Elder Interview-Ella Sauer
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Elder Interview-Ella SauerEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.369Tags
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Sauer, Ella (Summers) Born 06/05/1926 Parents: Milton Summers and Mildred (Elm) Summers Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Wheelock She doesn’t remember her mother’s parents or her father’s dad. Her parents both spoke the Oneida language but the children were never taught it. Her Aunt Mamie Ryan taught her how to make baskets. Her mother wasn’t taught how to cook or bake as she was growing up. She use to help her father on the farm by milking the cows for her father. Her father’s farm had horses for plowing. They use to do all their shopping at Maase’s and in DePere. She always had a Christmas tree and that was her mother’s project. Her father use to put them in a dark room whenever they got the measles. She went to school at Silver Summit School and then Nicolet School in DePere (which is now DePere East High School). She went to school for her final year in Haskell. She worked in the war plant and worked in a hospital as a nurse’s aide for quite a few years. She has four children, 3 boys and 1 girl, and has 10 grandchildren.Recording Type
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Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media