The Connor-Reid family at South Hill is one of the largest families in Anguilla. They held their second reunion in seven years during the period August 6 - 13 with many of them, adults and children, returning home from various parts of the world.

Members of the Connor-Reid family at Coronation Park in The Valley, Anguilla

The wedding of family member Chrislyn Connor to Greig Hughes on August 6 was the first of a list of scheduled activities in the reunion programme. The other events included a community service project at the Road Primary School, a family service at the Christian Fellowship Church on the Blowing Point Road; a day trip to St. Martin/St. Maarten; a fun day at Coronation Park, a family dinner and a beach party at Sandy Ground.

The President of the Family Reunion Association is Calvin Hughes, a well-known Cable & Wireless employee in Anguilla. He is a family member with roots both in South Hill and South Valley and a grandson of Phina and Antonio Connor. “We started the family reunion in 1998 and we want the young ones to take over soon, and they are coming in all time,” he said. He stated that visiting family members came in from Antigua, St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Thomas and the United States mainland. Others who are in Germany and Australia were not in a position to come to Anguilla for the occasion.
“It is a very large family from what you are seeing here in t-shirts at this fun-day activity on Coronation Park,” he added.

Members of the Connor-Reid family at Coronation Park in The Valley, Anguilla

Anise Hodge, Calvin’s first cousin, who lives in St. Thomas, is the Family Reunion Association’s Coordinator. She is Senior Budget Analyst with the Government of the US Virgin Islands. In recent weeks she spent a lot of her free time making travel arrangements for some of the family and coordinating the activities including designing the t-shirts.

Maria Reid, who works at the Department of Physical Planning in Anguilla, commented: “We want the Anguillians to know that we are not only family oriented, but we are also community oriented.”

Maria said that Phina, or “Tan Tan” now deceased, was both the grandmother of Calvin Hughes and the sister of her grandmother, Eva Reid, who was probably one of the oldest members of the family tree still alive today. “It was there where the offsprings came from,” she added.

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