Captain Thomas Trenholm T9 [Tape Nine]

Interview

Thompson, Reg "Dutch"

Trenholm, Captain Thomas and Mary

2002-01-13, 2002-05-01

01:03:37

This is the ninth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Included in this interview is Tom's wife, Mary Trenholm (nee MacGillivray). The interview begins with Mary telling about her family and growing up in Louisbourg. She then talks about how she and Tom first met, their first trip together, and their wedding. Tom then tells about the big storm of 1927, becoming a sea captain at age 16, and trips on the Marine. Tom goes on to talk about his father trading rum for a fiddle, hauling rock from Wallace to build the breakwater in Souris, and hauling bricks from Pugwash to the Island. There is also mention of a Model-T Ford his father purchased.

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Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:30 Discussion about Mary's family and growing up in Louisbourg; Mary Trenholm, Blue Rocks, Lunenburg, Lillian Tanner, Forshu, Dominion Coal Co., Louisbourg, school, Mary Smith. | SIDE A 00:03:30 -- 00:06:15 Discussion about when Mary and Tom first met, with mention of their honeymoon; Mary Trenholm, courting, 1929 De Soto, Halifax, wedding, honeymoon. | SIDE A 00:06:15 -- 00:09:32 Discussion about their first trip together; Mary Trenholm, Marion Belle Wolf, Barbados, seasickness, Murdoch MacLean, Charlie Fiander, birthday. | ***The audio warps at 00:09:32 and the topic changes. SIDE A 00:09:33 -- 00:13:45 Discussion about Mary's life at sea; Mary Trenholm, Cape Breton, 1960s, cooking, Nellie Dixon, stargazing. | SIDE A 00:13:45 -- 00:17:22 Discussion about their wedding in Sydney and being married 70 years; marriage, Dolly MacKinnon, honeymoon, Halifax, Sydney, camping. | SIDE A 00:17:24 -- 00:26:32 Discussion about a big storm in 1927, with mention of Sable Island; Louisbourg Harbour, Captain Bob Cann, Havenside, Sable Island, Louisbourg, gale, big waves, Bluenose, Nellie Dixon, 1927, storm. | SIDE A 00:26:33 -- 00:28:24 Discussion about Tom becoming a sea captain at age 16; Master's sea time, sea captain, 1926, Donald Wilson, Nellie Dixon. | SIDE A 00:28:24 -- 00:31:41 Discussion about the 1927 storm continues, with mention of shipwrecks; 1927, schooners, shipwrecks, Lunenburg, storm. | SIDE A ends at 00:31:41. ***SIDE B is dated as May 1st, 2002. SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:41:15 Discussion about trips on the Marine, with mention of a burial at sea; Beunos Aires, Ireland, deel, shipping, Marine, Cobhn, Queenstown, mate, Halifax, death, burial at sea, superstition, Captain Johanson, navigation, sextant, Captain Willigar. | SIDE B 00:41:15 -- 00:47:20 Discussion about the end of the Marine; Halifax, Captain Willigar, Nellie Dixon, Cerberus Rock, New York, hogging, Parrsboro, anchors, waterlogged, Marine. | SIDE B 00:47:20 -- 00:56:57 A story about his father trading rum for a fiddle; Port Daniel, Quebec, rum, music, 1772, Hachey, Stainer, violin, fiddle. | SIDE B 00:56:57 -- 00:57:51 Discussion about learning to play the fiddle and his birth in Wallace; music, Wallace, fiddle, birth, Port Elgin. | SIDE B 00:57:51 -- 01:00:07 Discussion about hauling stone from Wallace to Souris for breakwater; breakwaters, Souris, stone, Wallace, shipping, steam crane. | SIDE B 01:00:07 -- 01:02:58 Discussion about hauling bricks from Pugwash, with mention of a Model-T Ford; Freddy A. Higgins, Captain Daly, schooner, Rayburn, Pugwash, Souris, salt, bricks, J. D. Friar, Model-T Ford, poop deck, wharves, breakwater. | ***The conversation stops at 01:02:58. From 01:02:58 -- 01:03:37 is dead air. Tape ends at 01:03:37. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.