Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
Recorded
December 20, 2008
39:12 minutes
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mbx004737
Description
Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.Subject Log / Time Code
Who is your favorite grandchild and why?; both grandkids are wonderfl; Jaimie is a third year med student.
photographer; married 58 years; story of how she met her husband Sid; watched her husband play craps
Change is important; “I like my life now”; living in a community with people over 55, some of them are very boring
Grandfather was born in a dugout in Kansas; story of the death of two of his children on the prairie
Describes the first time that she saw her grandson Brent
“Everything comes to an end”; story of her mother cooking huge meals; mother was house bound in her last few years of life
Participants
- Edith Johnson
- Jaimie Johnson
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- 500 Club
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Appearance
- army photographer
- birth of first child
- Boot Lake
- Bridge Club
- card parties
- Childhood Games
- Christmas code
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- Dancing
- Davenport, IA
- dying
- economic beliefs and practices
- family heroes
- family members in history
- family naming and nicknames
- Family Traditions
- family trips and excursions
- Gary, IN
- Go Fish
- Japan
- Kansas
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- pinochle
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
- Spouse
- the Fox Trot
- the Lindy Hop
- Wisconsin
- Women’s Memorial, Washington DC