Helen Lyle

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:10:45
Helen talks about her ancestors, her grandfather who built an inn, a large tree on their waterfront property, and a letter to one of her ancestors from a preacher in 1823; 1823, letters, ancestors, trees.

SIDE A 00:10:45 -- 00:22:08
Discussion about Mary Lyle who was famous in Toronto for being "the mother of the bible of Christians", and Helen gives a tour of the house, showing off the well, the fence, destruction from an ice storm, and some fine china; china, Mary Lyle, bibles, Christian, ice storms.

SIDE A 00:22:08 -- 00:31:30
She talks about Burt Lyle and his marriages, James Lyle and his life on the Island, a story about a fire in England that was called "the fire when the river burned", her maiden name, and a map that shows off the old property markings of PEI; James Lyle, Burt Lyle, fires, Forbes, PEI, land.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:30.
SIDE B 00:31:45 -- 00:42:06
How she came to have a map of PEI that has all the lots and land owners marked from 1863, what she ate as a child, how things have changed, finding artifacts in the ground, Native Canadians, and housing; 1863, PEI, land, lots, food, Native Canadians, First Nations People, Indigenous.

SIDE B 00:42:06 -- 00:49:00
Breaking into a cheese factory and stealing as a child, her favorite teachers, the local school, looking through the business directory for St. Eleanor's, and Charlottetown; Charlottetown, St. Eleanor's, cheese factories, teachers, school.

SIDE B 00:49:00 -- 00:51:02
Dutch and Helen take a look at an old topographical map of PEI from 1863 and Dutch lists off people from Bunbury; Bunbury, maps, 1863, lots, PEI.

Tape ends at 00:51:02.