Mickler Cassette 1 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Mickler, William and Inez
Title
Mickler Cassette 1 Side 1
Source
William and Inez Mickler Interview
Date
1990-02-20, 1990-02-21
Description
Cassette 1
Side 1
00:00--Explanation of the technical difficulties and biographical information.
1:00--Mr. Mickler states that his paternal grandparents were Henry and Mary Mickler. His maternal grandparents were from the Childs family. Inez's grandfather was Jeff Galliard. Mr. Mickler remembers stories told by his grandmother Mary Mickler, who lived in the family home during her elderly years.
4:00--The Mickler family worked on land owned by the Stribling family, while Inez's family worked for the Shirley family.
5:57--Burials/funerals--most of his immediate family is buried at Flat Rock near Walhalla, SC. Inez's family is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Mickler describes the numerous differences in the ways that funerals and burials were carried out when he was younger.
10:19--Marriages--Most people didn't have weddings in the old days. In Mr. Mickler's case, he and his wife appeared before the judge in Walhalla in order to get married. His first wife was Alberta Henderson, who died in 1944. Similarly, Inez had been previously married to a gentleman named Thomas Gray who had been deceased for some time previously. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mickler explain how they met their first spouse.
16:15--Mr. Mickler's father worked in a local sawmill. His mother and grandparents were farmers. Inez's father worked at Bill Adam's hardware store locally; her mother was a cook and domestic worker.
20:00--Mr. Mickler has several family members who moved north for better employment and he himself traveled around several southern states while working with the Ballinger Pavement Company. Inez's father worked at a local hardware store before leaving the home during World War I. He did not return. Her mother worked as a cook for Joy Hicks café locally. This establishment was never segregated; whites and blacks were frequent visitors, and everyone sat wherever they wanted. Most patrons were either railway passengers or employees. Her family rented a home from a local man named Canter McCourtenay.
27:20-Mr. and Mrs. Mickler name their siblings.
29:30--Mr. Mickler states that he had a brother-in-law (Bobby Lee Williams) who was an employee of the local railroad and helped lay the double-track.
31:32--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:00--Explanation of the technical difficulties and biographical information.
1:00--Mr. Mickler states that his paternal grandparents were Henry and Mary Mickler. His maternal grandparents were from the Childs family. Inez's grandfather was Jeff Galliard. Mr. Mickler remembers stories told by his grandmother Mary Mickler, who lived in the family home during her elderly years.
4:00--The Mickler family worked on land owned by the Stribling family, while Inez's family worked for the Shirley family.
5:57--Burials/funerals--most of his immediate family is buried at Flat Rock near Walhalla, SC. Inez's family is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Mickler describes the numerous differences in the ways that funerals and burials were carried out when he was younger.
10:19--Marriages--Most people didn't have weddings in the old days. In Mr. Mickler's case, he and his wife appeared before the judge in Walhalla in order to get married. His first wife was Alberta Henderson, who died in 1944. Similarly, Inez had been previously married to a gentleman named Thomas Gray who had been deceased for some time previously. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mickler explain how they met their first spouse.
16:15--Mr. Mickler's father worked in a local sawmill. His mother and grandparents were farmers. Inez's father worked at Bill Adam's hardware store locally; her mother was a cook and domestic worker.
20:00--Mr. Mickler has several family members who moved north for better employment and he himself traveled around several southern states while working with the Ballinger Pavement Company. Inez's father worked at a local hardware store before leaving the home during World War I. He did not return. Her mother worked as a cook for Joy Hicks café locally. This establishment was never segregated; whites and blacks were frequent visitors, and everyone sat wherever they wanted. Most patrons were either railway passengers or employees. Her family rented a home from a local man named Canter McCourtenay.
27:20-Mr. and Mrs. Mickler name their siblings.
29:30--Mr. Mickler states that he had a brother-in-law (Bobby Lee Williams) who was an employee of the local railroad and helped lay the double-track.
31:32--Audio ends.
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