Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
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t. They let me go on ah one day- like they were letting me go this day, in fact I had to get down to the hospital even if I had to go to a nursing home somewhere. And my s-- my sis-- my daughter out west was coming home to be with me 'cause she was really worried and she's a nurse so sh-- she came- she came home and she got me out of the- she- she- took- went to take me out of the hospital in a wheelchair. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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The second oldest one's in Orillia. Now you have two fa-- family. Bren and Perry don't have a family and Andrew out West. He's in the navy. He's lieutenant- |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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This was his second marriage. His first wife- well he went out west when he was a young man and married out there and had three children and one died and his m-- his wife died in child birth and he finally- ... Brought his two children that were left and came home, back to where his parents were living. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Well maybe it's witchcraft, I-don't-know but my wife and I and my cousin and his wi-- ah, were out visiting some relatives out west in nineteen-seventy and they were drilling- going to drill a well out there. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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... he was- hated authority and ah he learned- mind you, he's still not very ah submissive but he learned what he had to do. But he- oh he was so nervy. When he was out in- somewhere out west I think i-- wasn't (inc) he was working there and ah, I don't know if it was general- somebody high up was there and Jonah had had a few drinks and he went up to this general, he said, "I want your (inc)." (laughs) |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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I worked- I worked for a guy out west one time (laughs). There was a lady down the road, she used to always listen in. So one day, (inc) says "Look, Morgan, why don't you just greet yourself and slide off the line for a while." |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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And this guy who was a career soldier, but he was a graduate engineer out of Toronto-University and, ah- and he really never practiced his profession. He was a customs agent- ... Out west. And that's his wife and this is his, ah, son. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Um, and so that was- that was really neat to- to see all our cousins. And- and my father's family, I think they were only all together three times in their life times because they- ... because the older boys- one went out west to be a minister and- but they just kind of scattered so- in those days, you couldn't just jump on a plane or bus and- and come home for Christmas or-whatever. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: And why- why Sunday- ... Speaker: I guess, you-see, they'd leave out west or-something on a Monday and it would take that long for them to get here, you-know? |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Speaker 2: They used to have a (inc). When was that changed? Speaker: That was changed, um, there's Tollan's here, theres Tollan's out west. Well the Tollan's out west has Mac in front of it to begin with. They dropped that when they came here. She's in the bucket. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Speaker: It was MacTollan and then they dropped it so then it just became Tollan, but they branched off and the one's out west branched. They changed it from a K to an H because everybody out there thought they came from Russia or Polland. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: You had to learn to ride when you were young? Speaker 2: Oh no, we never got time to ride. We just worked (laughs). ... Speaker: I mind- (laugh) I mind of being out west in forty-two. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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... we never did get too fancy, my father came, he had a farm or whatever they call it out west for a number of years, he and mother were out there for a while, then they came back to live with her ah- her aunt, and ah- |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: Well, t-- t-- tell m-- you both grew up on farms? Speaker: Well yeah just a small farm, cause it obviously was out west, the farm, right and then he came back so- |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Speaker 29: I'll tell you a joke about Waba. My brother and I went on a trip, ou-- out west, with my sister and on the way back, we- we- we drove right from Wawa all the way home and I would fool my boyfriend to say I was home you-know, and then I said, "You-know, we drove all the way from- from Wawa home in one day" |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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... I guess they called him a drover at the time. And he spent a lot of time- he went out west to sell cattle and-so-on. And ah (inc) ran the farm. A- a son of his ran the farm. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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And he would work there in the winter and then he'd come home to the farm and help his father in the summer. And then he would go on the harvest excursion in the fall out west. ... But anyhow, he said in the mining camps, these salvation ladies would come in and it was rough but he said those girls were ladies. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
That was the first, ah- well, the f-- first Aboriginal person I saw, I was going out west on the train. I don't know- it wasn't going out to the Haidas but, ah, just going west. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: So you have the two sons. ... Speaker: And Bryce was away for a long time. He was out west and worked in Calgary and then he, ah, did ice for a while. ... And, ah, he was a great curler, he was all over- |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Yeah, we just went around east. We just went down around and visit- we were down there a couple of times. My brother or my sister and brother-and-law and the kids and Jim and I went one year too. And then out west, we visited relatives out there. I have a brother in Saskatchewan. And ah, I have a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law in B-C. And ah, I was out to visit them and B-C I-guess is about six or seven years ago I-guess. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
