Title:
Madge Fitch Interview with Bernice Andersen
Creator:
Markerville Centennial Committee
Subject:
Land settlement and immigration
Subject:
Family and personal life
Description:
Interview and oral history of Madge Fitch by Bernice Andersen on at Madge Fitch's house on November 19, 1989.NOTE: audio and video do not align. Time stamps reflect the audio.00:00 - Family history, time in Iceland, father's funeral in Iceland, emigration to Canada05:54 - travel from Iceland during First World War, photographs, ship and train travel09:00 - first impressions of the farm and Canada10:30 - school at Burnt Lake, Icelandic community, post office, riding horses13:55 - 1918 Flu Pandemic15:32 - school, photograph16:43 - George (husband) meeting each other, their wedding20:01 - farm life, selling eggs and cream, Centreville Women's Club22:14 - grading roads as a job, having children, husband working away, milking cows25:12 - children (names, partners, children), wedding photograph27:38 - gardening, canning / preserving food, mutton29:04 - family history31:05 - Markerville area impressions, teaching33:51 - changes over lifetime, running water, community, good changes35:50 - Vonnin Ladies Aid Society, Tumbola, community support37:51 - Icelandic picnics39:29 - trip to Iceland43:00 - highlights of the year, including meeting the President of Iceland45:05 - grandchildren45:55 - audio ends46:03 - video ends
Contributor:
Madge Fitch
Contributor:
Bernice Andersen
Contributor:
Gorden Kure
Date:
1989
Date:
2021-03-11 - Digitization Date
Type:
MovingImage
Format:
1 videocassette (46:12) : VHS
Format:
1 video file (46:12) : col., .mov
Identifier:
VC1262
Source:
MG 41 Markerville Creamery fonds
Source:
MG 42 Stephan G Stephansson Icelandic Society fonds
Source:
2016-002
Language:
en
Coverage:
Markerville, Alberta
Rights:
Copyright assigned to Archives
