Elder Interview-Geraldine Grunwald
A.2008.001.181 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Geraldine GrunwaldEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.181Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Grunewald, Geraldine (House) Born 04/06/1934 in Milwaukee, WI Parents: Sarah House & Sunrise Denny (stepfather). My mother was Sarah House. She was married to Sunrise Denny; I didn’t know my real father. I was rise by my grandparents and they are Wallace and Lucy House. They lived in Milwaukee. My grandfather went to school in Carlisle. Her grandfather was a medicine man. Her grandparents spoke the Oneida language. They didn’t teach me the Oneida language. He also played the coronet in the band at Carlisle. Her grandfather made her a costume mad with buckskin an beadwork. Her grandmother was a home maker. Her grandparents had 5 children. Her mother had 6 children. They didn’t have running water or electricity they had Kerosene lamps. They didn’t belong to a church. She doesn’t think that her mother spoke the Oneida language. She don’t know how far her mother went to school On Sunday morning the had breakfast then they went to church after church they went home and had a big dinner. After she left school she went to work at Polly Cream Cleaner’s in 1950. Her husband lost his leg in accident at work. Then she got a job in the Real Estate business. She got married to Donald Grunewald in 1955. Her husband graduated from West High School in Green Bay. She had 3 children, 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Her advice to the youth is to respect their elder’s, stay in school and get a good education. Stay away from drugs and alcohol.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media