Rev. Donald Nicholson T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacKay, Paul
Interviewee: Nicholson, Rev. Donald
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1995-12-21
Date Digitized
2010-07-07
Abstract
This is an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about his family, religion, the MacDonaldites, Gaelic, nicknames, his grandparents and ancestors, fish and seafood, the family home, doctors, his brother Peter, gristmills, his father, and school.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Hartsville, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1906
1800s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:37
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:11:28
Discussion about his grandparents, religious differences between Methodists and Presbyterians, and the MacDonaldites; Scots, religion, church, lay preacher, Methodists, Presbyterians, MacDonaldites, Free Church of Scotland, Rev. Donald MacDonald.

SIDE A 00:11:28 -- 00:18:13
Discussion about Gaelic; Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic.

SIDE A 00:18:13 -- 00:22:21
Discussion about Rev. Gordon and Dr. MacGregor; Rev. Gordon, Dr. MacGregor.

SIDE A 00:22:21 -- 00:27:39
Discussion about a family called the Bear MacDonalds and Gaelic nicknames, with mention of John MacGillivray and his family; MacDonald, Bear MacDonalds, bears, Gaelic, nicknames, Gaelic nicknames, John MacGillivray, blacksmiths.

SIDE A 00:27:39 -- 00:29:22
Discussion about attending Prince of Wales College; Prince of Wales College, Mac Beck.

SIDE A 00:29:22 -- 00:31:42
Discussion about his mother's family; MacLennan, Murdoch MacLennan, hardworking.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:42.
SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:39:11
Discussion about Scots and his ancestors; Scots, Scottish, Nicholson, Hebrides, immigrantion.

SIDE B 00:39:11 -- 00:44:52
Discussion about his grandfather taking a pilgrimage from Hartsville to Valleyfield for communion; walking, pilgrimage, communion, church services.

SIDE B 00:44:52 -- 00:49:08
Discussion about the land his ancestors bought and their trip over from Scotland, with mention of fish; Scots, Scottish, immigration, Nicholson, land prices, Hartsville, fishermen.

SIDE B 00:49:08 -- 00:52:41
Discussion about fish and seafood; fish prices, codfish, lobster, lobster prices, salted fish, fertilizer, herring.

SIDE B 00:52:41 -- 00:59:22
Discussion about his birth, the family house, doctors, and his brother Peter; 1906, Dr. MacLeod, Dr. Rogerson, Peter Nicholson, doctors, strong men, Dr. Roddie Nicholson, Yarmouth stove, porridge, cream, breakfast.

SIDE B 00:59:22 -- 01:03:37
Discussion about gristmills, his father, and school; gristmills, school, Elliot's mill, Crosby's mill, buckwheat, pork, pancakes, teachers, MacKenzie, school subjects.

Tape ends at 01:03:37.