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- 1 2 3 VI recognises newest centenarian- Mrs Emogene A. Creque Virgin Islands News Online, 24 July 2019
- 1 2 Eugenia O'Neal (2001) From the Field to the Legislature: A History of Women in the Virgin Islands , pp87–88
- ↑ "Six centenarians celebrated in the British Virgin Islands". Loop News. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.