Interview of Wilma Leger on September the 28th in Welsh

Accession No.: 
PU1-012

0:39 her maiden name was Blanchard
0:40 she was born June 5th 1932 in church point
1:13 her dad was Fedo Blanchard and her mom Adeline Lejeune
2:17 her dad was working with cotton
4:11 she had 2 brothers and 2 sisters
6:10 she used to clean houses
7:44 she went to balls few times
9:07 girls was going to the ball for free but boys at to pay
11:01 she met her husband when she was 15 years old
14:22 she didn’t listen to her husband music since he died
16:48 they got married at church in Welsh but it was a little wedding reception
21:00 they lived in a trailer after they got married
22:07 she had 6 kids
28:09 he learn how to play music by himself with the accordion of his dad
34:36 her husband was gone every weekend
39:24 he was playing violin too
41:36 he only wrote one song for his wife
48:21 her husband went to school in Baton Rouge
59:22 they didn’t had phone at this time so someone came tell her that her husband got in an accident and he died
1:00:36 he got berried in Rayne

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Putnam, Helana
Subject: 
history
Creator: 
Putnam, Helana
Recording date: 
Monday, December 9, 2019
Publisher: 
Putnam, Helana / cls
Rights Usage: 
All right reserved
Language: 
French
Meta Information
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, December 9, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, December 9, 2019
Original Format: 
casette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kltz
Storage Location: 
Archives of cajun and creole FL Drawer 10 Row 3