Interviewees
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- Abstract:William John Cavanagh was born in Laggan, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He lived all of his life there as a woodsman and the owner and operator of a small farm. He died at the age of 80 on August 3rd, 1993 in Aberdeen Hospital of New Glasgow.
- Abstract:William Arthur "Bill" Reddin was born in Charlottetown on January 17th, 1910. He grew up on Prince Edward Island during the Great Depression where he worked at his fathers store "L.J. Reddin's Drygoods". He attended Queens Square School before graduating on to St. Dunstan's University where he studied to become a teacher. During his More
- Abstract:John Sterling MacDonald was born in 1910 on Prince Edward Island. He lived in the area of Bridgetown where he plied his trade as a blacksmith, following the family tradition. He also spent time working on such varied items as caskets, fiddles, and bobsleighs. John died on May 11th, 1999 at the Kings County Hospital at the age of 89. More
- Abstract:Stanley Mason was a Nova Scotia resident for most of his life. He worked for many years as a fisherman, fishing for lobster, salmon, cod, and cultivating oysters. He ran a campground for many years with his wife Patricia in the Merigomish area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In his later years Stanley took up painting and became a More
- Abstract:Robert Samuel Mackinnon was born in 1922 on Prince Edward Island. He lived in the Cross Roads area where he worked as a dairy farmer like his father. He was the son of a well known Prince Edward Island midwife, Lettie Mackinnon. Lettie set up a birthing home in her own house, where she also operated the local switchboard for Island More
- Abstract:Robert Ernest Robertson was born in 1904 in Kingsboro, Prince Edward Island. He lived in Kingsboro and Souris area for the vast majority of his life, excluding an 8 year period in which he left home to work in the United States. He was brought back by a yearning for Prince Edward Island and the sea. Upon his return Robert bought a More
- Abstract:Reg Grady was born and raised in the Priest Pond area of Prince Edward Island. He was known for repairing violins and fiddles at night. Reg had a well respected uncle who received medals, gold watches, and other thanks for his effort in saving sailors when a Soviet barque shipwrecked at Priest Pond in 1908. His uncle even managed to More
- Abstract:Queenie Mackinnon was born in Earnscliffe, Prince Edward Island. She relocated to the Cross Roads area upon her marriage to Robert Mackinnon. There she helped her mother in law Lettie Mackinnon as a midwife, and also helped with the duties of running the dairy farm. Queenie was also known for keeping a diary since she was a child in More
- Abstract:Patrick Ivan "Alkie" MacCormack was born on Prince Edward Island in 1921. He quickly gained popularity in his home province when he burst on to the Island baseball scene at age 17. He played his first game on June 13th, 1938 and proved himself a formidable pitcher. During his short baseball career he had a number of legendary duels More
- Abstract:Patricia Thompson Mason was a Nova Scotia resident for most of her life. She worked for many years as a teacher at East Pictou Rural High School in Sutherlands River Nova Scotia. She later ran a campground for many years with her husband Stanley Mason in the Merigomish area of Pictou County Nova Scotia. Patricia also played the organ More
- Abstract:Nina E. Brown was born in New London, Prince Edward Island. She lived the last years of her life in the Clinton area. She was a writer and a performer on Prince Edward Island. Nina died in May of 2001.
- Abstract:Milton Buell was born on Prince Edward Island in [1907 or 1908]. He lived in the community of Abney, near Murray Harbour. In his youth he had a long standing position as the caretaker of the Mount Herbert Orphanage from 1929-1940. His employment at the orphanage left an impact on Milton as he wept at the demolition of the structure in More
- Abstract:Mildred Thompson Little Johnstone was born in 1906 in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. Mildred attended the Prince Edward Island Hospital School of Nursing in Charlottetown and graduated as a registered Nurse on May 12th, 1930. For years she practiced as a private nurse, traveling to communities across Prince Edward Island to help More
- Abstract:Mike Avery lived in Fort Augustus, Prince Edward Island, and worked as a railway man for the Canadian National Railway. He was one of the last hired for the Canadian National Railway on Prince Edward Island and worked right up until the railroad was abandoned on Prince Edward Island in 1989.d Island. He lived his life there tending to More
- Abstract:Mary Emma Jones Phillips was born in 1898 in Forest Hills, Prince Edward Island. She spent her youth on a farm with her parents in Harrington, and would often sail on a skiff over to governors island to picnic. Mary died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 9th, 2000 at the age of 102. She was the wife of Albert Phillips, mother More
- Abstract:Mary Ann Callaghan was born in 1900 on Prince Edward Island. She lived her early life in Vernon River and Albarry Plains, before moving to Maine she worked for many years. She returned home to Prince Edward Island to look after her two brothers, who ran a store. Mary died suddenly at her home on Montgomery Drive, Charlottetown on More
- Abstract:Marion MacCannell was born on Prince Edward Island in 1910. She attended Prince of Wales College where she obtained a teaching degree. She went on to teach at numerous locations, most notably North Wiltshire and Milton Schools. She also worked for a few years at the Prince Street Family Store. Marion died at the Queen Elizabeth More
- Abstract:Manson Donald Ernset Murchison was born in 1922 and raised in Point Prim, Prince Edward Island. He carried on the family tradition of seafaring, working as a fisherman and lighthouse keeper. He maintained two lighthouses; one at Point Prim, Prince Edward Island, and one in Caribou Island, Nova Scotia. During his tenure on the sea More
- Abstract:Malcom Macrea Irving was born on May 1st, 1902 in Cherry Valley, Prince Edward Island. He spent his entire life there working on the family dairy farm and doing the labour intensive work with little help from man or machine. Even upon his retirement he stayed on the farm and helped out wherever he could. Malcolm had a passion for More
- Date Recorded:1995
- Abstract:Lorne J. Stevenson was born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island in 1899. Throughout his long life he fought in both World War I and World War II. Lorne signed up for World War I at the age of 17 with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and was assigned to mine sweeping duties on the Gawsack, a converted fishing vessel. He often More
- Abstract:Leo 'Sailor' MacDonald was the chief of police in Springhill, Nova Scotia for many years. He is mentioned briefly in the book 'Miracle at Springhill' by Leonard Lerner which details a coal mining disaster in the town of Springhill. During his youth in Nova Scotia he also proved to be a great baseball player for the Springhill More
- Abstract:Keith Pratt was born in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island on May 25th, 1910. He grew up in a small home right next to a railway track. This close proximity to the railway set the stage for a life long love of trains. During his youth he worked with his uncle at their general store near Bloomfield Station. He was able to afford his More
- Abstract:Josephine Catherine MacIsaac was born on Prince Edward Island in 1895. She was from the Orwell Cove area where she lived as the wife of a farmer. Josephine's father was said to have sailed the seven seas, and was once shipwrecked off the coast of Australia. Josephine died on February 11th, 1996 at her home in Stratford, Prince Edward More
- Abstract:Johnny Gill was born and raised in Elliotvale, Prince Edward Island. He was the youngest in a home that had up to 21 children residing there at any one time. Johnny is the son of John Thomas Gill who was a well known blacksmith and carriage maker on Prince Edward Island and apprenticed many up and comers in his trade. During his youth More
- Abstract:Johnny 'Cookie' Wilson was a baker and a cook from Westville, Nova Scotia. He was born into a coal mining family in the area but he chose a different career path. Johnny spent little time in the mines, instead preferring cooking in lumber camps throughout the province. It was tradition in these camps that the cooks assistant got the More
- Abstract:John MacEachern was born in Hermitage, near Vernon River, on Prince Edward Island. He lived his life there tending to the family farm. He also worked as a daily worker shoveling snow and removing debris from the railway which went past his home. John lived as a bachelor his whole life, and died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on April More
- Abstract:Jimmy Doyle was a mixed farmer in the Alberry Plains region of Prince Edward Island. He spent most of his life as a farmer on the family land with brief diversions to the lumber woods of New Brunswick for some additional hard earned money. Despite his labour intensive work Jimmy was an accomplished fiddler and was known by many local More
- Abstract:James Arthur Moore was born and raised in Westmoreland, Prince Edward Island. He worked as a farmer. James also spent time looking after St. John's Anglican Church in Victoria for a number of years. James died at South Shore Villa in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island on October 15th, 2008 at the age of 93. He was the husband of Evelyn More
- Abstract:James A. Maclean was born and raised on Prince Edward Island. In his early adulthood James spent years working in the lumber woods of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. James also spent a short period of time as a fisherman with Chester MacDonald, a Rum Runner from Prince Edward Island. In his later years he ran a butcher shop in Montague More
- Abstract:James A. 'Jimmy-Jim' MacAuley was born in Grand Tracadie, Prince Edward Island. He received his early education in Grand Tracadie, but he did not stay there for long. He enlisted with the Canadian Army two years into World War I, shortly after his 16th birthday. James was actually turned down on his first attempt at enlisting. He More
- Abstract:James Vernon "Vern" Handrahan was born on November 27th, 1938 on Prince Edward Island. He grew up in the Spring Park area of Charlottetown and became a standout local baseball player in the 1950's. He pitched the Charlottetown Intermediate Abbies to the 1956 Maritime Championship. Vern made the decision to ply his trade in Nova Scotia More
- Abstract:James Leslie "Fiddler" MacDonald was born on August 10th, 1912 on Prince Edward Island. He grew up in the Peakes Station area but became a Charlottetown resident in his youth. He attended St. Dunstan's University in Charlottetown where he quickly established himself as a successful athlete, setting records in Track and Field, Hockey, More
- Abstract:Jack MacEachern was from the Ponds area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He worked for many years as a fisherman, fishing for salmon, lobster, and cod out of the Port of Lismore in eastern Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
- Abstract:Howard Schurman was born in 1898 on Prince Edward Island. He lived in the Bedeque area where he owned the original Schurman deed to the land there. He was a farmer his whole life, dealing in Vellum and Sheepskin.
- Abstract:Harry MacDonald lived in Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He followed in the family tradition of working at a general store there called the MacDonald Bros General Store. His first job in the store was driving a pickup truck to carry Atlantic salmon from the wharves of Pictou and Antigonish. Later he would come to run the store More
- Abstract:Harold Leslie was a railway man from Harmony Junction on the eastern part of Prince Edward Island, near Souris. He came from a family of railway workers and continued the family tradition. His uncle, George Leslie, is credited with having killed the last bear on Prince Edward Island in 1927.
- Abstract:Harold Arthur Gaudet was born on July 4th, 1914 in Brandon, Manitoba. However, he spent the majority of his life living on Sydney Street in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Harold received his early education at Queen Square School and then at Prince of Wales college where he obtained a teaching certificate. Shortly after More
- Abstract:Harold John Dunphy was born on Prince Edward Island. He lived in the area of Millview, and spent the last years of his life at Whisperwood Villa. Harold was a mixed farmer with an emphasis on beef. Harold died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 24th, 2003. He was the husband of Clara Dunphy, and the father of 8 children. He is More
- Abstract:Gwen Edwards was from Old Radnor in Radnorshire, Wales. She spent her life raising her three children without much help. To make ends meet she worked long hours cleaning churches, doing laundry, and delivering mail in the hills of the Brecon Beacons on the border of England and Wales.
- Abstract:James Augustus 'Gus' Gregory was born in Chepstow, Prince Edward Island. He spent the majority of his life there working as a fisherman. James worked on some of the first draggers out of the Souris area and was witness to the best and the last days of cod fishing off the coast of Prince Edward Island. James was also a World War II More
- Abstract:Sterling Robert 'Ginger' MacKay was born in Charlottetown in 1919. He worked as a young man at St. Avard's White Rose Service Station and MacKay motors before founding his own company, MacKay Construction Limited. With MacKay Construction Ltd Sterling provided the first heavy equipment for private hire on Prince Edward Island. He also More
- Abstract:Frank Woodside was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island in 1911. He lived his entire life in Summerside. From his earliest days Frank kept in great physical health by working as a blacksmith with his father and uncle, and as a firefighter for 30 years with the Summerside Fire Department. He served in World War II and survived the More
- Abstract:Frank Whelan lived his life on Prince Edward Island in the town of New Zealand where he ran a general store. He had a number of additional odd jobs and occupations that kept him busy; He bought and shipped blueberries around by train, served as an Alter Boy (occasionally serving mass in a nearby haunted house), and he was a railway More
- Abstract:"Eric Irving 'Tiger' Mackie was born on March 17th, 1914 on Prince Edward Island. He grew up in the Stanley Bridge and Southport area on his families farm. He began playing hockey at a very young age and had success with the sport early. He was a member of the 1932 Maritime Champion Charlottetown Abbies team and thus began a 30 year More
- Abstract:Edmund Gill was born and raised in Elliotvale, Prince Edward Island. He was the second youngest in a home that had up to 21 children residing there at any one time. Edmund was the son of John Thomas Gill who was a well known blacksmith and carriage maker on Prince Edward Island and apprenticed many up and comers in his trade. During More
- Abstract:Edwin "Eddy" Franklin Clay was born in Bridgetown, Prince Edward Island in 1926. He spent his life there working as a farmer, and also spent time working at Matthew and McLean's local general store. Edwin died at the Atlantic Baptist Nursing Home in Charlottetown on February 25th, 2009 at the age of 83.
- Abstract:Donald Stewart MacNeil was born in Little Harbour on November 20th, 1920. He received his education at New Glasgow High School and Dalhousie University before he went overseas to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. In honour of his service he was awarded the Air Force Flying Cross. Upon returning home from the More
- Abstract:Tom Trenholm was born in Wallace, Nova Scotia on March 8th, 1910. He was the son of Captain William Trenholm who was a successful schooner captain, once owning seven schooners himself. Tom was born into a family of seafaring men and like his brothers he was destined for the same life. It did not take long for Tom as he was made More
- Abstract:Borden Philip Mooney was born in 1910 on Prince Edward Island. He lived his adult life in Peakes Station where he worked as a carpenter until his retirement. Borden's passion in life was singing. He joined St. Theresa's Parish Choir in 1927 at the age of 17, because his father was the organist. It soon became a staple in his life, and More
- Abstract:Bob Jenkins spent his adult life in Kington, in the Herefordshire region of England. He worked as a historian and a newspaper columnist for English newspapers like the Hereford Times and Western Mail and he owned his own book shop in the area called 'Arrow Books'.
- Abstract:Arthur Vincent "Blueberry" Doyle was a Prince Edward Island resident from the Mt. Stewart area. He worked for 30 years with the Island firm C.M. McLean where he worked diligently to establish national and worldwide export markets for blueberries, strawberries, and seed potatoes. His success in getting the commercial blueberry More
- Abstract:Arthur "Herb" Arbuckle was born in Ponds, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He inherited the name "Herb" from his father in the Scottish naming tradition. Athurt lived his entire life as a fisherman in Malignant Cove near Antigonish. He was one of the last commercial Atlantic salmon fishermen in all of Nova Scotia.
- Abstract:Mary Agnes Sheehan was born on May 25th, 1908 in Bear River, Prince Edward Island. She attended school in the Bear River community and at St. Mary's Convent in Souris. She was forced to leave school in 1925 when her father passed away in order to help her mother operate the family farm. In 1928 she married Hugh Sheehan of Bear River More
- Abstract:Adelaide Mae Hamm was born and raised on her family's farm in Bunbury, Prince Edward Island. As a young woman she trained as a seamstress in Charlottetown. Adelaide had two brothers who fought in World War I at Vimy Ridge She lived most of her long life as a single woman on the family farm, never marrying, before dying at the age of More