The Vernon Family History
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Tanya
Faye Vernon Ward Benjamin
Tanya Faye Vernon Ward Benjamin, grand daughter of Walter Hudson
Vernon and Agnes Serena Hart Vernon and daughter of Kathleen
Fay Vernon Ward. I grew up mainly in Kingston, Jamaica but also
in Barbados, WI. I currently reside int the United States Virgin
Islands.
Currently I work as a transit/urban planner and grants manager
with the local govt. Studied Geography and Social Studies at UWI,
Mona and then Urban Planning specializing in planning for the elderly
and disabled at Michigan State University. I moved to St. Thomas
US Virgin Islands in 1991 thinking it would be for a year or 2!
I am in the process of organizing a move to the "mainland" possibly
for the summer of this year or 2002.
I have 2 children - Rahim
Aaron and Roya Celeste.
They both do well in school. Rahim is also a talented athlete
and
good soccer player...recently Best Defender for Fall Interscholastic
League here. He has caused me to be very involved in soccer and
the public relations of the youth and women's organizations. I
started playing a little over a year ago, no awards on the horizon
but I contribute to the game! Roya is interested in music and dance
and has taken several classes with a local school of performing
arts. They both are learning to play the steelpan. |