Audio file
Contributors
Interviewee: Down (Hamm), Jean
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2007-02-07
Date Digitized
2010-12-17
Abstract
This is an interview with Jean Ross (need Hamm) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Jean talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, how she met her husband, school, her aunt Addie Hamm, her parents, and readings of her father's letters from his service in WWI.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:41
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:04:09
Discussion about her family, with mention of the railway; Frank Hamm, milkman, William Hamm, Sarah Horton, Sarah Hamm, railway bridge.

SIDE A 00:04:09 -- 00:09:30
Discussion about growing up in Charlottetown, with mention of school and places around town; 1922, infirmary, school, Prince Street School, West Kent, West Kent School, Mabel Matheson, Brighton Club, Foster's Ice Cream, Harry Lapthorne, Red Cross, Charlottetown, WWII.

SIDE A 00:09:30 -- 00:11:16
Discussion about how she and Ross met and life during WWII; WWII, Ross Down, courting, Charlottetown.

SIDE A 00:11:16 -- 00:14:00
Discussion about ice, coal, and her Aunt Addie; ice, coal, 1950s, Addie Hamm.

SIDE A 00:14:00 -- 00:15:52
Discussion about her family and locals serving in WWI; Alan Hamm, Carl Hamm, WWI, soldiers, Duffy.

SIDE A 00:15:52 -- 00:18:54
Discussion about her father and his carpentry; Charles Hamm, carpenters, MacDonald School, MacDonald Consolidated School, Lowe Brother.

SIDE A 00:18:54 -- 00:20:00
Discussion about her mother; Clara Carver, Pownal, George Carver, 1918.

SIDE A 00:20:00 -- 00:31:51
Discussion about her father's service in the military, with readings from his letters; militia, soldiers, Lt. Charles Bovyer Hamm, Lt. Charles Hamm, 6th Regiment, war medals, WWI, 1918, 7th Battalion, 1916, Vimy, 1917, France, trenches, war letters, 1915, zeppelins.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:51.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 01:03:41
Discussion about her father's service in the military continues, with more readings from his letters; militia, soldiers, Lt. Charles Bovyer Hamm, Lt. Charles Hamm, WWI, Sgt. C. B. Hamm, war letters, war parcels, 1916, France, Flanders, 1916, military medal, war medals, medals, 7th Battalion, war wounds, trenches, Canadian soldiers, 1917, Vimy, Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Vimy Ridge, Vimy Jones.

Tape ends at 01:03:41.