Abstract of Violet Elizabeth (Peggy) SODERSTROM, 1990
Item — Box: 59
Identifier: H04750002
Abstract
VIOLET ELIZABETH (PEGGY) SODERSTROM
Recorded: 23 June 1990
Interviewer: Edith Ruddenklau
Abstracter: Edith Ruddenklau (Retyped by Jean Hawkes) Please note that the asbtract timings relate to the original tape version.
TRACK 1 SIDE A
00:05 Introduction
00:11 VIOLET ELIZABETH PEGGY SODERSTROM born in 1899 in Torquay, DEVON, England
00:23 [FATHER]: GEORGE BEDFORD – Born 1841 – Died 1919
00:32 [MOTHER]: MARIA HARRIS – Born 1851 – Died 1930
00:51 [EDUCATION]: Nine years – Convent school run by French nuns in TORQUAY
00:97 Enlisted in FORCES 1916 aged 17 (lied about age) – Telephone operator at sea-plane station TORQUAY – Flying station on SALISBURY PLAINS
01:28 [IMMIGRATION]: To NEW ZEALAND – “Victorious Scheme for the Settlement Overseas of British Women” – Organised by Mrs TRIPP of GERALDINE
01:44 Employed by Mr WRIGHT – Crown Prosecutor – CHRISTCHURCH
01:67 First husband – THOMAS McLEAN – World War 1 – NORTH AFRICA – BELGIUM – FRANCE
01:93 To PROGESS VALLEY – Train, bus, buggy – Dark when arrived – Didn't know where she was when she woke in the morning
02:08 [GOVERNMENT SETTLEMENTS]: “Improved Farm Settlement” – PROGRESS VALLEY – CHASLANDS (“Community Settlers”)
02:49 Groceries from TOKANUI – 2 or 3 times a year
02:59 Rare visits to town (INVERCARGILL) involved: 1 Catch horse – Yoke it to buggy 2 Take buggy to SCHOOLANDS CORNER 3 Catch bus to INVERCARGILL 4 Hire pram from BATCHELORS – two shillings and six pence (25c) per day 5 DO shopping 6 Reverse procedure to return home
03:00 1943 – Scheme for displaced persons held in camps in EUROPE – Some settled at PROGRESS VALLEY MILL
03:40 In ENGLAND when 'flu epidemic hit NEW ZEALAND – Caught it in ENGLAND – not as bad there
03:57 Annual picnic at CURIO BAY – Men raced draught horses along the beach
03:79 Self had four children – KEITH – OWEN – CATHERINE – HELEN – all born at ST HELENS in INVERCARGILL
04:00 Second husband – ERIK HALAMAR SODERSTROM BORDER LEICESTER sheep – HEREFORD cattle Cattle ear-tagged – Released into bush over winter – Came out in spring
04:06 Helped first husband on farm – felling bush with cross-cut saw
04:38 Helped with sheep – Tailed lambs – Described
04:46 Washing clothes – Explained
04:61 Cleared ground – Mostly burning off – Seed sown by hand on hot ashes
04:78 Self raised ROMAN CATHOLIC – Mother ANGLICAN – Father CATHOLIC – Mixed religious atmosphere
TRACK 1 SIDE B
00:15 To ENGLAND and IRELAND in 1989 with son-in-law
00:60 Pact to spend 100th birthday in LONDON
00:86 End of Interview
NOTE: Violet died in 1992
Recorded: 23 June 1990
Interviewer: Edith Ruddenklau
Abstracter: Edith Ruddenklau (Retyped by Jean Hawkes) Please note that the asbtract timings relate to the original tape version.
TRACK 1 SIDE A
00:05 Introduction
00:11 VIOLET ELIZABETH PEGGY SODERSTROM born in 1899 in Torquay, DEVON, England
00:23 [FATHER]: GEORGE BEDFORD – Born 1841 – Died 1919
00:32 [MOTHER]: MARIA HARRIS – Born 1851 – Died 1930
00:51 [EDUCATION]: Nine years – Convent school run by French nuns in TORQUAY
00:97 Enlisted in FORCES 1916 aged 17 (lied about age) – Telephone operator at sea-plane station TORQUAY – Flying station on SALISBURY PLAINS
01:28 [IMMIGRATION]: To NEW ZEALAND – “Victorious Scheme for the Settlement Overseas of British Women” – Organised by Mrs TRIPP of GERALDINE
01:44 Employed by Mr WRIGHT – Crown Prosecutor – CHRISTCHURCH
01:67 First husband – THOMAS McLEAN – World War 1 – NORTH AFRICA – BELGIUM – FRANCE
01:93 To PROGESS VALLEY – Train, bus, buggy – Dark when arrived – Didn't know where she was when she woke in the morning
02:08 [GOVERNMENT SETTLEMENTS]: “Improved Farm Settlement” – PROGRESS VALLEY – CHASLANDS (“Community Settlers”)
02:49 Groceries from TOKANUI – 2 or 3 times a year
02:59 Rare visits to town (INVERCARGILL) involved: 1 Catch horse – Yoke it to buggy 2 Take buggy to SCHOOLANDS CORNER 3 Catch bus to INVERCARGILL 4 Hire pram from BATCHELORS – two shillings and six pence (25c) per day 5 DO shopping 6 Reverse procedure to return home
03:00 1943 – Scheme for displaced persons held in camps in EUROPE – Some settled at PROGRESS VALLEY MILL
03:40 In ENGLAND when 'flu epidemic hit NEW ZEALAND – Caught it in ENGLAND – not as bad there
03:57 Annual picnic at CURIO BAY – Men raced draught horses along the beach
03:79 Self had four children – KEITH – OWEN – CATHERINE – HELEN – all born at ST HELENS in INVERCARGILL
04:00 Second husband – ERIK HALAMAR SODERSTROM BORDER LEICESTER sheep – HEREFORD cattle Cattle ear-tagged – Released into bush over winter – Came out in spring
04:06 Helped first husband on farm – felling bush with cross-cut saw
04:38 Helped with sheep – Tailed lambs – Described
04:46 Washing clothes – Explained
04:61 Cleared ground – Mostly burning off – Seed sown by hand on hot ashes
04:78 Self raised ROMAN CATHOLIC – Mother ANGLICAN – Father CATHOLIC – Mixed religious atmosphere
TRACK 1 SIDE B
00:15 To ENGLAND and IRELAND in 1989 with son-in-law
00:60 Pact to spend 100th birthday in LONDON
00:86 End of Interview
NOTE: Violet died in 1992
Dates
- 1990
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Ruddenklau, Edith (Interviewer, Person)
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