Elder Interview-Rosemary Benson
A.2008.001.024 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Rosemary BensonEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.024Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Benson, Rosemary Born 07/13/1945 Parents: Mamie (Parkhurst) Benson and Theodore Benson Maternal Grandparents: Hilda Parkhurst and Edward Parkhurst Her father went to school in Carlisle and worked in Milwaukee as a cook. Her mother went to a government school in Carlile. Her mother speaks the Oneida language and her father is Swedish so he doesn’t know any Oneida language. Her mother met her father at a ballroom dance in Milwaukee. They lived in Oneida on Freedom Road. Her father bought 10 acres of land on highway 54 and County Road. Her father contracted land out for beans and cucumbers. Rosemary was into choir and volleyball in high school. She picked apples and in 1963 she graduated from high school in Seymour. She has 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Her husband couldn’t find work for a while so they moved to Milwaukee. Her husband got a job in construction. And when her kids got older and in school she got a job working in a factory making car seats and etc. She got a different job as a casher and was there for 6 years until the place folded. She moved back to Oneida and got a phone call from the paper mill for an interview at Fort Howard. She got hired at Fort Howard and has been there since, 14 years. She retired when Fort Howard was bought out from a different company.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media