It is difficult to pinpoint the first Syrian to arrive in Trinidad as they arrived in boatloads by families. It is better to suggest the first Syrian families to arrive which would be the Aboud's, Abraham's, Chamely's, Elias's, Gabriel's, Galy's, Habib's, Hadeed's, Laquis's, Matouk's and Sabga's.
The man to introduce snow cones and bring snow cone machines to Trinidad was Alfred Galy, son of Elias Galy, one of the first Syrian immigrants to arrive on the shores of Trinidad and Tobago. Alfred Galy was the sole distributor in the Caribbean for these snow cone machines representing a company called Gold Medal.
== == There is no exact year that the Syrians arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. They came in different boatloads over a period of ten years. Families were separated during this time but were later reunited. The Syrians began arriving in Trinidad in the early 1900's. By 1909 the first set of Syrian immigrants to Trinidad and Tobago, the majority of the present day Syrian community in Trinidad, had arrived.
The national anthem of Trinidad and Tobago was sung as such for the first time in 1962.
The first ship of Indian labourers arrived in Trinidad in 1845, on the ship Fath Al Razak (commonly referred to as the Fatel Razack).
The first inhabitants of Trinidad and Tobago were the Amerindians(Caribs and Arawaks/ Kainos and Kalinagos)
Eric Williams was the First Prime minister of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.
Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago
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the first time anthem was played is August 31st 1962
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Sir Ellis Clarke was appointed as president of Trinidad and Tobago after we became republic in September 1976 and held office until 1987.