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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Today's April the 15th, 1997. Today's interview is with William Bournes in Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland. Thank you.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Ok, what is your name?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
William.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Your last name?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"} Bourne. B-O-U-R-N-E.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"} And what is your birthday?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"} April 3rd
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
And your present add[[--]]
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
1918.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Your present address?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Saint Leonards.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Saint Leonard.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Where were you born?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Narlon Creek.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Where at Narlon Creek?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Well, ah, [[?]] Farm.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Did you grow up on Bourne's Farm?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Bourne's Farm.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Is that where you grew up?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Yeah.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. And your present address?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Saint Leonards, [[?]] Road, house number 645.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
645. Okay. What's your mother's and father's name?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
My mother's name was Annie; Hal, which is my father's name was his before me.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
You have any sisters and brothers?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Yeah.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Their names?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Well now! [[laughter]]
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Harold Bourne, Lewis Bourne, Edward Bourne, Frank Bourne, Joseph Bourne; that's the boys.
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Girls: Mary Bourne, Martha Bourne, and Charleston.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Chelston?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Charleston.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Is your sisters and brothers or your mother and father are they still living in [[--]]
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
No, they're not.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Your mother and father's not here.
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
No, my mother and father's not here.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
What about your sisters and brothers?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Ah, two. Three more brothers dead.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Mmm hmm.
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
And one sister.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
The one's that's living, are they living in this area or where do they live?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
No, 2 of my sisters in Baltimore and brother in Baltimore, and one more brother [[??]] Calvert County.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
The one that live in Calvert County, is he living on the property which you grew up on or
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
No.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
No.
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
No.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Are you married?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Yeah.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
And do you have children?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Yeah.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
How many?
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{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
Seven.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Seven. And, their names?
{SPEAKER name="William Bourne"}
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