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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 8 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to c…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to chores, such as doing laundry, which occurred as the family adopted new technologies. Jean talks about her siblings, and the relativity of age. She recalls the birth of her younger brother, at home. She describes her parents’ backgrounds and how they met, after immigrating to Vancouver, as part of a close-knit Irish community. Jean recalls what the Vancouver Heights area was like in the 1920s. She mentions her father’s job, and recalls her mother’s daily occupations. She describes what she wore as a child, and the recreational activities of the time.
- History
- Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
- Creator
- Ballentine, Teresa
- Accession Code
- BV018.17.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- July 8 1992
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on content of sound recording
- Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
- Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
- Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks
Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992
Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_002.mp3