Grandmother Interview Research Paper
I want to start off by saying that I could not interview anyone in my family; my grandparents have been deceased for years on both sides. I will be talking about what I remember as a child. My grandmother on my dad’s side passed away in 1981; my grandfather on my mother’s side passed away in 1980. I was born in 1976, so I would have been 4, going on 5 years old. My grandmother on my mom’s side passed away in 1995 and my grandfather on my dad’s side passed away in 1993.
I was not close to my grandfather, or any family members, on my dad’s side; I only have a bits and pieces of information about them. My grandfather on my mother’s side grew up in southern Kentucky; the only dad she knew. Her real father’s last name was Daniels; however, she claimed Dewey Smith as her father because he took care of her. Dewey Smith, my grandfather, was born in southern Kentucky and was a coal miner. He was approximately 20 years older than my grandmother, Arlena. My grandmother on my dad’s side died of cancer in 1981. She was a traditional homemaker. She was one who had the …show more content…
She did not take crap from anyone, she was feisty and she would let you know what she thought of you. I remember as a child, she would tell us about growing up in the Great Depression. She would talk about how hard it was during this time. She also talked about growing up without a lot of food. She used to make the best brown beans and cornbread which she learned how to make because during the Great Depression, it is all they had to eat. She talked about eating them at least twice a day for months. She was a homemaker most of the time and she had only one job (outside of the house and farm) working in the laundry at St. Mary’s Hospital in West Virginia. She would milk the cows and raise a garden every year. She had been raised in West Virginia and then she moved to South Webster, Ohio, in her
I was not close to my grandfather, or any family members, on my dad’s side; I only have a bits and pieces of information about them. My grandfather on my mother’s side grew up in southern Kentucky; the only dad she knew. Her real father’s last name was Daniels; however, she claimed Dewey Smith as her father because he took care of her. Dewey Smith, my grandfather, was born in southern Kentucky and was a coal miner. He was approximately 20 years older than my grandmother, Arlena. My grandmother on my dad’s side died of cancer in 1981. She was a traditional homemaker. She was one who had the …show more content…
She did not take crap from anyone, she was feisty and she would let you know what she thought of you. I remember as a child, she would tell us about growing up in the Great Depression. She would talk about how hard it was during this time. She also talked about growing up without a lot of food. She used to make the best brown beans and cornbread which she learned how to make because during the Great Depression, it is all they had to eat. She talked about eating them at least twice a day for months. She was a homemaker most of the time and she had only one job (outside of the house and farm) working in the laundry at St. Mary’s Hospital in West Virginia. She would milk the cows and raise a garden every year. She had been raised in West Virginia and then she moved to South Webster, Ohio, in her