Historical Timeline Old Harbour Bay

3. Housing scheme built after the 1951 hurricane
4. Indentured labourers arrived on the beach in 1845.
5. The 1951 hurricane.
7. born in settlement formed and led the first reggae band from the community
8. First supreme court judge from the community.
13. First medical doctor from the community.
14. First nurse from the community to gain a doctorate in nursing.
17. National Hero visited the Bay.
18. The 2004 hurricane.
20. First person from the community to become a tenured university professor.
22. Described by Christopher Columbus as most peaceful and pleasant people.
23. Olympian sprinter born in Bay Bottom.
24. Old Harbour Bay was called this name in the 1500s.
25. Visited on May 9th to meet with the Cacique of the Taino Indians on the beach of the Bay.
29. Earthquake Caused a gradual shifting of port function from Old Harbour Bay to Kingston
30. The month in 1999 when 8 young people drown on a trio to Pigeon island.
31. First government senator from the community.
35. Opened from Old Harbour to Porus in 1855.

1. Neville Fitzgerald Myton.
2. Started by Lee Compere in 1823.
6. Safe from attacks with its narrow entrance
9. One of the best school boy cricketer in Jamaica born in New Road.
10. The last shipment left Old Harbour Bay for Britain in 1838.
11. Brutally beaten to death while returning from the Baptist church in Old Harbour Bay.
12. Started in the late 1940s by Bro. Hamilton.
15. Built to protect the Bay from pirates.
16. The 1963 rains.
19. The first person to graduate with a university degree is Q.C. Edwards. The abbreviation for the university.
21. Introduced by Rev. J. J. Carter Henry.
26. The first person to become a banker from the community.
27. Community African retention.
28. The name of an animal given to the island off the coast of bay.
32. Church moved to Thompson Lane donated by Bro. Peart.
33. Received national award for gallantry, pet name is the name of a fish.
34. Pet name of the first person to become a registered nurse and midwife.