Elder Interview-Virginia Skenandore
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Virginia SkenandoreEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.428Tags
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Skenandore, Virginia (Metoxen) Born 07/20/1930 Parents: Agnes (Skenandore) Metoxen and Edward Metoxen Maternal Grandparents: Dixon Skenandore and Jane Skenandore Paternal Grandparent: Simon Metoxen Her mother did a lot of cooking and baking. She went to a Lutheran Church in Wittenberg. She always got help from the ladies aide from church. Her father passed away when she was 5 years old. Both of her parents spoke the Oneida language. Her mother went to school in Oneida but she doesn’t know where her father went. Virginia went to school in Wittenberg and graduated from there in 1949. She worked at St. Vincent Hospital for 2 years then went to work at Prange’s. She met her husband and got married in 1959. She went back to work after her children grew up. She went into the Navy in 1962. She moved back to Oneida in 1988. They own their own home on Florist Drive. Her mother knew how to sing the Oneida Hymns. Virginia use to pick berried and help can them. She learned how to do bead work.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media