Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2013.01.002 |
Title |
Francis Peter "Butch" Carney Oral History Interview |
Date |
2012 Jan 7 |
Scope & Content |
Produced by Jessica Glass and David Raymond. Audio and video recordings available. In this interview, Carney discusses his family members and the neighbors that lived near the house on Nevers Road. He also shares memories of his childhood in South Windsor, including farming, the way certain parts of South Windsor looked during his childhood, how the house at 707 Nevers Road was laid out when he lived there, the Hurricane of 1938, and learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. At the end of the interview he sings old Irish songs he learned during his childhood. |
Orgnaizational or Biographical History |
Francis Peter "Butch" Carney was born February 7,1924, the second-oldest in a family of five brothers who grew up at 707 Nevers Road in South Windsor, CT, where they grew tobacco and raised livestock. Before Carney's family, his step-grandmother's family, the Mulligans, lived in the same house back to the mid-19th century. Carney served in World War II and moved to Ellington, CT after the war. He continues to work as a crane operator in 2013 at 86 years old. |
Creator |
Carney, Francis Peter "Butch" |
Other Creators |
Crabtree, Davida Glass, Jessica Raymond, David |
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Interviewer |
Crabtree, Davida |
Interview date |
2012-01-07 |
People |
Baldwin, Billy Belknap, Harry Benjamin, Mr. Benjamin, Mrs. Benny, Jack Burgdorf, Doris (Pelton) Carney, Anne Goldrick Carney, Arthur Carney, Arthur, Jr. Carney, Arthur, Sr. Carney, Biddy Carney, Dorothy Carney, Edmond Carney, Francis Peter "Butch", 1924- Carney, Helen Carney, Jack Carney, James Carney, Leona Carney, Mame Carney, Nell Carney, Norbert Carney, Patrick Carney, Peter Carney, Tom Chickey, Alec Corcoran, Margaret Crabtree, Davida Craigo, Dr. Daley, Barney Edward, 1909-2008 Delaney, Peter Descombs, Frenchie Dimlow, Mrs. Dunne, Bart Dunne, Kate Goldrick Enes, Charlie, 1 Gedrim, Jimmy Glass, Jessica Goldrick, Peter Haviland, Olivia Heatter, Gabriel Hindegar, David Kissel, John Lahey, Jack, 8 Maskel, Anna Maskel, Moses Maskel, Mrs. Miller, Julius O'Loughlin, Dr. Raymond, David Reichle, Sally Snow, Harry Waldron, Stanley R., 1921-2010 |
Subjects |
Farming Livestock Songs & music Tobacco farms -- Connecticut Tobacco industry -- Connecticut World War II |
Search Terms |
1938 Hurricane and Flood Abbe Road, South Windsor, CT Barber Hill Road, South Windsor, CT Billings' Store Broadbrook Church Collins Bus Company Graham Road, South WIndsor, CT Griffin Road, South Windsor, CT Nevers Road, South Windsor, CT Zemanski's Store |
Year Range from |
2012 |
Year Range to |
2012 |