456 Treffer anzeigen

Interview of Eric and his sister Norma of Arnprior, Ont. These descendants of Daniel McLachlin, founder of the McLachlin lumber dynasty in the Ottawa valley talk abut Edgewood, the luxurious family residence on the Ottawa River and their privileged childhood before World War II. Side One: Interview of Eric and Norma. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of leo Souci of Fort Coulonge, Que. who talks about his work as a lumberman in the Ottawa Valley begun at age fourteen in 1916 and later as a gold prospector in Labrador. Souci discusses the history of the Souci family originally from France. Additional discussion by his wife of their family of fourteen children. Side One: Interview of Leo Souci. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Wyman McKechnie of Wyman, Que. - a descendant of the early settlers of the Ottawa Valley. He was a livestock breeder on the ancestral farm at Wyman and discusses other families in the area. Side One: Interview of Wyman McKechnie. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of Phoebe McCord of Shawville, Que. McCord, a retired educator, poet and amateur historian, discusses the "Good Women", her dissertation on the virtues and skills expected of women of her generation. She also talks about her family genealogy and the history of Shawville. Side One: Interview of Phoebe McCord. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Adelard LeClair. Side One: Interview of Adelard LeClair. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interviews of Nelson Robert and Johnny Campbell. Side One: Interview of Nelson Robert. Side Two: Interview of Johnny Campbell.

Interview of Elsie Gibbons. Side One: Interview of Elsie Gibbons. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Lennox Gavan renowned throughout the Ottawa Valley for his Irish music and popular owner of Gavan's Hotel in Quyan, Que. Gavan talks about the history of his Irish ancestors and his youth growing up on the family farm in Chicester, Que. Side One: Interview of Lennox Gavan. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of Mrs. Owen Toller, descendant of James Bryson, founder of a lumber dynasty in the Ottawa Valley in 1835. She describes the vast timber holdings of the Bryson families in Pontiac County, Que. Including the historic homes built by her grandfather in Fort Coulonge, Que. Side One: Interview of Mrs. Owen Toller. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Alex McDermid of Burnstown, Ont., former lumberman in the Ottawa Valley. He talks about his ancestors who had "signed that terrible contract" which indentured the early settlers to Laird Archibald McNab, Scottish feudal lord of MacNab Twsp. from 1823-1843. Additional comments from his wife are heard during the interview. Side One: Interview of Alex McDermid. Side Two: Interview continues.