CLAUDE MCDONALD HILL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 12TH 1917. AT A VERY YOUNG AGE IN THE LATE 30'S HE SAILED THE SEAS ON SMALL BOATS. THESE BOATS WERE THE ARBUTUS, THE COLISTER, THE CIMBOCO AND THE ADDIE 'H'. HE WORKED AS ENGINEER ON THESE BOATS, WHICH TRAVELLED TO PLACES LIKE ISLE OF PINES, NICARAGUA AND TAMPA, RETURNING WITH MUCH NEEDEDSUPPLIES: SACKS OF RICE, SUGAR FLOUR, BEANS, MEATS AND BARRELS OF KEROSENE OIL. THESE SMALL BOATS TRAVELLED IN OPEN SEAS DURING THE WAR, NORTHWESTERS AND HURRICANES. HE ASSISTED MANY OF THESE BOATS TAKING THEM TO SAFETY IN THE NORTH SOUND DURING BAD WEATHER. HE ENDANGERED HIS LIFE TO HELP BUILD THE CAYMAN WE NOW ENJOY TODAY. MY FATHER TOLD US OF MANY HORRIED STORIES AND EXPERIENCES THEY ENCOUNTERED AT SEA. ONE SUCH STORY WAS WHEN THE CUBAN PLANES WERE HOOVERING OVER HIS BOAT AND ALL ON BOARD WAS CONCERNED FOR THEIR FATE. ANOTHER WAS WHEN THE SUBMARINES WERE IN THE WATER NEAR TO THE BOAT. IT WAS DURING THESE TRIPS THAT LAND WAS PURCHASED TO BUILD THE FAMILY HOME EACH TRIP MY FATHER WOULD BRING A FEW CEMENT BLOCKS UNTIL HE HAD ENOUGH TO START BUILDING. OUR FAMILY HOUSE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CEMENT HOUSES IN CAYMAN. IN THE 60'S HE WORKED AS AGENT FOR THE HONDURANIAN BOATS, THE CACIQUE AND THE DAY DREAM, WHICH BROUGHT FRUITS AND LUMBER TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. HE WORKED ALSO AS CHECKER FOR THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THE BOATS ARRIVED WITH IMPORTED GOODS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

CLAUDE MCDONALD HILL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 12TH 1917. AT A VERY YOUNG AGE IN THE LATE 30'S HE SAILED THE SEAS ON SMALL BOATS. THESE BOATS WERE THE ARBUTUS, THE COLISTER, THE CIMBOCO AND THE ADDIE 'H'. HE WORKED AS ENGINEER ON THESE BOATS, WHICH TRAVELLED TO PLACES LIKE ISLE OF PINES, NICARAGUA AND TAMPA, RETURNING WITH MUCH NEEDEDSUPPLIES: SACKS OF RICE, SUGAR FLOUR, BEANS, MEATS AND BARRELS OF KEROSENE OIL. THESE SMALL BOATS TRAVELLED IN OPEN SEAS DURING THE WAR, NORTHWESTERS AND HURRICANES. HE ASSISTED MANY OF THESE BOATS TAKING THEM TO SAFETY IN THE NORTH SOUND DURING BAD WEATHER. HE ENDANGERED HIS LIFE TO HELP BUILD THE CAYMAN WE NOW ENJOY TODAY. MY FATHER TOLD US OF MANY HORRIED STORIES AND EXPERIENCES THEY ENCOUNTERED AT SEA. ONE SUCH STORY WAS WHEN THE CUBAN PLANES WERE HOOVERING OVER HIS BOAT AND ALL ON BOARD WAS CONCERNED FOR THEIR FATE. ANOTHER WAS WHEN THE SUBMARINES WERE IN THE WATER NEAR TO THE BOAT. IT WAS DURING THESE TRIPS THAT LAND WAS PURCHASED TO BUILD THE FAMILY HOME EACH TRIP MY FATHER WOULD BRING A FEW CEMENT BLOCKS UNTIL HE HAD ENOUGH TO START BUILDING. OUR FAMILY HOUSE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CEMENT HOUSES IN CAYMAN. IN THE 60'S HE WORKED AS AGENT FOR THE HONDURANIAN BOATS, THE CACIQUE AND THE DAY DREAM, WHICH BROUGHT FRUITS AND LUMBER TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. HE WORKED ALSO AS CHECKER FOR THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THE BOATS ARRIVED WITH IMPORTED GOODS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.