Jennie MacLean T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacLean (Maynard), Jennie Pearl
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-02-04
Date Digitized
2010-09-09
Abstract
This is an interview with Jennie Pearl MacLean (nee Maynard) of Port Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Jennie talks about blacksmiths, her family, home remedies, doctors, her birth, concerts and plays, Christmas, the Titanic, WWI and WWI, school, chores on the family farm, cars, horses, traveling, working in Boston, the 1930s, pack peddlers, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Tyne Valley, PE
Port Hill, PE
Boston, MA
Subject (Temporal)
1930s
1917
WWI
WWII
1912
1842
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:18
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:29
Discussion about John Dennis the blacksmith; blacksmiths, John Dennis, Johnny Dennis, Port Hill.

SIDE A 00:02:29 -- 00:07:01
Discussion about her family background; 1842, Hugh Maynard.

SIDE A 00:07:01 -- 00:09:23
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, kerosene and sugar, tansy, kerosene, earache cures, cures.

SIDE A 00:09:23 -- 00:12:13
Discussion about doctors and her father's death from cancer; Dr. Stewart, Dr. Champion, doctors, Tyne Valley, cancer, Hugh Maynard, 1917.

SIDE A 00:12:13 -- 00:15:31
Discussion about her family continues; Emily MacArthur, Alexander MacArthur.

SIDE A 00:15:31 -- 00:20:53
Discussion about concerts, acting, and box socials; Emily MacArthur, Annie MacArthur, concerts, acting, King George Hall, plays, theatre, acting, box socials, 1912, Christmas concerts.

SIDE A 00:20:53 -- 00:26:47
Discussion about Christmas, with mention of sleigh bells and buffalo robes; Christmas, presents, Christmas dinner, sleighs, sleigh bells, buffalo robes, Santa Claus, toys, donuts, fruitcake.

SIDE A 00:26:47 -- 00:31:01
Discussion about her birth and her mother's geese; childbirth, midwives, 1905, Henry Maynard, Courtney Maynard, geese.

SIDE A 00:31:01 -- 00:31:30
Discussion about the Titanic; Titanic, 1912.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:30.
SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:33:09
Discussion about the Titanic continues; Hugh Ellis, Titanic, 1912.

SIDE B 00:33:09 -- 00:37:56
Discussion about WWI and WWII, with mention of the Halifax Explosion and the Spanish Flu; WWI, WWII, Jack Larry, Armistice Day, Halifax Explosion, Spanish Flu, tobacco.

SIDE B 00:37:56 -- 00:39:36
Discussion about school; school, Enid Birch, teachers, walking.

SIDE B 00:39:36 -- 00:48:10
Discussion about chores on the family farm; farming, butter, eggs, Ellis' Store, milk, sheep, jam, apples, ice, ice houses, firkin, general stores, Percy Ellis, apple varieties, rams, foxes, fox pelts.

SIDE B 00:48:10 -- 00:50:16
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion and pack peddlers; Harvest Excursion, pack peddlers, Frank Reid.

SIDE B 00:50:16 -- 00:57:31
Discussion about taking the train to Boston and working there; Boston, trains, traveling, wages, housework.

SIDE B 00:57:31 -- 01:01:59
Discussion about the 1930s, her first car ride, and horses; horses, cars, 1930s, horse and sleigh, Great Depression.

SIDE B 01:01:59 -- 01:02:53
Discussion about school continues; school.

SIDE B 01:02:53 -- 01:03:18
Discussion about the Yeos; Edgar Yeo.

Tape ends at 01:03:18.