Elder Interview-Rebecca Becky Nicholas
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Rebecca "Becky" NicholasEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.312Tags
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Nicholas, Rebecca Audrey (Smith) Born 3/7/1945 Parents: Malcolm and Maureena (Doxtator) Smith Paternal grandparents: Leonard and Olive Smith Maternal grandparents: Chauncey and Emma Doxtator Her parents had 9 children. Her father was married before to another woman they had 4 children. Her father worked on a farm. They lived on the new deal land, they had 20 acres. Her father went to school in Carlisle, but she does not know how far he went. Her mother stays home until I was born. Then her mother went to work in Green Bay as a cleaning lady. I did not have too many chores to do. She haul in water, helped her mother with the cleaning. They did not have running water or electricity. On Sunday, they went to church and after church they came home and they ha a Chicken dinner. Only her mother spoke the Oneida language. She did a lot of baking, sewing. If someone got sick, her dad would go out in the woods, peel some bark off some tree, bring it home, and make some kind of home remedy. Her mother did her shopping in Green Bay and Oneida. On Christmas, They always had a Christmas tree, they would put it up on Christmas Eve and all decorate it. On Christmas day, they got one presents apiece and a socking fill of candy, peanuts, oranges and apples. They went Hoyoning on New Years Day. I went to school at Chicago Corner’s; I went from 1st grade to 6th grade. Then I went to Seymour grade school and Seymour High School. Nevertheless, I drop out at the age of 16. Then I went to Chicago to babysit for about 1 year. Then her and her husband went to California, I worked in a factory for 18 months. Then moved back to Oneida. We moved on a farm in Reedsville, WI for about 1 year. Then we came back to Oneida and ran White Eagles for about 5 years. She and her husband were divorce while running White Eagles. Then I worked at J.C. Penny’s in Milwaukee for a couple of months. Then I moved back to Oneida and got a job at Procter and Gamble in Green Bay for 22 years. She had 4 children, 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. We go to the Oneida Methodist Church. She married to Eldred Nicholas. Her advice to the youth is to stay in school and get a good education then gets a good job.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media