Elder Interview-Mabel Baumgart
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Mabel BaumgartEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.015Tags
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Baumgart, Mabel Marie (Archiquette) Born 6/5/1922, at home in Seymour Mother: Rose (Huff) Archiquette Father: Jonas Archiquette Her parent’s had five children. She doesn’t remember the street she uses to live on when she was young in Seymour. She remembers a man name Fred Hill use to live there. She was the oldest of all. Her mother didn’t work she did the house work. They lived on a small farm with a few animals. They didn’t have running water or electricity they had to use Kerosene Lamp’s for light. Her mother cook their meal’s on a cook stove. Her parent’s spoke Oneida language. They try to teach her the language, but she couldn’t get it, she knows a few words. Her mother didn’t go to school very much. Her father was a French Canadian. She doesn’t know what part of Canada he’s from. She meets one of her uncle on her dad’s side. She never saw her other uncle’s. She went to school at Pine Grove School as far as 8th grade. She wanted to go to high school, but her father didn’t have much money. She walks two miles to school. When her parent’s went shopping the went in a wagon pulled by a horse. On Sunday they would have a Sunday dinner. She didn’t go to Church; her mother did at the Episcopal Church in Oneida. She has five children and 15 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildrenRecording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media