Interviewees
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- Abstract:William John Cavanagh was born in Laggan, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He lived all of his life there as a woodsman and the owner and operator of a small farm. He died at the age of 80 on August 3rd, 1993 in Aberdeen Hospital of New Glasgow.
- Abstract:William Arthur "Bill" Reddin was born in Charlottetown on January 17th, 1910. He grew up on Prince Edward Island during the Great Depression where he worked at his fathers store "L.J. Reddin's Drygoods". He attended Queens Square School before graduating on to St. Dunstan's University where he studied to become a teacher. During his More
- Abstract:John Sterling MacDonald was born in 1910 on Prince Edward Island. He lived in the area of Bridgetown where he plied his trade as a blacksmith, following the family tradition. He also spent time working on such varied items as caskets, fiddles, and bobsleighs. John died on May 11th, 1999 at the Kings County Hospital at the age of 89. More
- Abstract:Stanley Mason was a Nova Scotia resident for most of his life. He worked for many years as a fisherman, fishing for lobster, salmon, cod, and cultivating oysters. He ran a campground for many years with his wife Patricia in the Merigomish area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In his later years Stanley took up painting and became a More
- Abstract:Robert Samuel Mackinnon was born in 1922 on Prince Edward Island. He lived in the Cross Roads area where he worked as a dairy farmer like his father. He was the son of a well known Prince Edward Island midwife, Lettie Mackinnon. Lettie set up a birthing home in her own house, where she also operated the local switchboard for Island More
- Abstract:Robert Ernest Robertson was born in 1904 in Kingsboro, Prince Edward Island. He lived in Kingsboro and Souris area for the vast majority of his life, excluding an 8 year period in which he left home to work in the United States. He was brought back by a yearning for Prince Edward Island and the sea. Upon his return Robert bought a More
- Abstract:Reg Grady was born and raised in the Priest Pond area of Prince Edward Island. He was known for repairing violins and fiddles at night. Reg had a well respected uncle who received medals, gold watches, and other thanks for his effort in saving sailors when a Soviet barque shipwrecked at Priest Pond in 1908. His uncle even managed to More
- Abstract:Queenie Mackinnon was born in Earnscliffe, Prince Edward Island. She relocated to the Cross Roads area upon her marriage to Robert Mackinnon. There she helped her mother in law Lettie Mackinnon as a midwife, and also helped with the duties of running the dairy farm. Queenie was also known for keeping a diary since she was a child in More
- Abstract:Patrick Ivan "Alkie" MacCormack was born on Prince Edward Island in 1921. He quickly gained popularity in his home province when he burst on to the Island baseball scene at age 17. He played his first game on June 13th, 1938 and proved himself a formidable pitcher. During his short baseball career he had a number of legendary duels More
- Abstract:Patricia Thompson Mason was a Nova Scotia resident for most of her life. She worked for many years as a teacher at East Pictou Rural High School in Sutherlands River Nova Scotia. She later ran a campground for many years with her husband Stanley Mason in the Merigomish area of Pictou County Nova Scotia. Patricia also played the organ More
- Abstract:Nina E. Brown was born in New London, Prince Edward Island. She lived the last years of her life in the Clinton area. She was a writer and a performer on Prince Edward Island. Nina died in May of 2001.
- Abstract:Milton Buell was born on Prince Edward Island in [1907 or 1908]. He lived in the community of Abney, near Murray Harbour. In his youth he had a long standing position as the caretaker of the Mount Herbert Orphanage from 1929-1940. His employment at the orphanage left an impact on Milton as he wept at the demolition of the structure in More
- Abstract:Mildred Thompson Little Johnstone was born in 1906 in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. Mildred attended the Prince Edward Island Hospital School of Nursing in Charlottetown and graduated as a registered Nurse on May 12th, 1930. For years she practiced as a private nurse, traveling to communities across Prince Edward Island to help More
- Abstract:Mike Avery lived in Fort Augustus, Prince Edward Island, and worked as a railway man for the Canadian National Railway. He was one of the last hired for the Canadian National Railway on Prince Edward Island and worked right up until the railroad was abandoned on Prince Edward Island in 1989.d Island. He lived his life there tending to More
- Abstract:Mary Emma Jones Phillips was born in 1898 in Forest Hills, Prince Edward Island. She spent her youth on a farm with her parents in Harrington, and would often sail on a skiff over to governors island to picnic. Mary died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 9th, 2000 at the age of 102. She was the wife of Albert Phillips, mother More