Elder Interview-Alvira Wishart
A.2008.001.502 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Alvira WishartEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.502Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Wishart, Alvira (King) Born 09/20/1932 Parents: Mason and Bertha (Denny) King Maternal grandparents: Daniel and Kathy Denny Paternal grandparents: Thomas and Mary King Her mother went to the Oneida Mission Boarding School, and her father went as far as the 6th grade. When she was growing up she went to Fort Howard Blind School in Green Bay, she went there from kindergarten to high school, and she was blind. She had to keep going to Madison for some operations. It took about 7 years before she could see again. She kept on going to school in Madison. Then she came back to Oneida, and she went to U.W.G.B, but she quit and she went in the bar business. Her parents spoke the Oneida Language. She was brought up with a foster family. Her grand made baskets and her grandpa made axe Handle’s. They didn’t ask her who she married but she got 5 children and 2 grandchildren. Their married only lasted 7 years. Then in 1961 she got remarried to Donald Wishart, they had 1 child but he died. She retired at the age of 55. She remember the 4th of July she would go over to her mother house and her aunt’s and uncle’s would be there. On Christmas they always had a Christmas tree and going to church for midnight mass at the Episcopal Church. Her advice to the youth is to stay in school.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media