Interview of Ola Abshire on 23th august 1991

Accession No.: 
PU1-009

0:47 her last name was Boudreaux before she got married
1:02 she was born in January 23th
1:21 she is 74 years old
1:39 she was born at Baker
1:43 they moved to Bellville when she was 12 years old
2:20she got married at Gueydan
5:16 she was working for a woman named Zoula
5:43 she was working in a restaurant
6:35 she was a cooker and a waitress
7:43 she never went to school
9:45 she was 10 when she started working
11:09 she had 10 siblings
11:36 her mom was only speaking English and her dad was only speaking French
14:57 she wasn’t working at home or helping her mom until she got married
15:26 she only washed dishes at her parents’ house
15:40 her mom never teach her how to cook
17:36 she was the youngest of 11 kids
18:41 she never hangout with boys when she was young
21:10 her dad never let her go to bals
23:03 she wasn’t going to church went she was young
25:07 to have meat her family was buying the animals and killing it later
30:12 her husband was few years younger than her
30:30 her husband started playing music after they got married
31:52 she got married by a judge 
33:17 her dad told her before she got married that her future husband wasn’t a good person
33:30 her husband was an alcoholic
33:45 he started drinking when they got married
34:06 she said that most musician was alcoholic
37:07 she had 4 witness at her wedding
37:59 she got married Monday June 23rd
44:44 when she had kids she stayed at home with them
47:44 her husband was rarely home
48:15 she always spend her husband money the way she wanted
49:37 her husband was spending almost all the money in alcohol
49:50 Most of the time her husband wasn’t getting paid when he was playing music
58:10 she doesn’t have a car but she know someone who can bring her to Eunice if she needs to
59:44 she is having a lot of trouble for walking

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