Interviewees
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- Abstract:Edwin "Eddy" Franklin Clay was born in Bridgetown, Prince Edward Island in 1926. He spent his life there working as a farmer, and also spent time working at Matthew and McLean's local general store. Edwin died at the Atlantic Baptist Nursing Home in Charlottetown on February 25th, 2009 at the age of 83.
- Abstract:Donald Stewart MacNeil was born in Little Harbour on November 20th, 1920. He received his education at New Glasgow High School and Dalhousie University before he went overseas to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. In honour of his service he was awarded the Air Force Flying Cross. Upon returning home from the More
- Abstract:Tom Trenholm was born in Wallace, Nova Scotia on March 8th, 1910. He was the son of Captain William Trenholm who was a successful schooner captain, once owning seven schooners himself. Tom was born into a family of seafaring men and like his brothers he was destined for the same life. It did not take long for Tom as he was made More
- Abstract:Borden Philip Mooney was born in 1910 on Prince Edward Island. He lived his adult life in Peakes Station where he worked as a carpenter until his retirement. Borden's passion in life was singing. He joined St. Theresa's Parish Choir in 1927 at the age of 17, because his father was the organist. It soon became a staple in his life, and More
- Abstract:Bob Jenkins spent his adult life in Kington, in the Herefordshire region of England. He worked as a historian and a newspaper columnist for English newspapers like the Hereford Times and Western Mail and he owned his own book shop in the area called 'Arrow Books'.
- Abstract:Arthur Vincent "Blueberry" Doyle was a Prince Edward Island resident from the Mt. Stewart area. He worked for 30 years with the Island firm C.M. McLean where he worked diligently to establish national and worldwide export markets for blueberries, strawberries, and seed potatoes. His success in getting the commercial blueberry More
- Abstract:Arthur "Herb" Arbuckle was born in Ponds, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He inherited the name "Herb" from his father in the Scottish naming tradition. Athurt lived his entire life as a fisherman in Malignant Cove near Antigonish. He was one of the last commercial Atlantic salmon fishermen in all of Nova Scotia.
- Abstract:Mary Agnes Sheehan was born on May 25th, 1908 in Bear River, Prince Edward Island. She attended school in the Bear River community and at St. Mary's Convent in Souris. She was forced to leave school in 1925 when her father passed away in order to help her mother operate the family farm. In 1928 she married Hugh Sheehan of Bear River More
- Abstract:Adelaide Mae Hamm was born and raised on her family's farm in Bunbury, Prince Edward Island. As a young woman she trained as a seamstress in Charlottetown. Adelaide had two brothers who fought in World War I at Vimy Ridge She lived most of her long life as a single woman on the family farm, never marrying, before dying at the age of More