Alexina Goyette St Denis Interview

Authors

Suzanne Roy

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Description

Alexina Goyette St Denis was born in St Herméngilde, Québec, c.1890. Her mother, Sophie Carrignan, married her father in Canada, but had already worked in Auburn, Maine, as a young woman - a very unusual circumstance for an unmarried woman in that time. Her father, Abraham Goyette, already had five children from a previous marriage, and together they raised eight more. The couple moved to the United States and raised the family in Lewiston. In this interview, Alexina St Denis describes her childhood and notions of family, identity and citizenship.

Duration

00:32:02

Publication Date

7-5-1977

City

Lewiston

State

Maine

Keywords

Goyette, St Denis, Carrignan, Saint-Herméngilde, Québec, Auburn, Lewiston, Oral History, Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine

Media Type

Reproduction

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Interviews and Lectures Collection, Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries.

Creative Commons License

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Language

French