Elder Interview-Elizabeth Betty Powless
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Elizabeth "Betty" PowlessEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.336Tags
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Powless, Elizabeth “Betty” (Hill) Bprn 09/15/1917 Parents: John W. and Sarah “Sadie” (Powless) Hill Maternal grandfather: Antone Powless Paternal grandparents: Cornelius and Elizabeth Hill They lived by the Episcopal Church by a river. Her father was a woods man, he would go to campsites in Minnesota, Michigan and Upper Wisconsin, and he would be gone quite awhile. Her mother worked at a hotel and she did house cleaning. They did not have running water or electricity. First, they moved to Green Bay for a while. Then they moved way up north. When she first went to school, she went to Wittenberg’s Government School. Then later on, she went to Tomah’s Government School for 2 years. Her parent’s spoke the Oneida language. Her mother and father went to Carlisle and her father had a car. Her parent has moved to Antigo. She started to go to work as a house cleaner. She went to Chicago and she met her husband Robert Powless. She got married on 1948. Her mother did lace work at the Church the Episcopal Church. If some one got sick, her mother gave them some home remedy. Her mother made corn soup. On Christmas they stay in school, they got one present. They did not go Hoyoning. They retired, and then they moved to Bowler. Her husband died there. Then she moved back to Oneida in 1987. She lived at Site 2. Then she met a man and married him. Then she moved in with him on H. His name was Guy Danforth and he died in 1990. She moved to Green Bay. She retired, but she still works for the Foster Grandparents for 2 years. Her advice to the youth is to stay in school.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media