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Object ID number |
2014.27 |
Title |
Pauline Johnson Oral History Interview |
Date |
2012 Mar 21 |
Scope & Content |
Oral history interview of Pauline Johnson, conducted by Virginia Macro. In this interview, Pauline Johnson recalls interesting information relating to being a lifelong resident of South Windsor. Besides sharing details of her personal background, Pauline shares her knowledge of the agricultural, historical, architectural, community residents, and significant places in town. She was a proud member of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and National Button Collectors Society. Pauline Johnson passed away on Saturday, 6 September 2014 at Manchester Memorial Hospital. |
Orgnaizational or Biographical History |
Pauline G. "Polly" (Chapman) Johnson was born 12 October 1921 in South Windsor, CT the daughter of Frederick F. and Sarahbelle Bownes Chapman. She was raised and educated in town, including being a member of the first class to graduate from Ellsworth High School. She married the late Clyde E. Johnson on 21 September 1940 and had one son, Clyde, Jr. |
Creator |
Johnson, Pauline G. |
Other Creators |
Macro, Virginia |
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Interviewer |
Macro, Virginia |
Interview date |
2012-03-21 |
People |
Burnham, Russell Chapman, Frederick F. Chapman, Sarahbelle Bownes Edlund, Sally Moulton Freitag, Gertrude Haas, L.B. Johnson, Pauline G. Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Macro, Virginia Priest, John Paul |
Subjects |
Buses Farming Fishing Great Depression Hunting Revolutionary War Sawmills Trapping |
Search Terms |
Billings family Brimfield, MA Buckland family Buckland Road, South Windsor, CT Button collecting Chapman family Chimneys (The) Church Civil War Clark Street Collins Family Covered wagon Dairy farms Deming Street, South Windsor, CT East Hampton, CT East Hartford, CT East Windsor, CT Electricity Ellington Road, South Windsor, CT Ellsworth Memorial High School England Fishing Foster Family Fur trade Gambrel roofs Garden Ginger Governors Highway Grandparents Great Depression Grist mills Hartford, CT Home remedies Horses Icehouse Iowa Johnson Family Main Street South Windsor Marlborough, CT Missouri North Manchester, CT Oakland Road, South Windsor, CT Pennsylvania Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Podunk River Post Office Potato farming Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Revolutionary War Rockville, CT Sadd Memorial Library Saltbox houses Sawmills School bus Shad Skunks Snow family Stoddard family Strawberry farm Tobacco Tolland Turnpike Wapping Wapping Grammar School |