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Family Photos

Photographs of Greaves and Mahon family members, homes and gatherings, gathered from family collections and contributions. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please get in touch and we'll add it.

Christmas at Edgehill

1902 · Edgehill Estate Great House, Barbados

The Greaves and Mahon families would get together to celebrate important events. In 1902 the families gathered at Edgehill Estate Great House to celebrate Christmas. Everyone dressed in their best. One can only imagine what the dinner table must have looked like to seat this large group.

The Greaves and Mahon families at Edgehill Estate Great House, Christmas 1902. Click the photograph to view it larger.

Who is in the photograph

Standing, left to right

Margaret Blewett Campbell Parker, Kathleen Gertrude Greaves Mahon, Alexander Augustus Mahon, Helena Jane (Greaves) Mahon, Joseph Edmund Thornton Bayne, Helena Greaves Mahon, Sir William Herbert Greaves, Muriel Greaves, Henry St. John Greaves Mahon, Dr. Henry Cummings Greaves, Kenneth James Greaves, Waple Clarke Greaves, Michael Greaves, Augustus Greaves Mahon, Mabel Louise Greaves Mahon, Douglas Bayne, Michael Thomas Greaves Mahon.

Seated, middle row, left to right

Elizabeth Batt, Herbert Greaves, Gertrude Elizabeth Greaves, Annie Clarke Bayne, Millicent Josephine (Mahon) Greaves, Sarah Elizabeth Birch, Charlotte Leacock (Mahon) Greaves, Emily Elizabeth Clarke, William Greaves Mahon.

Seated, front row, left to right

Dr. Eustace Greaves, William Herbert Michael Greaves, Norah Greaves, Evan Greaves, Evan Greaves Bayne, Darcy Clarke Greaves, Agnes Gertrude Bayne, George Bayne, Theodore Campbell Greaves Mahon.

Christmas at Bush Hall

1932 · Bush Hall House, Barbados

In later years, Bush Hall House, home of Francis and Mabel Alleyne, became a meeting place for the Alleyne, Mahon and Greaves families. The photo below was taken thirty years later, at Christmas 1932.

The Alleyne, Mahon and Greaves families at Bush Hall House, Christmas 1932. Click the photograph to view it larger.

Who is in the photograph

Front row, left to right

Norman Mahon, John Spence, William Spence, Nan Mahon, Dorothy Mahon, Gloria Conliffe, Glyne Mahon, Laurie Yearwood, Betty Yearwood, Michael Spence, Harold Mahon, Dorothy Spence.

Second row, left to right

Francis M.O. Alleyne, Mabel L.G. Alleyne (nee Mahon), Lena Thomas (nee Mahon), Michael (Miley) Mahon, Helena Jane Mahon (nee Greaves, wife of Augustus Mahon), Ingrid Conliffe (in Helena Mahon’s lap), William Mahon, Gertrude Mahon (nee Thornton), Harry Mahon, David Conliffe (on Harry’s knee), Laurie Mahon (nee Alleyne, Francis’s sister).

Third row, left to right

Howard Horton, Agatha L. Horton (nee Alleyne, carrying the yet unborn Monica Horton), Mary Mahon, Eileen Thomas, Barbara Mahon, Elaine Richardson (nee Alleyne, holding Maureen Richardson), Mary Mahon (nee Reece, wife of Miley Mahon), Colin Alleyne, Mary Thornton (nee Reece, mother-in-law of William Mahon), Kathleen Spence (nee Mahon) holding Lisle Spence, Annie Bayne (Helena Mahon’s niece), Clement Conliffe, Creighton Laurie, Ruth Laurie (nee Mahon), Agnes Yearwood (nee Bayne, sister of Annie Bayne).

Fourth row, left to right

Campbell Alleyne, Fred Thomas, Colin Thomas, Stanley (Boy) Mahon (Miley’s son), James Richardson, Gertrude (Sis) Mahon (daughter of William Mahon), Herbert Alleyne, Campbell Mahon (son of William Mahon), Robert Spence, Marjorie Conliffe (nee Alleyne), John Mahon (son of William Mahon), Campbell Mahon (son of Laurie and Harry Mahon), Armel Yearwood (husband of Agnes Bayne), Blackett (servant at Bush Hall).