In 1969, Mr. Langlois learned about oral history and with his friend, Robert H. McGowan, both in their third year of college in New York State. They began to record interviews on the mill and logging community of Reynoldston, New York, a community where Mr. Langlois’ ancestors had settled in 1869.
Mrs. Frances Ellis
Mrs. Frances Ellis, 1920
Tape 1 Side 1
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Mrs. Delia Moquin
Mrs. Delia (Hooper) Moquin 1884 –1987
(married Philip J. Moquin) 1873-1963)
Interviewed by Robert H. McGowan,
August 27, 1971
Philip and Delia Moquin Christmas Card
Tape 1
Side 1 – Page 7
Growing up in Malone, NY in the late 19th Century; Family backgrounds – French Canadian; Moving to Owls Head; Working out as a child, cooking and cleaning in a boarding house for lumberjacks in Owls Head; attending Notre Dame School in Malone
Side 2 – Page 17
Married at 15 in Chasm Falls; Moved to Reynoldston; Making a life and raising a family in Reynoldston; Building houses, Catholic Religion in Reynoldston; French-Canadians; Social customs in Reynoldston; Story-telling; Speaking French; Other families in Reynoldston; Husband working for the Reynolds Bros. Mill, Reynoldston NY; life in Reynoldston
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