At nine-weeks old when he arrived, Felix Reuben Louis Davis is the grandson of Governor Davis and his wife SuJue and they are claiming Felix to be the youngest visitor to Montserrat during the Christmas season. Felix disembarked at the John A Osborne Airport on Wednesday, December 8, 2011 with his mom Amy Davis, a diplomat with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his dad Daniel Davis, a doctor specialised in geriatric medicine.
Felix’s birth was announced and published in The Montserrat Reporter’s (TMR)publications at the end of October, last year.
The young couple brought baby Felix to Montserrat to visit his grandparents His Excellency Governor Adrian Davis and Mrs. Sujue Davis. Felix parents confirmed to TMR that Felix was born in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday, October 5, 2011. They told TMRthat they applied for Felix’s passport when he was one week old to ensure it came through on time for the trip.
Amy Davis told TMR, “Felix took a while to adjust to the heat, it’s very different to the cold and snow of Switzerland, but now he loves it.”
“He has also been enjoying all the sights and events of Montserrat, he has been in a boat on the sea for the first time, along the coast as far as Plymouth and to several events of the festival events, including the night of pan, the calypso finals and the Emerald Community Singers,” she said. (See Felix in a steel pan)
Mrs Davis said Felix slept through most of the events but was awake throughout the visit to the Botanical Gardens. She added that, “Felix has also been to the Golden Years Nursing home a few times and has been very popular with the residents there.”
Felix’s grandfather has boasted about the hospitality they have enjoyed in Montserrat. “My wife and I are very happy that our family has joined us in Montserrat this Christmas. They are experiencing the same hospitable welcome as we did eight months ago,” he said in his Christmas message
“We’ve all really enjoyed our stay in Montserrat, everyone has been so welcoming and we’ll be sorry to leave on January 8 when we return to Switzerland,” the enthusiastic couple said.