| Title: |
Eugenie Watson Grady
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Marin County Free Library. Civic Center Branch. Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Collection: |
Carla Ehat Oral History Program for the Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Description: |
Eugenie is the great-granddaughter of Maria Guadalupe Costello, and Edward Watson who built a saw mill in Monterey in 1824. She is also the granddaughter of James Watson, the only native-born Californian who saw service in the Civil War. Eugenie was born in San Rafael in 1907, and her father, Edward Watson, was born in San Rafael in 1887. She tells colorful stories of early San Rafael involving parades, personages, her father’s saloon, schooling and activities, social times, her working life, marriage, and children. At the time of the interview Eugenie was collecting material to write a book regarding life in San Rafael before the Golden Gate Bridge was constructed.
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| URL: |
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/oralhistories/ewgradyft.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1979 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Grady, Eugenie Watson, 1907-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1907
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document date: |
07-Mar-1979
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| Interviewer: |
Ehat, Carla; Kent, Anne
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Marin County, CA; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; California--History; Community; Local history; Marin County (Calif.)--History; Marin County, CA; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029604-32835
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