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INTERVIEWER:
Can you tell me a bit about your own family? You were born in 1884, how many brothers and sisters you had and what their names were?

A.B. ANDERSON:
Dora, Frances, Kathleen, Bourchier, Winifred, myself, and Allan.

INTERVIEWER:
And the B of course in your name stands for Bourchier, Alexander Bourchier Anderson.

A.B. ANDERSON:
Winifred Jean Bourchier, James O'Brien Bourchier, Kathleen Bourchier, Frances Ruth Bourchier [laughter].

INTERVIEWER:
Your father then, at that time, you were born in Ainslie Hill and your father was trying to farm it as well as being involved in local affairs, is that…?

A.B. ANDERSON:
But he didn't know anything about farming…

INTERVIEWER:
Were you always aware of your background, your - the importance that your grandfather had in the community, as a child?

A.B. ANDERSON:
Well, I heard so much about it from my aunts and uncles and different relatives.

INTERVIEWER:
So you were aware in a way that you had a special type of background?

A.B. ANDERSON:
Yes.