On 13 August 2003 Alan Myrtle and myself left Trinidad at about 6 AM to meet our cousin Alexander in Grenada. Our mission was to proceed to Carriacou to visit the land of my father’s birth and to learn some of our heritage. Some of the things which was interest, what were families whom we did not know, lands belonging to relatives, especially those of Macala (Argyle), which our cousins gifted to us. And also to meet friends who may wish to tell us much we would like to know.

 We arrived at Port Salines airport at about 6:45 AM and met Alex and Dell who welcome us to their lovely home. We then enjoyed a bountiful breakfast which was prepared for us and then journeyed to the Port to catch the vessel “Osprey”, which transported us to Carriacou. The trip was pleasant and the scenery was splendid and beautiful. To me, it was nice to know that I passed through “KICK AM JINNY” where I’ve heard so many intriguing stories about.

We arrived in Carriacou at about 10:30 AM and immediately took a bus to Harveyvale. This was obviously my first visit to the island and so it was from Myrtle. Only Alan would have visited before and it was about 40 years ago. I had been briefed previously by Elisa and Agnes, my cousins whom we should visit and talked to. However, at the moment in time I had forgotten all the references given to me. We inquired of the bus driver to acquaint us of Cudjoe family whom he knew, and he willingly dropped us at the home of Joana Cudjoe, better known as “Sister” and who was the wife of Eldon Cudjoe. She is a pleasant lady with lots of smiles and enquiring words since she did not know us, nor our intentions. After we did establish some confidence in her, she guided us to one “Mae” whom she believed may be related, and whose property is bounded to my aunt. We tried contacting her unsuccessfully and was given a lift to her brother “Cigarette’s” house whom we met chatting with friends.

We introduced ourselves as a family to the Cudjoes and enquired how we can enlighten how he can enlighten us on our family associates and linkages who may be willing to help us. “Cigarette” whose right name is Edwin Sylvester insisted that there is only one man who is able to help us that is Simeon Cudjoe and advised his companion to take us to meet him.

Simeon lived about 600 to 800 feet away from Cigarette. On reaching Simeon’s house we were introduced to him by our guide who left us immediately. We explained to Simeon our mission and our relations, and he was quite happy since he knew much about us through our father whom he met at his last visit a few years ago. Simeon is a man of my father’s complexion and his features resembles that of my family, he was blind with the same disease of glaucoma which my father suffered yet he did not look fragile for his 95 years. He was assertive, alert, and impeccable with memory and very knowledgeable. We spoke with him for about 90 minutes and were quite pleased and fascinated with all that he had to offer on this history of our family.

There were other things which we wanted to do and time was running out on us, and this made us very sad and disappointed of the shortness of our stay, and the many things which we could’ve learned from such a remarkable man. Simeon explained the circumstances pertaining to his life, and we were introduced his lovely daughters Casana who reminds me of Cadiola and also me Mavis and Alcina, all of whom are quite young. Edwin Sylvester joined us thereafter and was happily surprised at the wealth of knowledge displayed by Simeon and to which he himself is a family member. We were all very sad to leave knowing full well, we were unable to get to Belmont to see the lands at Machala (Argyle) and to visit the many other folks we would have liked to.

It is important for many of us to understand how the “Logan” name eventually became the surname of those who should be classified as Cudjoe. Simeon relates that our great grandfather first name was Logan, but he does not know for whatever reason that two of his sons Francis and Sammy have had an affinity with that name and have affixed the name Logan as a surname to some of their children, e.g. Sammy will call Monroe Cudjoe and Peter Logan. Likewise Francis may call Cecil and Whitfield Logan and Leagen Cudjoe. I am sure there is much more to the story of his name of this name since I have heard other stories circulating the family circle.

After leaving Simeon’s home, we were taken to the lands of our grandfather at Harveyvale and saw the house in which our aunt (Miss Cudjoe) lived. We were engulfed with the history which surrounded the place. we took some photographs, picked a few plums, viewed the surroundings and hurriedly left heard hardly left for the roadway to catch a bus to the main port and to board our vessel for our return trip to St. Georges.

The vessel arrived promptly at 3:30 p.m. we boarded and began our return trip. It was a lovely day as usual, the vessel docked at port appropriately 5:00pm where we met Alex and Dell who took us to meet Assay and others. We enjoyed their hospitality until the next day when we left Grenada at 9:30 PM and arrived at Piarco at approximately 10:20 PM.