Elder Interview-Melinda Mildred Danforth
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Melinda "Mildred" DanforthEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.101Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Danforth, Melinda "Mildred" Rose (Skenandore) Born 04/17/1909 Parents: Anderson Joshua Skenandore and Cynthia Eleanor (Adams) Maternal Grandparents: John Adams and Shilisha Adams Paternal Grandparents: Joshua Skenandore and Christine (Ninham) Skenandore Her family made mattresses out of corn husk. She lived in a house in the summer and then in the winter they would move to their winter house. There was 5 kids + her mother and father that lived in the house. While in their summer house someone burned down their winter house. They ended up living in the summer house for good. Her father had to fix the house so they could live there in the winter. Her father was a carpenter before he went blind. Both of her parents went to boarding schools. Her mother learned to be a teacher and use to teach at the Mission School. She then got married to Mildred’s father. Mildred can’t speak the Oneida language but can understand it. She went to school near DePere. They called it Cliffside School. Only about 30 children went to school there. It was a one room school house. She then went to school at Flandreau and graduated from there. She got a job at Bellin Hospital and worked there for 10 years. She then got married to William Burnette and had 2 daughters. They split up and for divorced. She then met Howard Danforth and married him and had 2 more children. She stayed home and took care of her family. She has 10 grandchildren and 11 ½ great grandchildren.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media