My Mother: Maurine H. Orgill Autobiography of Marine H. Orgill |
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| Author:
| Orgill, Maurine |
| Editor:
| Orgill, Joe |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5116-0982-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $4.25 |
Book Description:
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Maurine: born 1913 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. "Then we went to Charlie Kinsey's ranch. We stayed there for two years till I was seven. Margaret was a baby. That was a bad winter, it got 55 below zero. Cattle were dropping dead all over. My dad had lost the rented crop both years with drought. So my dad asked Ray Knight (He's the one who owned so much land up there, who my dad worked for at the BAR K2) if he could skin all those dead cattle and sell the skins for a living, because we...
More DescriptionMaurine: born 1913 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. "Then we went to Charlie Kinsey's ranch. We stayed there for two years till I was seven. Margaret was a baby. That was a bad winter, it got 55 below zero. Cattle were dropping dead all over. My dad had lost the rented crop both years with drought. So my dad asked Ray Knight (He's the one who owned so much land up there, who my dad worked for at the BAR K2) if he could skin all those dead cattle and sell the skins for a living, because we had no money. So my dad went and took his horse and was gone a long time, six weeks. And he said he found lots of cattle dead, and he would skin them and get their hides. Mother was left alone with us three children on the ranch. All we had to eat was cereal, milk, beans, and bread. We had one cow then, which would kick and Mother had to go out and milk it. And one night it kicked the pail over and Margaret cried all night long because there was no milk for her."