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GRANDPA DENHAM STARTED GOING TO SEA AT THE AGE OF 15. HE SAILED WITH CAPT. OWEN AND OTHER CAPTAINS FOR MANY YEARS HE SAILED WITH NATIONAL BULK CARRIERS. HE MADE MANY TRIPS EVEN IN STORMY WEATHER. WHEN MY DAD (JOSEPH) WAS BUILDING VESSELS GRANDPA ASSISTED HIM. UPON HIS DYING BED IN 1986 HE REMINISED ON HIS "SEAFARING DAYS" AND RECALLED WHEN A STORM CAUGHT THEM OUT ON THE HIGH SEAS AND HOW HE PRAYED TO GOD TO SAVE THEM. GRANDPA DENHAM STARTED GOING TO SEA AT AN EARLY AGE IN 1925. HE SAILED TO THE MOSQUITO KEYS WITH CAPT. OWEN AND CAPT. CADIAN EBANKS. HE THEN SAILED WITH THE NATIONAL BULK CARRIERS. IN THE 1960 WHEN MY DAD JOSEPH EBANKS RETURNED FROM SEA AND STATED BUILDING VESSELS GRANDPA DENHAM ASSISTED HIM. GRANDPA BUTCHERED TURTLES AT THE MARKET ON BOOGGYSAND ROAD. HE WAS ALSO A FISHERMAN. IN THE EVENINGS GRANDPA WOULD TELL US OF HIS "SEA DAYS" AND HOW HE PRAYED FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY WEATHERED MANY STORMS.

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Date of Birth : 8/Nov/1912
Gender : Male
Country of Birth : Cayman Islands
District : West Bay
Area : West Bay, Grand Cayman