| Title: |
Blessey, Geraldine
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Mrs. Geraldine (Gerry) Blessey was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 16, 1922, to Edmeé Thensted and Henry F. Fountain Sr. Mrs. Blessey is the eldest of four children, the widow of Walter J. Blessey III, the mother of Walter J. Blessey IV, Gerald H. Blessey, and Tamalane Blessey. She is grandmother to eight grandchildren.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohblesseygn.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Blessey, Geraldine, 1922-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
16-Apr-1922
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Biloxi, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Bookkeeper; Vice president
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document date: |
17-Nov-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Emery, Deborah Lee
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture; Cities and towns--Mississippi; City and town life--Mississippi; Community; Local history; Mississippi; Mississippi--History; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025612-27494
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