Interview with Mrs. Gertrude T. Burguieres II
00:00:02 - Grandfather at Tulane; Part of a team that did research on malaria;
00:00:55 - She went to Lasalle public school and Wright High School; She was 15 when she graduated, so she went to business school for two years;
00:02:35 - Plantation and New Orleans Burguieres; Balls;
00:04:30 - They grew up poor;
00:05:00 - She met Sam at Holy Name church; He was 10-12 years old; By Audubon Park; She grew up on Nashville and Chestnut St.; Then Jefferson St. after she got married;
00:06:40 - Burguieres reputation; Sam and her brother-in-law were troublemakers;
00:07:40 - It takes a long time to get to know Sam; He had a sense of humor; Compassionate; Wonderful father;
00:08:50 - Henry played football on the Jesuit team; Sam couldn't do the running sports, so he threw discs and set a record;
00:10:30 - Her sons didn't play sports;
00:11:20 - Spanish records during the Spanish occupation; Ancestors; Helen Schneider, her niece, has been doing research on their ancestry;
00:14:40 - Virginia Russell Burguieres, wife of Ernest Burguieres II, wrote a book; She worked for a representative;
00:17:20 - Chapman "Bunny" Burguieres was T's (Sam's) brother; Bunny committed suicide in his 70s; Henry died of cardiac arrest in the nursing home;
00:21:30 - Henry couldn't drive so he went to a nursing home; After T died, he moved into a motel; Then he went back to the nursing home for another 4 years;
00:23:35 - T passed away 19 years ago; She lived alone for a long time, then took care of her sister who had cancer;
00:25:50 - She collected letters and did research; They talk about the family bible at the office in Franklin--a big book with photos, medals, letters, etc.;
00:29:35 - Family history texts; She thinks the medals should be given to the Louisiana State Museum; Suez Canal;
00:32:00 - O.J. Reiss book; He lives in Atlanta and is Sally's son (T's nephew); Most of the info for his book came from her;
00:33:20 - T's mother had nothing to do with the company; They didn't like T and looked down on his family because they didn't participate in the social scene and lacked higher education; They never considered him to run the company;
00:36:35 - Story about bringing T to a party;
00:37:50 - She stopped going to board meetings after T stopped being secretary around 1978;
00:39:45 - Southern States Board;
00:41:00 - The family has been republican as far as she knows;
00:42:00 - They talk about further research and sharing resources;
00:43:45 - Typing;