Elder Interview-Lillian King
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Lillian KingEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.248Tags
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King, Lillian Lavinia (Moore) Born 1/30/1927 Parents: Irene (Metoxen) and Simon Frederick Moore Paternal grandfather: Austin Moore Her grandfather was in his 90s when he passed away. He belonged to the Stockbridge Tribe. Her grandmother was from Germany. Her dad was a hard worker. He worked in construction. Her mother got some land from the tribe and her dad started a farm. They had about 40 acres, dad started out with about 8 cows and ended up with about 30 cows. Her mother did a lot of canning. They didn’t have electricity or running water. They had to haul water from a pump. She don’t know id her father went to school. Her dad likes to go hunting. Her mother was born in Oneida. She got taken away when she was a little girl to Flandreau and Carlisle Schools. Her mother spoke the Oneida language. She didn’t teach her children to speak the Oneida language. She was a home maker, a cook for Seymour School and work for the Oneida Business Committee. They went to the Oneida Methodist Church. Her parent’s had 3 children She got up at 5 O’clock to milk the wows, before she went to school. They used a horse and wagon when they went shopping in De Pere. When someone got sick her parent’s would take them to Doctor Hill or Doctor Hitner. On Sunday they went to Sunday school and church, after church they come home and they have their Sunday dinner. On Christmas day they got to open their Christmas presents and later on they would have a big Christmas dinner. On Easter her sisters would come from Milwaukee and go to church with them, after church they has a big Easter dinner. On New Years Day they went hoyoning they got some doughnuts. She doesn’t remember when she started school. She remembers going to school at Elm Hill and Silver Summit. She use to walk to school then she went to West De Pere High School for 2 years. Then she went to East High in Green Bay. She graduated in 1945. She got a job at Larsen Canning Co. She went to Chicago and babysat for a woman she knew. She got married to Edwin King in 1946. They lived with his dad until they got their own place. Her husband worked for the railroad. They have 7 children, 30 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. Her advice to the youth is stay in school get a good education.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media