

Father Reginald Barry , OP (1952)

STAFF & OTHERS
​Henry D. Baker (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3)
Karoo Ojah-Maharaj, MBE
Doon Pandit, MBE

Chaplain Embry (World II US Base)
Commander Provin (World II US Base)
NUNS 
Prioress Mother Marie
Reverend Mother Thomas Nigay
Sr. Hedwige Dobrowolska
Sr. Marie de la Presentation de Verteuil
​Sr.​ Jeanne de St. Dominique Escoffier
Sr. Jeanne de L’Immaculée Metendier
Sr. Stephanie Arneaud
 
Sr. Marie Sybilline Métendier
​Sr. Joseph Agnés Ricaume
Sr. Marie Elisabeth Hamard
Sr. Marie Bienvenue Bellanger 
Sr. Marie Sadoc Nelson
Sr. Marie Hyacinthe Andalcio
Sr. Augele Legrand
Sr. Rosa Rawlins
Sr. Christina Dillinger
 
Sr. Hilaire Ganteaume
Sr. Marie Eulalie Yvon
Sr. Marie Ange de Noussane
Sr. Marie Dominique Merle
Sr. Marie Hyachinthe Erbland
Sr. Marie Clementine Poirot

Sr. Barbara Clifton
Sr. Maria Benedicta Ramirez
Sr. Marie Elisabeth Suprin
Sr. Petronilla Bando
Sr. Marie Lorette Florin
Sr. Marie de St. Jacques Dressler
Sr. Stanislaus du Sacre Coeur, Jolante Watta-Skrzydlewska
Sr. Catherine Dominique Viau
Sr. Marie Augustin Cartier
​Sr. Jeanne Marie Thiébaut
Sr. Mary Luigi
Sr. Bernadette du Sacré Coeur Robert
Sisters of Mercy (US)
Sr.  M. Veronica Daly, RSM, RN
Sr. M. Rosarii Rood, RSM, RN. 
Sr.  M. Xavier Devane, RSM, RN
Sr.  M. Graziana Sumner, RSM, RN
Sr. M. Leo Lang, RSM
Sr. M. Luke Dent, RSM
Sr. M. Vianney McGuire,
Sr.  M. Marie Grady
Sr.  M. Damaris Twigg
Sr.  M. Jacqueline Shaw.
Sr. M. Leo Lang
Sr.  M. Xavier Devane
Sr. M. Graziana Sumner 
Sr. Catherine Emmanuel von Weiller
PEOPLE OF THE POST-COLONIAL/LEPROSARIUM PERIOD
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Sister Marie Therese at the Resource Centre, Holy Name Convent, Port of Spain, where her research continues. Photograph by Catherine Gillo

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PLACE+MEMORY: CHACACHACARE


PEOPLE OF CHACACHACARE​
PEOPLE OF THE COLONIAL/PRE-LEPROSARIUM PERIOD
Picture
The famous Venezuelan revolutionary, Santiago Mariño (1788-1854), who later joined forces with Simón Bolivar and was instrumental in the liberation of Venezuela from Spanish rule, used Chacachacare as a base for his successful 1813 invasion of Venezuela with a tiny band of 45 "Patriots"
Picture
Concepción Mariño (1790–1854) was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence. ​
Fr Hyacinth Bariou (Parish Priest)
Louis Bertrand
Emile Birotte (Landowner)
Bolo (enslaved woman who the Bolo rocks to the
southwestern point of Chacachacare are named after)
​Geraldo 
Carry (AKA Geraldine Carige)
Atanacia Carige (married Santiago Santiago Marino de Acuna, a Spaniard from Spain, in 1797)
Marie Alcina Carey  (Carry/Carige)
Dr LF Chittenden (bought land established island's first sanitorium)
Joell (Whaler ca 1828)
Llanos (Cotton Planters)
Maria de Ortega (wife of Geraldo Carige)
Vessigny (Cotton Planters)


PEOPLE OF THE LEPROSARIUM PERIOD (1921-1984)
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Sister Marie Benedict Sister Agnes.Sister Marie Benedict, right, died in Trinidad in 1994; Sister Agnes, left, died in 1998 in Guadeloupe.
Picture
Sister Marie Purification Chatelaine, the first nun to die at Chacachacare
Picture
Sr. Hedwige Dobrowolska
Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert Chacachacare Leprosarium Trinidad
Sister Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert. In 1927, Sr. Rose de Sainte Marie Vebert, had already contracted leprosy. She suffered with the disease for 18 years and lived in the women’s compound at Sanders Bay instead of the convent. The disease had taken away her sight and had hideously distorted her once attractive face. Her tongue was so swollen she could barely speak. (Catherine Gillo).
Picture
Dr. Louis de Verteuil the mayor of Port of Spain noted in 1857: “Leprosy is, unfortunately, very prevalent, and, of late years, appears to be even on the increase. It is much to be apprehended that the malady will continue to spread, and thereby entail an increasing amount of misery. An asylum was established under the government of Sir Henry G McLeod, and is still maintained at the public expense, for the reception of lepers who are not in a position to support themselves. But as it is generally left to their option to enter the asylum or not, those only who make application are admitted, and, of course, lepers, who prefer a mendicant life, are seen going their rounds and begging, not only on the highways, but in the very streets of Port-of- Spain. Surely this ought not to be tolerated.”
DOCTORS
Dr. Wilfred Urich 
Dr. Ferdinand De Verteuil
Dr. Welch (1926 to ?)
Dr. Robert​ Archibald (1936-39)
Dr. Cook, 1939
​Dr. Ernest Muir (1940-43)
Dr. Michael Corcos (1950s)
Dr. Van  Crosson (1952)
Dr. Young-Lao (1950s)
Dr. A. Peat
Dr. Huggins (1960s)

​
PATIENTS
Beulah and Bryan
PRIESTS & PUNDITS
Most Reverend Louis Joachim Gonin, OP
Msgr. Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P.
Msgr. John Pious Dowling

Father Reginald Barry , OP (1952)

STAFF & OTHERS
​Henry D. Baker (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3)
Karoo Ojah-Maharaj, MBE
Doon Pandit, MBE

Chaplain Embry (World II US Base)
Commander Provin (World II US Base)
NUNS 
Prioress Mother Marie
Reverend Mother Thomas Nigay
Sr. Hedwige Dobrowolska
Sr. Marie de la Presentation de Verteuil
​Sr.​ Jeanne de St. Dominique Escoffier
Sr. Jeanne de L’Immaculée Metendier
Sr. Stephanie Arneaud
 
Sr. Marie Sybilline Métendier
​Sr. Joseph Agnés Ricaume
Sr. Marie Elisabeth Hamard
Sr. Marie Bienvenue Bellanger 
Sr. Marie Sadoc Nelson
Sr. Marie Hyacinthe Andalcio
Sr. Augele Legrand
Sr. Rosa Rawlins
Sr. Christina Dillinger
 
Sr. Hilaire Ganteaume
Sr. Marie Eulalie Yvon
Sr. Marie Ange de Noussane
Sr. Marie Dominique Merle
Sr. Marie Hyachinthe Erbland
Sr. Marie Clementine Poirot

Sr. Barbara Clifton
Sr. Maria Benedicta Ramirez
Sr. Marie Elisabeth Suprin
Sr. Petronilla Bando
Sr. Marie Lorette Florin
Sr. Marie de St. Jacques Dressler
Sr. Stanislaus du Sacre Coeur, Jolante Watta-Skrzydlewska
Sr. Catherine Dominique Viau
Sr. Marie Augustin Cartier
​Sr. Jeanne Marie Thiébaut
Sr. Mary Luigi
Sr. Bernadette du Sacré Coeur Robert
Sisters of Mercy (US)
Sr.  M. Veronica Daly, RSM, RN
Sr. M. Rosarii Rood, RSM, RN. 
Sr.  M. Xavier Devane, RSM, RN
Sr.  M. Graziana Sumner, RSM, RN
Sr. M. Leo Lang, RSM
Sr. M. Luke Dent, RSM
Sr. M. Vianney McGuire,
Sr.  M. Marie Grady
Sr.  M. Damaris Twigg
Sr.  M. Jacqueline Shaw.
Sr. M. Leo Lang
Sr.  M. Xavier Devane
Sr. M. Graziana Sumner 
Sr. Catherine Emmanuel von Weiller
PEOPLE OF THE POST-COLONIAL/LEPROSARIUM PERIOD
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Sister Marie Therese at the Resource Centre, Holy Name Convent, Port of Spain, where her research continues. Photograph by Catherine Gillo

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