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Uncle Tom Duhon I

Tue, 01/14/2020 - 12:49pm -- Juliane Mahoney

No date listed;

Uncle Tom Duhon (Jessie's brother);

00:00:13 - J'ai passé devant ta porte;
00:02:05 - Vieux hobo;
00:04:48 - J'ai perdu mon idée;
00:07:25 - Dans la Louisiane;
00:09:28 - Colinda;
00:11:30 - Dans le claire de la lune;
00:13:28 - Release Me;
00:15:53 - Teardrops in My Heart;

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Interview of Eve Barthelemy in June 19th 2003

Tue, 12/10/2019 - 12:31pm -- Chris Segura

3:40 she was born on November the 3rd 1925
3:57 she is 78 years old
4:52 her fist language is French
5:12 now she speaking English and French
5:45 she has 4 kids 2 boys and 2 girls
6:46 she started school when she was 6 years old
8:29 her husband was talking French too
9:41 she is creole
12:02 life used to be rough she used to eat only rice
13:31 she used to put trap to catch rabbits
16:35 when she was young she used to pick up shrimp and oyster

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Interview of Euna Bolfa

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 4:50pm -- Chris Segura

3:25 to 16:58 they are talking about a woman who had a baby and wasn’t married
18:49 the woman had 6 weeks off work when they were pregnant
19:45 she never had problem for delivering her children
35:16 the man wasn’t taking care of the babies but some of them was helping more at the house
38:50 her husband was different because he was helping her with the kids
40:24 she named her kids after people from her family

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Interview of Ola Abshire on 23th august 1991

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 3:20pm -- Chris Segura

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

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Interview of Euna Bolfa on September the 13th in Eunice

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 3:14pm -- Chris Segura

0:44 her maiden name was Marie Euna Fontenot
1:07 she was born in Mamou
1:23 she lived all her life in Mamou
1:50 she didn’t went to school for long because she was always sick
3:04 her sister finished school
4:00 her dad was a farmer
6:40 she used to work with her dad and hate this job
9:02 she used to go to balls when she was younger every 2 weeks
11:25 she was a very good dancer
16:54 she knew her husband family before she met him

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Interview of Artile Fontenot on September the 28th in Welsh

Mon, 12/09/2019 - 3:04pm -- Chris Segura

0:51 her maiden name was Matthew
1:08 her is born September 28th 1929 in Basile
1:59 she lived in Basile, Oberlin and Welsh
3:48 she was working in cotton in Basile when she was young
5:14 she had 11 siblings
6:15 her grandma lived 105 years
10:47 she went to school but not her older siblings
14:22 she went to school at Ulla because they didn’t had any school in Basile
14:37 all the grade was going in the same class
17:29 she went to school 6 years
17:54 she was 14 when she got married

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