Elder Interview-Gerald Jerry Hill
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Gerald "Jerry" HillEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.190Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Hill, Gerald "Jerry" Leroy Born 05/01/1936 Parents: Alfred Gram and Bertha (Cornelius) Hill Paternal grandparents: Doctor Lillian and Abraham Hill Maternal grandparents: Leah (Skenandore) and Joe O. Cornelius His parents had 5 children. His grandmother Hill was always busy with people coming and going. His other grandma Cornelius was more fun. His grandpa Cornelius died when I was about 3 or 4 years old. His grandma Cornelius went to Episcopal Church. They didn’t have running water, but they had electricity. His grandma had an old cast-iron cook stove. He had to go and get some wood so she could make some corn bread. She spoke the Oneida language when her friends came over to visit. His grandma did her shopping in DePere and Freedom. His grandmother went to school in Hampton, Virginia. His father went to and Indian School in Michigan. My father was a bus driver and Construction laborer. My mother went to school in Flandreau South Dakota. I went to the Oneida boarding school for years, and then I went to Detroit Michigan in 1941. His parents were already living there. His mother stays at home and took care of her family. He doesn’t remember Christmas in Detroit too much. But he could remember Christmas by his grandmother. He never heard his mother or grandmother speak the Oneida language. He went as far as the 11th grade in Detroit. Then he came back to Oneida he stayed at his grandmother house for about a year. Then I went in the Air Force, I was aircraft mechanic. I was in the Air Force for 6 years. Then I got married and I went to Law School in Los Angele’s. When I finished Law School I came back to Oneida. I graduated in 1976.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media, Military