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LOGGER'S SHEET SI-FP-1987-CF-270

LOGGER:L. RAMSDELL
REEL NUMBER: 1A
STAGE:MICH TALK
DATE: 6/28/87
PRESENTOR: Yvonne Lockwood
GROUP NAME: MIGRATION TO MICHIGAN
REGION/STYLE:

PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 
Anna Lassila Finnish Pastie Maker, Rug Weaver 
Elda Peltier English German Muskrat Cook
Hudson Peltier French Voyager Nat. Am. Gmn. Muskrat Cook

CONTENTS
1. Lockwood- Overview of Michigan. Intro of speakers, disc. of ethnic backgrounds.
2. H. Peltier- disc. of specific ancestors. Death of grandfather from sunstroke. 1923. GMother
3. daughter of GMN brickmaker. GFather trappers. GGfather in civil war. Diff. in attitudes between maternal & paternal gparents. Father ironworkers/riveters. Met mother on streetcar. 
4. YL- Religion? HP- German services (Mother's side) language not denomination what mattered. Why g-parents migrated. Multilingual mother. Huddy's language problems in school. 
5. Elda Peltier- Farming background one of 8 siblings. To Monroe in 35 staying with sister. Worked  
6. met H. at bowling alley. Enjoyed Huddys lifestyle. Muskrats. YL- Religion? 
7. EP- Church of Christ. Very religious. Very hospitable- never know how many to sunday dinner.  
8. YL- on muskrat dinners & use of muskrat/"mushrat" to characterize those of French background. Contrast to northern upper peninsula where funno settled. AL's folks arr. 1908. language probs in school?
9. AL- all children spoke finnish. Father migrated during "famine years". Worked for 
10. fishermen. hands frozen to cars so often they were permanently curled. Mother & 4 kids 
11. migrated 1st. Father kept at Ellis Island. AL 1st child born in US. Remembers cleaning land on Michigan property. Fathers strong teeth. Family of 9. Little schooling- [[strikethrough]] looking [[?]] 
12. [[/strikethrough]] working at home- mother a midwife- away a lot. Finns call non-Finns "other-tongued people." Teacher in school spoke finnish HP- parents went to German 
13. school. AL- made sure sons learned Finnish first. YL. H, learn German? HP- yes. Gmn catechism. AL- Finns bullheaded EP- Germans too. 
Q- Grandchildren born finnish? AL- don't have any- would teach them.
Q- Services in Finnish? AL- yes, but is translated.
Q- Where is Finland? AL- ( ?) going to visit cousins there. 
YL- AL has distinctive style of speaking peculiar to upper peninsula. 
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