Lineage trees
Family lines, traced across centuries.
Each lineage is reconstructed from interviews, birth and death dates, and cross-family memories. Pick a family to walk its generations, the marriages and trades that bind it to its neighbours, and the journeys its founders made to reach Banjul South.
Ceesay Compound
Half Die · 2 people · 2 generations
Dibba Household
Box Bar Road · 1 person · 1 generation
Jallow Family
Soldier Town · 8 people · 4 generations
Njie Family
Soldier Town · 5 people · 3 generations
Sowe Family
Dobson Street · 1 person · 1 generation
Touray Family
Soldier Town · 5 people · 2 generations
Touray Family · Soldier Town
2 generations“"We fished these waters for five generations. The river remembers us even if the books don't."”
Generation 1
DT
Demba Touray
~1900 – 1988 · Banjul
Master boat-builder
IT
Isatou Touray
~1908 – 1992 · Banjul
Fish trader
Generation 2
MT
Mariama Touray
1944 – present · Banjul
Fishwife, market elder
OT
Ousman Touray
1955 – present · Banjul
Family head, boat-maker
FT
Fatou Touray
1950 – present · Banjul
Married into Jallow Family, 1970
Cross-family connections
marriage · 1970
Jallow–Touray marriage
Jallow Family ↔ Touray Family
trade · 1930s–1950s
Jallow–Touray salt-fish trade
Jallow Family ↔ Touray Family
neighbour · always
Soldier Town neighbours
Jallow Family ↔ Touray Family
mentor · 1960s
Midwife & fishwife friendship
Ceesay Compound ↔ Touray Family