Watson, Irene
Person
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Oral history of Eva Watson Johnson Quist, 1987 April 3, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-031-1
Abstract
Johnson gives an account of her family's move to Arizona in 1925 to benefit her mother's health. Her family settled on 10 acres on Broadway Road, near the Mormon Temple, where they farmed and raised chickens. She talks about her father, Charles Watson, who was a talented actor and singer. She also tells the story of her mother, Irene Watson, starting Watson's Flowers, a longtime family-owned business in Mesa. Quist tells of training as a registered nurse, taking care of her mother before she...
Dates:
1987 April 3; Digitization: 2006 March