Family Demography: Mr. Rupert Richardson

Interviewer

Chan Prum

Files

Full Length Interview

Home Is Where I Make It Oral History Project

Interviewees

Rupert Richardson

Timestamp

(0:58-1:28)

Description

“Well, I’m from a family of-well-I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters. All my brothers and sisters were born and raised here in Portland. My mother’s from Kingston, Jamaica, and my father was from Spartanburg, South Carolina. They met down at Old Orchard Beach, where they got married. And they proceeded to have children, and seven children was the result of their union.”

Date

5-31-2001

Keywords

family demography, Black families, Maine

Comments

Born: Portland, Maine

Duration of Residence in Maine: 71 years

Recommended Citation

Prum, Chan, "Family Demography: Mr. Rupert Richardson" (2001). Series 1: Family - Recordings. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/we-exist-exhibit-audio/5