| Ismay Sweeney | |
 Ismay Sweeney (aged 102) on 12 June 2013 | |
| Birth: | 29 May 1911 Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Death: | 17 June 2016 Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Age: | 105 years, 19 days |
| Country: |  KNA
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| Centenarian | |
Ismay Sweeney (29 May 1911 – 17 June 2016) was a Kittian and Nevisian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Saint Kitts and Nevis at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Ismay Sweeney was born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on 29 May 1911, to Alfred and Eliza Sweeney. At the age of six, she left the Hope Chapel, which was in walking proximity to her home, to attend her new primary school, the Basseterre Girl's School. After the death of her father, Alfred, in 1923, when she was twelve years old, she found life more complex, which caused her to leave school and go in search of work. This however helped to ease the burden her mother had to bear, by helping to sustain the whole family. As she grew in stature, she became more and more industrious and ambitious to the extent where she was able to help sew garments, a job that her mother was a master at, and to make conky and cassava bread which was to be sold. Her life became yet more difficult after the death of her mother some years later. As a beautiful and talented young woman, she attracted an enterprising admirer, to whom she was able to bring forth four children, Frank, Enid, Dennis, and Bronte. At the age of 51, in 1962, she visited her family in England, and returned to St. Kitts some 25 years later in 1987.
On 29 May 2011, she celebrated her 100th birthday, becoming a centenarian.
On 9 February 2015, following the death of 106-year-old Herman Ward, she became the oldest known living person in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Ismay Sweeney died at Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on 17 June 2016, at the age of 105 years, 19 days. Following her death, then 104-year-old Celian Powell, became the oldest known living person in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Momma Mazie - 100 and still going strong SKN Vibes, 29 May 2011
- Ms. Ismay Sweeney ‘Momma Maisie’ Celebrates 101 on May 29th 2012 ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation, 31 May 2012
- Centenarians Honoured With Trees during Family Month today! Nevis Pages, 13 June 2013
- Centenarians Day ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation, 31 May 2016
- Centenarians Acknowledged By Minister Hamilton Once Again The St Kitts Nevis Observer, 4 July 2016
| Saint Kitts and Nevis' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Florence Baker • Herman Ward • Ismay Sweeney • Celian Powell • Una Duporte • Mary Browne • Eliza Jeffers |