Doris Flanagan

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    Microfilms, relative at UPEI, siblings, gravestone, James lost in 1918 at sea, Alaska.
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    Flanagans from Dublin, blacksmiths. Looking at pictures, West Royalty area, Bartholomews death in 1849, 1931, pasture lots surveyed, 1815, not on the island. Family coming between 1815 and 1830.
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    Looking at photos of family members, Halifax schoolteacher, Alaska, marriages, Esther married in PEI, Massachusetts, mistake on Mary Anns death certificate, postcards from San Francisco, Vancouver, mistakes on gravestones/certificates. Familys occupations, services, maids, a story about Alices accident. Alice as a teacher, unmarried, pensions. Housekeepers, seamstresses, shoemaker, Summerside, handling properties.
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    Renumbering homes, 1914, old postcards and pictures, married or spinsters, family photos, 1886, 1878
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    Tape makes a noise, quality decreases
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    Doris discusses old photos and fashion, shows an old jacket
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    Tape break
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    (Quality reduced) old coat, stitching. Thomas Fennessey, Dennis, 1869, 1849, Tignish, deed signed by Bishop, mortgage, Great George Street, 1840, building houses
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    Mother enters the rooom, interview ends

Description

This is Stella Wallace and Karen Doyle interviewing Doris Flanagan at her home in Charlottetown. Doris talks about family history records and gravestones, her family immigrating to PEI from Dublin, and blacksmithing jobs. She talks about histories of marriages, death, mistakes on official documents, and spends time sharing old postcards with the interviewers. Doris also discusses her family’s education and jobs, and shares photos and other items with the interviewers.