Interviewees
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- 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