Jean's 90th celebration, August 7, 2011
Marian White
Sep 19 2011
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Good time had by all at 90th birthday party!
The Train Jumper #12
Marian White
Jul 31 2011
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Finding $5 in the 30s was like winning the lottery today. Food was available on the farm but you couldn't buy gas.
Midwife in the family #11
Marian White
Jul 26 2011
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Ma was delivered by her midwife grandmother, Mary Corcoran.
Ed - #10 of 10 children #10
Marian White
Jul 24 2011
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Ed was home alone with Ma while the other 9 were off to school. "If you want her to live to be 90 get this surgery" and here we are
Mary Lou, Vic, Janet - Another 3 come along #9
Marian White
Jul 24 2011
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House fills up with nine kids, Ma, Pa and Gandy - running out of people to ask to be godparents.
Bob, Marian, Peter - Next 3 children #8
Marian White
Jul 24 2011
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Work on the farm and in the house grows as the family expands to include another three children - who helped out around the house while Ma was in the Hospital and how she was running out of names!
Irene, Dan, Maurice First 3 children's #7
Marian White
Jul 24 2011
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Hear about the weather, the roads, the transportation required to get to the Hospital and how the hospital was packed during these Baby Boom years.
Visiting family away #6
Marian White
Jul 23 2011
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Ma enjoyed visiting family across Canada and over the ocean to the old country.
Paid Work #5
Marian White
Jul 23 2011
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Jobs like strawberry picking, chicken farm, fish plant and cleaning hospitals in town gave cash for a chrome kitchen set and a new fridge
Irish Washer Woman #4
Marian White
Jul 16 2011
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Clothes and laundry - hard work on a daily basis. It wasn't a good day when the clothes line broke and she had to wash everything over again.
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After graduating from the University of Prince Edward Island I volunteered with CUSO in Nigeria. In the 80s I worked with Oxfam Canada in Halifax as a development educator working across the Maritime region. In 1994 I began to work with CUSO in the Atlantic region and enjoy my current work with Cuso International.
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