Elder Interview-Marjorie Marge Broberg
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Elder Interview-Marjorie "Marge" BrobergEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.033Tags
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Broberg, Marjorie "Marge" Ida (Metoxen) First name also spelled Margorie and Margerie in places Born 4/3/1924 Father: William B. Metoxen Mother: Evangeline (Wheelock) Metoxen Maternal Grandparents: Ben Wheelock and Ida (Powless) Wheelock Paternal Grandparents: Simon Metoxen and LaVinia (Skenandore) Metoxen She has 2 brothers and 4 sisters All her parent’s and grandparents were born here in Wisconsin. Her grandmother’s mother on her father side spoke about the Civil War they lived in New York. They could hear the war being fought at night. Her grandma always told her to be proud of being an Indian girl hold your head up high. Her grandfather on her father side couldn’t hardly speak English he mostly spoke Oneida. He never went to school. Her grandfather on her mother side went to school but she doesn’t remember where. He and some other men sang southern songs. They sounded pretty good too. And he would sing Oneida songs at wake’s and funerals. Her grandfather on her mother side lived on Ray Road. He had 10 acre’s and a garden. She doesn’t remember where he worked. Her grandfather on his father side had a farm with 80 acre’s, they had cows, pigs and chickens and he did the wood cutting. Her parent’s lived with them for a while until her grandparent’s gave her parents’ an acre of land. She would stay with her grandparent’s because she felt at home with them. She had to feed the cows and chickens. They didn’t have electricity or running water. They had a pump. They had to cut wood for coking and heating. Her mother made all the clothing for everyone. Her grandmother would hire some other lady and they did the wash together. They would heat up the water on a wood stove. They put the water in a big tub. They had two tubs, they would divide the hot water up so they could both do wash. Both grandparent’s and her parent’s and all the children went to the Oneida Methodist Church. After church they would have a big Sunday dinner’s She remembers one Christmas her mother told them that they didn’t have much money ,all her mother could afford is a box of stationary and a new dress. She said that was ok it was enough Christmas for me. Then her aunt came over and she knew she wanted a camera for Christmas. So she bought a camera and bought presents for all the other kid’s we always had a Christmas tree, we use to make cookie. And my mother would use to buy those cherry on wire to put on the tree. On New Years day we would go Hoyoning, we would get doughnuts for hoyoning. .My grandparents and aunt; would make corn soup and corn bread. I learned how to make corn soup and corn bread. Then on Easter they would have a big Easter dinner. They would to De Pere, Seymour and Green Bay to do there shopping, my grandma always had a car. My father went to school at the Oneida Mission, My mother went to Tomah and Carlisle and she graduated from Haskell. My dad worked as a farmer, in a gravel pit, work at the WPA. Then he went to Iowa to work at rock island arsenal. Then he came back home to work at northwest engineering. My mother worked at Larson Canning Co. Then when she got old enough she went to work out a Larson fields. She made about .12 cents an hour. Then she got a job with Father Martins Catholic Church working the Office, she got a dollar a day there. She went to school at Elm Hill, she graduated from 8th grade. Then she went to West De Pere and graduated High School from there. After school she move to Milwaukee got a job at a factory. Then she married to Robert Webster, they had 6 children. She got a divorce from Robert and got remarried and had 2 more children. She has 22 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Her father spoke Oneida, but her Mother didn’t my father wouldn’t teacher the Oneida language. And her grandparents wouldn’t teach her. She thinks the Casino is good. Advice to the young is be proud of who you are and finish school. Let the tribe help them to be a bigger personRecording Type
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Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
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