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She grew up in Dauphin until she was 5 years old. Her mother cleaned houses for a dollar per day because her father couldn't find a job at the time. Her father looked after Verna and her younger brother. There was a job available at a lumber camp in Bowsman, Manitoba so they moved there. Verna's mother was the washwoman for 126 men at the camp. There was a large room that held the washing machines with bunkbeds 4 high where they lived. The health inspector came and didn't want that to be their home, so a small building was built for them to live in.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Respondent’s name:  Verna Van Roon\n\tRespondent’s birth name:  Verna\n\tPlace of birth:  Dauphin, Manitoba\n\tDate of birth:  February 12th, 1920.\nPlace where respondent grew up: She started off in Dauphin until she was 5 years old and her mother worked for a dollar a day cleaning houses because there were no jobs for her father. They had to move to Beauseman River, Manitoba for a short while because her father got a job in the lumber camp there. They moved back to Dauphin shortly after and then eventually moved to Winnipeg.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"lumbering","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"occupations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ancestry, move to Winnipeg, parents' separation","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna's father was United Empire Loyalist and his parents came from the United States. Verna's mother came from England with her brother, but she's not sure when. Her mother's sister had come after World War One, and Verna's mother went to her before moving westwards. Her father was born in Granby, Quebec. Her mother was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Verna's spouse was born in Winnipeg.\n\nVerna mostly lived around Winnipeg, where they came in 1928. Verna's mother separated from her husband (Verna's father) and moved the family to Winnipeg. Verna's father moved to Winnipeg as well, but they were in the process of separating. Verna's mother moved very often, probably because of the rent, according to Verna. As such, Verna was in many different schools.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Date when family arrived to Canada: Her father’s parents moved to Grand Bee, Quebec from the United States in the early 1900s; they were United Empire Loyalists. Her mother came from England to Ontario, by herself, to live with her older sister, also in the early 1900s. Her mother eventually moved West to Grand View, Manitoba to live with another sister while her father also moved West with his mother. \nDate when family moved to Winnipeg: Verna’s immediate family moved to Winnipeg in 1928.\n\tPlace of father’s birth: Grand Bee, Quebec\n\tPlace of mother’s birth: Newcastle, England\n\tPlace of spouse’s birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba\nPlaces where respondent moved over the lifetime: Dauphin – Beauseman – Grand View – Winnipeg. Verna’s family moved to Winnipeg from Dauphin in 1928; her mother separated from her father and wanted to take up hairdressing. \nRespondent’s formal education: Her mother moved very often because of the rent, as a result, Verna went to many different schools all over the city.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"divorce","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"education","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"heredity","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"immigration","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Occupations, meeting husband, teaching Sunday Schools","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna worked at Victoria General Hospital in the kitchen quarter for a number of years. When World War Two started, laundry, which was run by unwed mothers, faced a labour shortage, so Verna went to work there for a number of years. During the War, she was transferred to Standardaero Engine and refaced valves. Verna's brother was going in for the ministry for the United Church and was coming out to Charleswood. Verna was going with him to teach Sunday school. It was there that she met Len, her husband. Len then went overseas, but when he came back, the two of them got married. Verna's brother put her name in as a student minister with the United Church. They called Verna and convinced her to become a student minister for a summer in Saskatchewan. Verna had 3 services every Sunday in Saskatchewan. Verna returned to Winnipeg where she was superintendent for Sunday Schools for 10 years.\n\nVerna grew up with her mother and her three brothers. Verna's mother went down east and reconnected with Verna's father. That is how a 23 year old Verna reconnected with her father.\n\nVerna knows her father's family were United Empire Loyalist and therefore came from the United States. She doesn't know where they came from besides the US. Verna's mother was English. Verna considers her identity to be that of English background.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Respondent’s occupational background: She worked in the kitchen and laundry at Victoria hospital. She also transferred to Standard Area, during the war, and refaced valves. Following this experience, Verna began teaching Sunday school with the United church and came to Charleswood, where she met her husband, with her brother who was in the ministry. In addition, she went to Kelso, Saskatchewan as student minister – she was the first female minister there. She was the superintendent with Sunday school in Charleswood for 10 years.\nSize of respondent’s family before the 1940s:  Verna lived with only her mother, after her parents’ separation, and her 3 brothers. \nRespondent’s ancestry: Her father was United Empire Loyalist who came from Quebec; her mother was English. \n\tRespondent’s identity ethnically: English background","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"group identity","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"heredity","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"occupations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Meals, Christmas meals, Len's mother","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"During the Great Depression, lunch was bread and butter with other things, if they were available. Sometimes butter wasn't available. Verna says they were very poor, but so was everyone else. Because Verna had to work, Verna's brother was left to get food with Verna. They would take a streetcar to the butcher with the instruction \"a 10 pound roast, but nothing over a dollar\". Verna gives the price of milk and apples.\n\nAt Christmas, they would have Turkey after they moved to Winnipeg. They had one orange a year, since they were expensive. Verna remembers having dumplings and making dumplings as well. Len notes that his mother, being Dutch, wouldn't go near the dumplings. When they were married, Verna and Len had to look after Len's mother who was in need of assistance. Verna says that in the beginning, she couldn't do anything right, but after a while, she couldn't do anything wrong. They built a \"granny house\" for Len's mother, which she quite enjoyed.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Typical meals of the day, i.e., breakfast, lunch, dinner:  Porridge for breakfast and bread and butter for lunch, sometimes with something else on it. Dinner would be a meat dinner. Her mother would send her brother on the streetcar from Weston to the City Meats on Main Street to get roasts for $1/pound. \nChristmas meal:  When the family moved to Winnipeg there was always a turkey dinner and one orange per year at Christmas. There was nothing particularly English about Christmas, although her mother did make dumplings.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Christmas","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"dumplings","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"food procurement","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Store purchases, garden food, poultry farm, Verna's clothes","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"From the store, Verna's family purchased milk and apples. No matter where they were, they always had a garden. A meal could be 6 cobs of corn, but nothing else because that was all that was available; they ate what came out of the garden. They didn't do much shopping, but they did get sugar and flour. Verna's mother had no time for baking as she was always away, hairdressing.\n\nAfter Len returned from overseas and they were married, they had a poultry farm. Len's parents had a poultry farm, but Len's mother couldn't maintain it when Len went overseas, she let it go. Verna and Len started up that farm again after they were married.\n\nVerna wore slacks because she had 3 brothers and she was dressed like them. They weren't jeans, just long pants. Verna never had a dress, but one of Verna's mother's coworker had a daughter that passed away, so Verna was given a dress from the deceased child. Verna later met that girl's sister at church. Nearly all of Verna's clothes were hand-me-downs from people her mother worked for. Verna's mother was very involved with the Salvation Army in Dauphin. Verna left Dauphin at age 5, went to Bowsman for a winter, returned to Dauphin, and then moved to Winnipeg at age 8.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Food purchased at the store: Milk, apples, sugar, flour.\n\tFood produced by the family: The family had a vegetable garden. \nClothing: Verna was dressed like her brothers – in slacks, tops. She never owned a dress until much later when she was given one. All her clothes were handed-down from the people her mother worked for.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"clothing","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"food procurement","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"hand-me-downs","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"poultry farms","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Parents' occupations, houses, crafts","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For work, Verna's father worked for anything he could get. There were no jobs, as Verna remembers. Her father drove an ice cream truck for a week or two when someone was on holiday. After they came to Winnipeg, Verna's father worked for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He was a \"car man\" and repaired the interiors of passenger train cars. Verna's mother did hairdressing for years. Her work days were very long. She cleaned houses in Dauphin and did laundry in Bowsman.\n\nThe house in Dauphin was just 1 ply boards. When they got electricity, there were 26 lights in the one room. Verna says her father was a \"weirdo\" with electricity. In Winnipeg, they were always renting houses. When they first came to Winnipeg, they had nail kegs instead of chairs. Verna's mother did artificial flowers (wood fibre flowers) as well as knitting. She would sell her knitting and flowers at the salon she worked at.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Father’s workday responsibilities: He worked at anything he could get – it was $1/day in those days. He drove an ice-cream truck when somebody else was on holiday. He worked at the C.P.R. after the family came to Winnipeg as a “Carman”, repairing the interior or cars. \nMother’s workday responsibilities:  She was a housewife in Dauphin and a laundry person in Beauseman at the winter camp. Her mother was a hairdresser in Winnipeg and worked long days. \nDecoration of the house: The house in Dauphin had plywood walls, one big room, and little lights everywhere. In Winnipeg, they were always renting different houses and she remembers having to use nail kegs as chairs.\nCrafts: Knitting and artificial fibre flowers. Her mother would sell some of these crafts in the window of her hairdressing salon. She did not really know her grandparents.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"crafts","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"furniture","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"knitting","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"occupations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Salvation Army, Christmas, other holidays, Halloween","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna's mother was very involved with the Salvation Army, which is how Verna started out. Verna's problem with the Salvation Army is their belief that Christ was born 2000 years ago and the world created 2000 years before that. The family would attend the Salvation Army church every Sunday.\n\nIn Dauphin, they always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Day. They usually had a tree. One year, Verna's father couldn't get a tree, so each of them had a cardboard box, but that wasn't the same at all. Verna says they could ask for 1 present, and, if possible, they got it. Verna got an Eaton beauty doll one Christmas which were a dollar each at the time. One Christmas, one of the women Verna's mother worked with wished for that same doll, so Verna's mother gave them Verna's doll. Verna's family never celebrated Easter. Afternoon tea wasn't observed in their family. Verna's mother loved Nabob tea, which Verna still gets today. She doesn't remember any English holidays or traditions being observed in her family. Birthdays were not celebrated in Verna's home. Dominion Day was also not celebrated. They didn't celebrated Thanksgiving.\n\nThey always celebrated Halloween. They would go out for Halloween treats. She remembers one Halloween, there was a massive snowfall and very few children were out trick-or-treating. Verna and her brothers would get double the amount of treats because of how few children were out. Verna's family didn't celebrate New Years, either. Church feast days and other holidays were not celebrated.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Going to church: Her mother was involved with the Salvation Army and when she was a child they attended church every Sunday. Finally, her mother quit the church because the Salvation Army did not believe in hairdressing.\nCelebration of Christmas:  In Dauphin it was celebrated on Christmas Day, usually with a tree, although one time a cardboard box was used when a tree was unavailable. No extended relatives, only the immediate family. Each child could ask for one present. \n\tCelebration of Easter: Easter was not celebrated.\n\tDecoration of Easter eggs: n/a\nAfternoon tea: Her mother insisted on having her tea – if nothing else – and she drank Nabob Tea.\nRitual or traditional activity identified as English:  No, not that she remembers.\n\tCelebration of birthdays: No\n\tDominion (Canada) day: No\n\tThanksgiving: No\n\tHalloween: Yes – they went out for treats.\n\tNew Year’s: No\n\tParish Feast day:  No\n\tOther holy days: No\n\tOther holidays identified as English: No\n\tOther holidays tied to Canadian identity: No","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Christmas","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Christmas trees","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Halloween","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"holidays","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"religion","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Music and songs, square dancing, Salvation Army","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna remembers they sang a lot. Her father played an old organ they had by ear. They sang along with him and would just make noises if there were no words to the song. Verna says both her brother and her son had the same talent: they could play any instrument by ear. They can hear anything once and be able to play it. The songs they sang were whatever songs Verna's father had heard. Whatever he heard, he played. They weren't folk songs, just whatever they could play. Some of the songs were hymns. Verna's family were never storytellers.\n\nIf you were part of the Salvation Army, you did not dance or cut your hair, says Verna. When Verna and Len were married, they ended up with 1500 chickens. Those eggs had to be gathered, cleaned, weighed, candled, boxed, and then delivered. It was 10 to 12 hours a day of steady work. One of their neighbours started going to square dancing classes and lent Verna a record. Verna and Len started square dancing (but all the furniture had to go outside), and every Saturday night they would have 20 to 25 people over to square dance. Sunday was cleaning up the mess from the night before.\n\nBecause the Salvation Army didn't believe in hairdressing, Verna's mother just quit. Verna says the Salvation Army has loosened up quite a bit since then.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Singing songs: Her dad played by ear on the organ they had. They sang very often anytime – always in English. Her brother and her son are musical as well. Many of the songs were old hymns, and folklore songs.\n\tStorytelling: No\nDances: The Salvation Army prohibited dancing and cutting hair. Although when she was married she held square dancing parties every Saturday night at home.\n\tInstruments played at dances:  n/a","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"dance","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"music","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"singing","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"square dance","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Working long hours, entertainment, language","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna wasn't involved in community plays as Verna wasn't in Winnipeg as a teenager. Verna couldn't participate in anything outside the home as her mother worked long hours and Verna had to care for the house. It wasn't because Verna was the eldest that she had to look after the house, but because she was a girl.\n\nVerna's first and only language was English. In grade 11, a teacher and a number of girls spoke French.\n\nVerna had so many neighbours because of all the different places she lived.\n\nVerna has friends from the hospital and from square dancing. Verna's mother had no close friends, just the people she worked with. Verna never played sports. She was responsible for dishes and ironing. Verna's grade 7 teacher made Verna read a book over a weekend, once.  They do celebrate birthdays now. They didn't have much time for entertainment when Verna was growing up. They never had anyone over for dinner.\n\nVerna cannot recall the cultural groups that lived around them in Dauphin. She remembers gypsies living in a field in the summer.\n\nVerna's daughter is producing a family history. Verna and Len are involved in a book about the history of Charleswood, where they live. The interviewer discusses a photograph interview with Len and Verna. They show the interviewer some photographs.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Music made and heard: Her dad played the violin, organ, and accordion and the children would be chording along on the guitar.\nCommunity plays: She was not involved with anything out of the house because her mother was working full-time so it was her job to look after meals and the house because she was the only girl.\nLanguages: English both at home and school. In grade 11, at St. John’s Convent,  the teachers and some of the students spoke French. There was something they termed English-French taught to the English students; many of the French students ridiculed this poor-quality of French.\n\tNearest neighbours: n/a\nBest friends: She moved so much that she could not maintain any lasting relationships with anybody in her younger days. She still has friends from her days at the Victoria hospital.\n\tActivities together: n/a\n\tParent’s friends: Her friends were only the people she worked for.\n\tSports: No, she was too busy with\n\tLeisure time with the family: No there would have been no time.\nOther ethnic/cultural groups in the community: In Dauphin there were Gypsies who lived in a field in the summer; she does not recall any in Winnipeg.\n\tCultural groups respondent was part of: No\nCollecting information on family history: Her daughter is doing the genealogy of the family; both Verna and Len Van Roon are involved in compiling a historical book about Charleswood at present.\nOld photographs that show people and life in the community before the 1940s: They have many and would be interested in a photo interview.\nOther people who might want to be interviewed about the prairies before the 1940s:  Bessie Chapman and Margo Chester","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/51841/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"family histories","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"friends","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"neighbors","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"}]},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Part 1 [Index]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Birth, early life, living in Bowsman","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna was born in Dauphin, Manitoba on the 12th of February, 1920. She grew up in Dauphin until she was 5 years old. Her mother cleaned houses for a dollar per day because her father couldn't find a job at the time. Her father looked after Verna and her younger brother. There was a job available at a lumber camp in Bowsman, Manitoba so they moved there. Verna's mother was the washwoman for 126 men at the camp. There was a large room that held the washing machines with bunkbeds 4 high where they lived. The health inspector came and didn't want that to be their home, so a small building was built for them to live in.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Respondent’s name:  Verna Van Roon\n\tRespondent’s birth name:  Verna\n\tPlace of birth:  Dauphin, Manitoba\n\tDate of birth:  February 12th, 1920.\nPlace where respondent grew up: She started off in Dauphin until she was 5 years old and her mother worked for a dollar a day cleaning houses because there were no jobs for her father. They had to move to Beauseman River, Manitoba for a short while because her father got a job in the lumber camp there. They moved back to Dauphin shortly after and then eventually moved to Winnipeg.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"lumbering","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"occupations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=10.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ancestry, move to Winnipeg, parents' separation","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna's father was United Empire Loyalist and his parents came from the United States. Verna's mother came from England with her brother, but she's not sure when. Her mother's sister had come after World War One, and Verna's mother went to her before moving westwards. Her father was born in Granby, Quebec. Her mother was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Verna's spouse was born in Winnipeg.\n\nVerna mostly lived around Winnipeg, where they came in 1928. Verna's mother separated from her husband (Verna's father) and moved the family to Winnipeg. Verna's father moved to Winnipeg as well, but they were in the process of separating. Verna's mother moved very often, probably because of the rent, according to Verna. As such, Verna was in many different schools.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Date when family arrived to Canada: Her father’s parents moved to Grand Bee, Quebec from the United States in the early 1900s; they were United Empire Loyalists. Her mother came from England to Ontario, by herself, to live with her older sister, also in the early 1900s. Her mother eventually moved West to Grand View, Manitoba to live with another sister while her father also moved West with his mother. \nDate when family moved to Winnipeg: Verna’s immediate family moved to Winnipeg in 1928.\n\tPlace of father’s birth: Grand Bee, Quebec\n\tPlace of mother’s birth: Newcastle, England\n\tPlace of spouse’s birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba\nPlaces where respondent moved over the lifetime: Dauphin – Beauseman – Grand View – Winnipeg. Verna’s family moved to Winnipeg from Dauphin in 1928; her mother separated from her father and wanted to take up hairdressing. \nRespondent’s formal education: Her mother moved very often because of the rent, as a result, Verna went to many different schools all over the city.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"divorce","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"education","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"heredity","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"immigration","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=199.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Occupations, meeting husband, teaching Sunday Schools","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna worked at Victoria General Hospital in the kitchen quarter for a number of years. When World War Two started, laundry, which was run by unwed mothers, faced a labour shortage, so Verna went to work there for a number of years. During the War, she was transferred to Standardaero Engine and refaced valves. Verna's brother was going in for the ministry for the United Church and was coming out to Charleswood. Verna was going with him to teach Sunday school. It was there that she met Len, her husband. Len then went overseas, but when he came back, the two of them got married. Verna's brother put her name in as a student minister with the United Church. They called Verna and convinced her to become a student minister for a summer in Saskatchewan. Verna had 3 services every Sunday in Saskatchewan. Verna returned to Winnipeg where she was superintendent for Sunday Schools for 10 years.\n\nVerna grew up with her mother and her three brothers. Verna's mother went down east and reconnected with Verna's father. That is how a 23 year old Verna reconnected with her father.\n\nVerna knows her father's family were United Empire Loyalist and therefore came from the United States. She doesn't know where they came from besides the US. Verna's mother was English. Verna considers her identity to be that of English background.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Respondent’s occupational background: She worked in the kitchen and laundry at Victoria hospital. She also transferred to Standard Area, during the war, and refaced valves. Following this experience, Verna began teaching Sunday school with the United church and came to Charleswood, where she met her husband, with her brother who was in the ministry. In addition, she went to Kelso, Saskatchewan as student minister – she was the first female minister there. She was the superintendent with Sunday school in Charleswood for 10 years.\nSize of respondent’s family before the 1940s:  Verna lived with only her mother, after her parents’ separation, and her 3 brothers. \nRespondent’s ancestry: Her father was United Empire Loyalist who came from Quebec; her mother was English. \n\tRespondent’s identity ethnically: English background","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"group identity","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"heredity","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"occupations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=499.0,821.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Meals, Christmas meals, Len's mother","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"During the Great Depression, lunch was bread and butter with other things, if they were available. Sometimes butter wasn't available. Verna says they were very poor, but so was everyone else. Because Verna had to work, Verna's brother was left to get food with Verna. They would take a streetcar to the butcher with the instruction \"a 10 pound roast, but nothing over a dollar\". Verna gives the price of milk and apples.\n\nAt Christmas, they would have Turkey after they moved to Winnipeg. They had one orange a year, since they were expensive. Verna remembers having dumplings and making dumplings as well. Len notes that his mother, being Dutch, wouldn't go near the dumplings. When they were married, Verna and Len had to look after Len's mother who was in need of assistance. Verna says that in the beginning, she couldn't do anything right, but after a while, she couldn't do anything wrong. 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There was nothing particularly English about Christmas, although her mother did make dumplings.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Christmas","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"dumplings","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"food procurement","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=821.0,1107.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Store purchases, garden food, poultry farm, Verna's clothes","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"From the store, Verna's family purchased milk and apples. No matter where they were, they always had a garden. A meal could be 6 cobs of corn, but nothing else because that was all that was available; they ate what came out of the garden. They didn't do much shopping, but they did get sugar and flour. Verna's mother had no time for baking as she was always away, hairdressing.\n\nAfter Len returned from overseas and they were married, they had a poultry farm. Len's parents had a poultry farm, but Len's mother couldn't maintain it when Len went overseas, she let it go. Verna and Len started up that farm again after they were married.\n\nVerna wore slacks because she had 3 brothers and she was dressed like them. They weren't jeans, just long pants. Verna never had a dress, but one of Verna's mother's coworker had a daughter that passed away, so Verna was given a dress from the deceased child. Verna later met that girl's sister at church. Nearly all of Verna's clothes were hand-me-downs from people her mother worked for. Verna's mother was very involved with the Salvation Army in Dauphin. Verna left Dauphin at age 5, went to Bowsman for a winter, returned to Dauphin, and then moved to Winnipeg at age 8.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Food purchased at the store: Milk, apples, sugar, flour.\n\tFood produced by the family: The family had a vegetable garden. \nClothing: Verna was dressed like her brothers – in slacks, tops. She never owned a dress until much later when she was given one. All her clothes were handed-down from the people her mother worked for.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"clothing","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"food procurement","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"hand-me-downs","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"poultry farms","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1107.0,1393.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Parents' occupations, houses, crafts","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For work, Verna's father worked for anything he could get. There were no jobs, as Verna remembers. Her father drove an ice cream truck for a week or two when someone was on holiday. After they came to Winnipeg, Verna's father worked for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He was a \"car man\" and repaired the interiors of passenger train cars. Verna's mother did hairdressing for years. Her work days were very long. She cleaned houses in Dauphin and did laundry in Bowsman.\n\nThe house in Dauphin was just 1 ply boards. When they got electricity, there were 26 lights in the one room. Verna says her father was a \"weirdo\" with electricity. In Winnipeg, they were always renting houses. When they first came to Winnipeg, they had nail kegs instead of chairs. Verna's mother did artificial flowers (wood fibre flowers) as well as knitting. She would sell her knitting and flowers at the salon she worked at.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Father’s workday responsibilities: He worked at anything he could get – it was $1/day in those days. He drove an ice-cream truck when somebody else was on holiday. He worked at the C.P.R. after the family came to Winnipeg as a “Carman”, repairing the interior or cars. \nMother’s workday responsibilities:  She was a housewife in Dauphin and a laundry person in Beauseman at the winter camp. Her mother was a hairdresser in Winnipeg and worked long days. \nDecoration of the house: The house in Dauphin had plywood walls, one big room, and little lights everywhere. In Winnipeg, they were always renting different houses and she remembers having to use nail kegs as chairs.\nCrafts: Knitting and artificial fibre flowers. Her mother would sell some of these crafts in the window of her hairdressing salon. She did not really know her grandparents.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"crafts","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"furniture","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"knitting","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"occupations","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1393.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Salvation Army, Christmas, other holidays, Halloween","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna's mother was very involved with the Salvation Army, which is how Verna started out. Verna's problem with the Salvation Army is their belief that Christ was born 2000 years ago and the world created 2000 years before that. The family would attend the Salvation Army church every Sunday.\n\nIn Dauphin, they always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Day. They usually had a tree. One year, Verna's father couldn't get a tree, so each of them had a cardboard box, but that wasn't the same at all. Verna says they could ask for 1 present, and, if possible, they got it. Verna got an Eaton beauty doll one Christmas which were a dollar each at the time. One Christmas, one of the women Verna's mother worked with wished for that same doll, so Verna's mother gave them Verna's doll. Verna's family never celebrated Easter. Afternoon tea wasn't observed in their family. Verna's mother loved Nabob tea, which Verna still gets today. She doesn't remember any English holidays or traditions being observed in her family. Birthdays were not celebrated in Verna's home. Dominion Day was also not celebrated. They didn't celebrated Thanksgiving.\n\nThey always celebrated Halloween. They would go out for Halloween treats. She remembers one Halloween, there was a massive snowfall and very few children were out trick-or-treating. Verna and her brothers would get double the amount of treats because of how few children were out. Verna's family didn't celebrate New Years, either. Church feast days and other holidays were not celebrated.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Going to church: Her mother was involved with the Salvation Army and when she was a child they attended church every Sunday. Finally, her mother quit the church because the Salvation Army did not believe in hairdressing.\nCelebration of Christmas:  In Dauphin it was celebrated on Christmas Day, usually with a tree, although one time a cardboard box was used when a tree was unavailable. No extended relatives, only the immediate family. Each child could ask for one present. \n\tCelebration of Easter: Easter was not celebrated.\n\tDecoration of Easter eggs: n/a\nAfternoon tea: Her mother insisted on having her tea – if nothing else – and she drank Nabob Tea.\nRitual or traditional activity identified as English:  No, not that she remembers.\n\tCelebration of birthdays: No\n\tDominion (Canada) day: No\n\tThanksgiving: No\n\tHalloween: Yes – they went out for treats.\n\tNew Year’s: No\n\tParish Feast day:  No\n\tOther holy days: No\n\tOther holidays identified as English: No\n\tOther holidays tied to Canadian identity: No","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Christmas","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Christmas trees","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Halloween","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"holidays","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"religion","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=1676.0,2043.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Music and songs, square dancing, Salvation Army","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna remembers they sang a lot. Her father played an old organ they had by ear. They sang along with him and would just make noises if there were no words to the song. Verna says both her brother and her son had the same talent: they could play any instrument by ear. They can hear anything once and be able to play it. The songs they sang were whatever songs Verna's father had heard. Whatever he heard, he played. They weren't folk songs, just whatever they could play. Some of the songs were hymns. Verna's family were never storytellers.\n\nIf you were part of the Salvation Army, you did not dance or cut your hair, says Verna. When Verna and Len were married, they ended up with 1500 chickens. Those eggs had to be gathered, cleaned, weighed, candled, boxed, and then delivered. It was 10 to 12 hours a day of steady work. One of their neighbours started going to square dancing classes and lent Verna a record. Verna and Len started square dancing (but all the furniture had to go outside), and every Saturday night they would have 20 to 25 people over to square dance. Sunday was cleaning up the mess from the night before.\n\nBecause the Salvation Army didn't believe in hairdressing, Verna's mother just quit. Verna says the Salvation Army has loosened up quite a bit since then.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Singing songs: Her dad played by ear on the organ they had. They sang very often anytime – always in English. Her brother and her son are musical as well. Many of the songs were old hymns, and folklore songs.\n\tStorytelling: No\nDances: The Salvation Army prohibited dancing and cutting hair. Although when she was married she held square dancing parties every Saturday night at home.\n\tInstruments played at dances:  n/a","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"dance","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"music","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"singing","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"square dance","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2043.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Working long hours, entertainment, language","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Verna wasn't involved in community plays as Verna wasn't in Winnipeg as a teenager. Verna couldn't participate in anything outside the home as her mother worked long hours and Verna had to care for the house. It wasn't because Verna was the eldest that she had to look after the house, but because she was a girl.\n\nVerna's first and only language was English. In grade 11, a teacher and a number of girls spoke French.\n\nVerna had so many neighbours because of all the different places she lived.\n\nVerna has friends from the hospital and from square dancing. Verna's mother had no close friends, just the people she worked with. Verna never played sports. She was responsible for dishes and ironing. Verna's grade 7 teacher made Verna read a book over a weekend, once.  They do celebrate birthdays now. They didn't have much time for entertainment when Verna was growing up. They never had anyone over for dinner.\n\nVerna cannot recall the cultural groups that lived around them in Dauphin. She remembers gypsies living in a field in the summer.\n\nVerna's daughter is producing a family history. Verna and Len are involved in a book about the history of Charleswood, where they live. The interviewer discusses a photograph interview with Len and Verna. They show the interviewer some photographs.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Music made and heard: Her dad played the violin, organ, and accordion and the children would be chording along on the guitar.\nCommunity plays: She was not involved with anything out of the house because her mother was working full-time so it was her job to look after meals and the house because she was the only girl.\nLanguages: English both at home and school. In grade 11, at St. John’s Convent,  the teachers and some of the students spoke French. There was something they termed English-French taught to the English students; many of the French students ridiculed this poor-quality of French.\n\tNearest neighbours: n/a\nBest friends: She moved so much that she could not maintain any lasting relationships with anybody in her younger days. She still has friends from her days at the Victoria hospital.\n\tActivities together: n/a\n\tParent’s friends: Her friends were only the people she worked for.\n\tSports: No, she was too busy with\n\tLeisure time with the family: No there would have been no time.\nOther ethnic/cultural groups in the community: In Dauphin there were Gypsies who lived in a field in the summer; she does not recall any in Winnipeg.\n\tCultural groups respondent was part of: No\nCollecting information on family history: Her daughter is doing the genealogy of the family; both Verna and Len Van Roon are involved in compiling a historical book about Charleswood at present.\nOld photographs that show people and life in the community before the 1940s: They have many and would be interested in a photo interview.\nOther people who might want to be interviewed about the prairies before the 1940s:  Bessie Chapman and Margo Chester","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Partial Transcript"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659/index/52419/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"family histories","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"friends","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}},{"type":"TextualBody","value":"neighbors","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Subjects"]}}],"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1776/collection_resources/58584/file/132659#t=2504.0,3178.27773"}]}]}]}