Elder Interview-Leone House
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Leone HouseEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.206Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
House, Leone E. (McCarrell) Born 01/21/1915 in Racine, WI Parents: Thomas McCarrell and Julia (Cornelius) McCarrell Her parents had 4 children. She was 5 years old when they moved back to Oneida. Her mother got a job as a house cleaner. Her father had a berries farm, he picked all kind of berries and he would sell then. She started school at the Oneida Mission School. They had a horse and buggy for there transportation. They didn’t have electricity or running water. They got their water from a well. They had Kerosene lamps. They had a wood cook stove. She stays at the Oneida Mission School until 6th grade. Then she went to the Lutheran School. After that she went to work in Chicago. She did house cleaning for about 4 years. Then she moved to Milwaukee, she work there for about 5 years at Signal Battery Co. Then she moved back to Oneida. She got married to Roy House, they had 1 daughter. They lived near Green Bay on Hwy. 54. Her husband did office work. She did house cleaning. At Christmas time they went to Midnight Mass. They had a Christmas dinner. They didn’t have a Christmas tree. On 4th of July they had a picnic. Her mother did a lot of lace making. Her grandparents made corn soup. She learns how to make corn soup. Her grandparents were Salemon and Anna Cornelius. She only knew her grand father on her fathers’ side was Walace McCarrell. Her advice to the youth is to stay in school get a good education.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media