Jennie Halverson DRISCOLL (b. 1888)

Residence: Genesee; Lenville; Driscoll Ridge
Occupation(s): Farm wife
Family Origin: Parents homesteaded after emigrating from Norway via Astoria (early 1880's)

Interviews

Jennie Halverson Driscoll Interview #1, 2/17/1976

Topics:
Parents' struggle to build farm. Mother's death; caring for family as a girl. Enjoyments and neighboring. Genesee. Why parents left Astoria. The thirties. Pioneering of Driscoll Ridge. 2-17-76 1.5 hr 26p
Duration:
1:09:36
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
African-Americans Great Depression Norwegian-American banks churches dances dances death families farming homemakers homesteads immigrants lumber miscarriage nursing parties politics sewing women
Locations:
Genesee Lenville Driscoll Ridge
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Jennie Halverson DRISCOLL (b. 1888)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/driscoll_jennie.html
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