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East Canje resident dies at 103
Sukhdaia Bhuali popularly called ‘Sukhdaia’ and ‘Sumintree Mahabir’ age 103, one of Guyana’s oldest citizens died peacefully on Saturday at her Lot 86 Canefield, East Canje residence. Just a few months ago she was featured in this newspaper.
Bhuali surrounded by her grand daughter-in-law, Yashminie and grand daughterKuntee Baijnauth, both of whom cared for her.
At the time she practically did everything for herself, including her laundry, weeding and cleaning.
Kaieteur News understands the old lady had complained about a hip problem and was taken to the hospital where she was briefly admitted, but was subsequently released.
Bhuali’s granddaughter, Kuntee Baijnauth, had been taking care of her for the past 39 years or so. Bhuali was born at Mara, East Bank Berbice, and her parents, both came from India with a boatload of immigrants at Plantation Highbury. They were both agricultural labourers.
Bhuali was undocumented five years after her birth due to her father not being able to access a registration office. As a result, five years later, Sukdeo’s parents finally moved out of Mara and it was only then that they were able to register her. This caused an inaccurate date-of-birth to be recorded on the birth certificate.
“He does always tell us that he register she five years later, but she birth certificate show that she born 1911—she is five years before…you know, long time the area was bushy and to come out from there (Mara) was difficult.
“So my grandfather came out about five years later and registered her,” Baijnauth had told this newspaper.
When asked what she remembered from her younger days, the centenarian had stated, “Me wuk a creole gang and weeding gang…me work as weeder until me stop work”, she related. “Me mama and papa come from India”, she stated. “Me cut cane and cleaned canal—me do a lot of hard work”.
“Anywhere [that is] religious, I gone—anywhere marriage dey, I gone”, she stated. “Me can do work—wash house—me can do all things but she [her relative] doesn’t allow me to wash house and so now—I does wash my own house when she is not here and I does do all my work, iron my head-kerchief, wash my two-piece clothes.”
The centenarian will be cremated later this week.
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