Family History Interview
Name of Ancestor: Dan and Connie Hall
Relationship to me: Grandparent
My name: Kirsten Anderson
Date of Interview: 11.6.2011
On Skype
Transcribed by Amy Anderson (daughter of Dan and Connie
Hall)
1. How was your first
name choosen?
- Grandpa
Hall: Doesn't know on first name.
Middle name is Calvin and same name as his father, named after the
reformer John Calvin.
- Grandma
Hall: Named after her father Conrad.
2. What is your best
talent?
- Grandpa
Hall: Fixing things like computers, cars, houses, etc.
- Grandma
Hall: Sewing, gardening, making
jewelry.
3. Name the schools
that you attended.
- Grandpa:
- Grandma:
Fillmore, Gandie, East and Roosevelt Elementaries, Central Junior High,
4. What lessons did
you learn from your mother?
- Grandpa:
You need to get an education in some kind of trade.
- Grandma:
How to can food, quilt, sew, keep mouth clean and fish.
5. Tell me a favorite
memory of your father.
- Grandpa:
I remember he took us kids to Lagoon (amusement park in
- Grandma:
Going camping over the years.
Especially up
6. How did you
celebrate Halloween as a Child?
- Grandpa:
Put on costumes and trick or treated around the neighborhood. We would get pillowcases and we tried to
get them full. Sometimes we would
travel over 3 square blocks of neighborhoods to get our bags full.
- Grandma: Same as it is done now. She remembered her dad would go trick or
treating and if they didn't get a treat that they would play a trick like
spread garbage over their yard or do something mean.
7. What was your
first job? How much were you paid?
- Grandpa: He worked in a grocery store at age 13
for 35 cents an hour and after a year it was 50 cents.
- Grandma: Babysitting as young as 11 years old
when starting – about 25 cents an hour,
First real job was working for the Church genealogy society in the
microfilm department for 80 cents an hour when she was in college about
age 17.
8. Did you and your
friends ever have a secret hideout?
- Grandpa: Yes at
- Grandma: No real secret place but liked to spend
time in the trees eating fruit with her friend.
9. What was your
favorite meal as a child?
- Grandpa:
Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy with Green beans. (Some things never change – added by Amy
Anderson Dan's daughter.)
- Grandma:
Spaghetti – but really loved what her mom cooked.
10. Tell us about
your 1st favorite TV Show.
- Grandpa:
Howdy Doody Time on a 13 inch admiral black and white television.
- Grandma:
Lassie, Sky King, Lone Ranger.
Later in the interview she said Pokey and Gumby.
11. Tell me about the
best pet you ever had.
- Grandpa: said he didn't have very many pets.
- Grandma:
Her first dog gave her ring worm and she had to have her head shaved
because of it. They put the dog
down and she didn't remember it's name.
But one of her favorites was from a Great Aunt who owned cocker
spaniels that were the color of copper.
Her name was Penny.
12. Tell me about the
closest friend you had in childhood.
- Grandpa:
Bobby Yeager, his dad was a doctor but was unable to practice because of
mustard gas in the war.
- Grandma:
Cindy Greenburg who was one year younger then her in school. They did everything together. They would go fishing with Cindy's
brother and they would eat all his fish bait. (I think it was white bread smashed into
a ball – added by Amy Anderson)
They lived on the end of a dead end street that had a hill. All the kids would gather at the top in
what ever they could find to race down to the bottom of the hill. They also played in a empty lot that had
piles of dirt built up that they rode around on like a roller coaster.
