Elder Interview-Warrean House
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Warrean HouseEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.208Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
House, Warrean Marie (Skenandore) Born 05/19/1928 Milwaukee, WI Parents: Ami? Skenandore & Wealthy Jane "Janine" (Powless) Skenandore Paternal Grandparents: Elijah and Mary Baird Maternal Grandparents: Alfred and Libby (Archiquette) Powless Her parents had 6 daughters. After the World War I, her dad moved to Milwaukee he worked in a Foundry he became a brass molder. He worked there for 35 years. Her mother was studying to be a nurse. She graduated and became a practical nurse. Her mother graduated from a Chicago school. And her dad went to school in Carlisle. Her dad spoke the Oneida language. Her mother learned it from her husband. They went to the Episcopal Church. They lived on the Southside of Milwaukee. Her mother worded at St. John’s Nursing Home. They always’ got a tree at Christmas time it looked like a Charlie Brown tree. Every year she asks for a doll. On Sundays they walk to Church. On Easter they went to church came home ate their Easter dinner. On Thanksgiving they had to wait all day to eat. On 4th of July they to Oneida to their grandmother house and there we would have a big picnic. At the age of 16, she worked at A&P Bakery for 2 years. Then she got a job at Allen Bradley for about ½ year, and then she got laid off. She met her husband Jim in 1947; two years later they got married in Milwaukee at St. Luke’s Church. They have 6 children, 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. They went Cherry picking and I fell off the ladder and I got sick. I had a job at a Photo Mat for 15 years. She use to nit and crochet. Her advice to the youth is stay in school and stay away from drug’s and alcohol. Live a Clean life.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media