Date: Time Period: 1911-2015; 2015-10-23; Interview recorded: October 23, 2015Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder.Dimension:
Total running time: 0:29:51
Creator: Bridget Anderson interviewed by Eileen SpragueIdentifier: aql:23146 anderson-bridget-full
Description: Bridget Anderson was born in Doon, East Limerick, Ireland. Her father was a foreman for road work crews. Her mother was very intelligent, although she didn’t have access to formal education. Bridget received primary education in Ireland, but she was not able to afford secondary education and worked as a nanny. In 1957, she immigrated to America, following her sister to the Bronx, where she worked as a telephone operator. She met her husband, originally a neighbor in Ireland, in Gaelic Park. They married and moved to an apartment in the Bronx, where their first child was born. Soon after, the family moved to 52nd Street in Woodside. On moving day, their second child was born at the door of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Women’s Hospital. Bridget’s husband died when their nine children were still young, but all children still live in the region. Bridget feels that she found a better life for herself and her children in America.
Creator : Bridget Anderson interviewed by Eileen Sprague
Date : Time Period: 1911-2015; 2015-10-23; Interview recorded: October 23, 2015
Summary/Description : Bridget Anderson was born in Doon, East Limerick, Ireland. Her father was a foreman for road work crews. Her mother was very intelligent, although she didn’t have access to formal education. Bridget received primary education in Ireland, but she was not able to afford secondary education and worked as a nanny. In 1957, she immigrated to America, following her sister to the Bronx, where she worked as a telephone operator. She met her husband, originally a neighbor in Ireland, in Gaelic Park. They married and moved to an apartment in the Bronx, where their first child was born. Soon after, the family moved to 52nd Street in Woodside. On moving day, their second child was born at the door of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Women’s Hospital. Bridget’s husband died when their nine children were still young, but all children still live in the region. Bridget feels that she found a better life for herself and her children in America.
Subject : Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration
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Coverage : Locations discussed: Doon, County Limerick, Ireland; Woodside, Queens, NY; Bronx, NY; Queens, NY Limerick (Ireland : County) Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type : Oral history
Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:29:51
Identifier : aql:23146 anderson-bridget-full
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