Learning About Uncle Wade

Wade, nearing 40 years old, tells of growing up on a dairy farm, working with his dad and grandfather, and getting bit at age 12 by a baby rattlesnake.

Grandpa’s Stories

Grandpa talked about when he was a child and the most difficult times in his life

The Blizzard Of 1978

We talked about the Blizzard of 1978 Ana d how it affected my grandfather

Small Disasters

The day the baby got stuck in the high chair, courtship disaster and more.

Angie and Ellen Rollet talk about Ellen’s childhood in Wisconsin. “I went to a one-room country school”

Angie Rollet interviewed her mother, Ellen Rollet, about growing up on a dairy farm in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. Ellen tells of her ancestors from Norway and Nova Scotia, childhood friends, and life after the farm.

Grandma Marie Markowski

Grandma Marie Markowski, age 92, shared memories from her childhood, education, courting days, and the experience of her parents/grandparents as Croatian immigrants with her son, Jack, and his family.