Elder Interview-Julie Barton
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Julie BartonEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.012Tags
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Barton, Julie Ann (Cornelius) Parents: Francis Mabel Sickles and Charles Cornelius Maternal Grandparents: Elsie Cornelius, Chauncey Adams then Albert Sickles Paternal Grandparents: Jim Cornelius and Martha Cornelius Grandfather Sickles was a trolley operator in Syracuse. Grandmother went back to New York to work in a Boarding House. Grandfather Sickles passed away at an early age. Mother was only 2 years old at the time. Grandmother met Chauncey Adams and they got married. Moved back to Oneida and farmed on their land off from Lamie Road and Double EE. Mother went to a Boarding School in Carlisle. Finish school up to the 8th grade. She came back home to Oneida. She met Charles Cornelius and they got married. Father received an allotment and builds his home there, on Van Boxtel Road; he was a pretty good farmer. Mother did a lot of Canning of fruit and vegetables. Father developed a drinking problem. Mother and Father Split up. Father went to Central Wisconsin passed away there. Three Brothers ended up going into the service. Mother ended up selling the farm. She couldn’t sell the land, but she could sell the farm. Mother did a lot of the work around the house. Times were pretty hard for them after, their father and Mother split up. Mother use to make cloth dolls for the girls and get someone to make wooden cars or trucks for the boys at Christmas time. Went to school at Silver Summit, then to Black Creek for a year. Mother re-married. She married Guy Cornelius. That was a short lived marriage. They moved back to Oneida. Went to school a High View School and graduated 8th grade from there. Moved to Chicago by her sister. Got a job and worked for a while met her husband and got married. She married Robert Barton They have 5 children. They got married in 1956. They moved back to Oneida in August of 1967. Lived back in Oneida for a week, Joyce Ninham, Alberto Baird and Irene Moore, would come visit her, every other day. They talked her into doing some Tribal work. She’s been working for the Tribe since.. Finished High School after she got married, raised her family and went to school at night The lived in Chicago until 1967 when they moved back to Oneida. Her children went to school in Chicago until the move back here. Julie enrolled her children in school in Seymour Grade School. Her husband stayed in Chicago to work for 6 months, and then he moved home. Her and her husband ran a small restaurant in Oneida for 3 years. That was back in 1969. Julie went back to school in 1971-1972. That was a Language Program that she became involve in. Ran for Election for Council Committee. She won and got in and has been in for about 6 years now. Every three years she goes up for re-election and wins.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media