SIDE A 00:00:14 -- 00:01:51
Brief discussion about the Apple Tree Stewarts and local wharves; Apple Tree Stewarts, Stewarts, 1772, MacDonald, Hillsborough River, wharves.
SIDE A 00:01:51 -- 00:07:38
Discussion about the Harland steamer and other ships, with mention of wharves and family; Mt. Stewart, Hillsborough River, Rose Bud, SS Harland, China Point, 1927, wharves, Judson, 1891, 1905, Apple Tree Wharf, Frenchfort.
SIDE A 00:07:38 -- 00:11:04
Discussion about the history of Dunstaffnage; Scotland, 1849, Gov. Campbell, church, Methodist church, Gov. Patterson, cheese factory, butter factory, blacksmith, Scottish, Edward Lane.
SIDE A 00:11:04 -- 00:14:05
Discussion about her grandfather, who was a blacksmith in Pownal, with a mention of breakfast; Acorn, Brehaut, Berhoe, blacksmith, breakfast, Davis and Frasers, tea, cured pork.
SIDE A 00:14:05 -- 00:19:35
Discussion about the Vickersons and the Stewarts, with mention of ancestors and drownings; Vickerson, Dunstaffnage, Suitor Stewarts, bleacher, Judson, Scotland, immigrants, Hon. David Laird, Hon. Alexander Laird, 1816, drowning, James Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Treaty, swimming.
SIDE A 00:19:35 -- 00:22:20
Discussion about diphtheria; diphtheria, Mrs. Spittle, press gang, navy, Aubin, Stewart.
SIDE A 00:22:20 -- 00:23:46
Discussion about Apple Tree Wharf and Cairns' lime trees; Frenchfort, Apple Tree Wharf, Cairns, lime trees.
SIDE A 00:23:46 -- 00:24:56
Discussion about the Thompson house and old log cabins; 1892, 1907, Thompson, Sam Stewart, log cabin.
SIDE A 00:24:56 -- 00:29:08
Discussion about Ayrshires, breeders, exhibitions, and horses; side saddle, roader, horse and sleigh, Ayrshire, breeders, exhibitions, horses.
SIDE A 00:29:08 -- 00:31:23
Discussion about buffalo robes and coats, with mention of driving a horse and sleigh one the ice in winter; buffalo robe, fur coats, buffalo skin, goat skin, horse and sleigh, ice.
SIDE A 00:31:23 -- 00:31:46
Discussion about quiet Sundays and strict rules; rules, strict, Sundays.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.
SIDE B 00:31:55 -- 00:34:14
Discussion about quiet Sundays and strict rules continues, with mention of her first experience voting; voting, vote, election, rules, strict, Sundays, dances, 1927, York.
SIDE B 00:34:14 -- 00:37:19
Discussion about farming and sheep, with mention of cooking; farming, sheep, chipped beef, cooking, bacon, pork, butter, Irving Thompson.
SIDE B 00:37:19 -- 00:40:36
Discussion about her brothers and sisters, with mention of sending food to her cousin during WWI; Irving Thompson, John Thompson, Lorne Thompson, Fred Thompson, Wilfred Thompson, Hoss Thompson, Marion Thompson, Bertha Thompson, Lila Thompson, Jean Thompson, Fred Andrew.
SIDE B 00:40:37 -- 00:43:39
Discussion about wool and Thompson's Mill in Suffolk; wool, Thompson's Mill, Suffolk, carding mill, sawmill, 1928, Webster's Corner.
SIDE B 00:43:49 -- 00:45:00
Discussion about making hay during WWI; Everett MacKay, 1918, WWI, hay.
SIDE B 00:45:00 -- 00:46:45
Discussion about life as a child and her family; Prince of Wales College, school teacher, Dunstaffnage School, 1880 Atlas.
SIDE B 00:46:45 -- 00:48:29
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion and Armistice Day; Halifax Explosion, Armistice Day, 1917, 1918.
SIDE B 00:48:29 -- 00:53:21
Discussion about her grandmother, Elizabeth Stewart; Elizabeth Stewart, Thompson, Jim Stewart, baking, singing, reading, reading, hymns, Scottish, Presbyterian Church, Rainbow Valley, 1920.
SIDE B 00:53:21 -- 00:55:14
Discussion about her first car ride and going to St. John; St. John, cars, Model-T Ford, Irving Thompson, Jean Thompson, Northumberland Strait, 1928.
SIDE B 00:55:14 -- 00:58:23
Discussion about horses and milking; ploughing, harrows, horses, farming, milking, milk prices.
SIDE B 00:58:23 -- 01:00:58
Discussion about grinding grain, with mention of her aunt and uncle and creameries; family, miller, thrashing, grain, creamery, butter, milk.
SIDE B 01:00:58 -- 01:02:13
Discussion about taking the train; trains, York, Charlottetown, train fare.
SIDE B 01:02:13 -- 01:03:50
Discussion about mussel mud, with mention of lime kilns; Marshfield, mussel mud, lime kilns.
Tape ends at 01:03:50.
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