Interviewees
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- 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