Athelia Tanner and Janet Perry

Recorded March 26, 2009 36:57 minutes
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Id: mby005209

Description

Janet Perry (46)interviews her mother Athelia Tanner (88) about her life and family.

Subject Log / Time Code

Athelia and her husband Bill met in high school. He called her the teacher’s pet.
Bill went away on mission and Athelia continued to date other people but reconnected with him when he returned home.
Bill wanted seventeen children because he had grown up in a small family.
Living in Idaho, lots of potato recipes.
Athelia tells the story of how she and her husband got a 36 room house for themselves and their thirteen children. They called the house Tanner Manor and later Tanner Manner.

Participants

  • Athelia Tanner
  • Janet Perry