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FINNIGAN, Joan

1991-0054

Enregistrement sonore

2 of 2

1988-03

Joan Finnigan (Interviewer)

Oral history interview of Gilbert Arnold and his wife Doreen of Grenville, Quebec. Arnold, a fourth generation horse breeder, amateur historian and genaelogist, discusses his Irish ancestors who settled in Western Quebec in 1840 and began breeding and exporting purebred horses for the French military. Arnold recalls that his grandfather had nearly 5,000 horses and several farms in Eastern Canada. He also talks about the history of the Ryan family (his wife's ancestors), the Bigelows, Kennys and other early settlers of the Ottawa Valley as well as the early settlers of Glengarry County, Ontario. Doreen Arnold talks about her early life in Fort Coulonge, Quebec, the legend of "loup-garou" and relates a story of Joseph Montferrand, a character renowned throughout the lumber camps and villages of the Ottawa Valley.

English

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