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Tape 1: (date: 5 April, 1995)
side A;
conflict
education—
later in life
L. L. : [I began to go over the biographical information with Margaret, and she began to tell
stories that relate to her biographical information, so I turned the tape recorder on. Right
now she is in the middle of telling me about a principal she once with that she didn't like.
This topic came up because she was telling me that she was a teacher.]
M. C. : Are you, uh, you're not taping now?
L. L. : Yeah, I am.
M. C. : Oh, you are.
L. L.: Just'cause, 'cause, I don't want to miss anything that you...
M. C. : Well, the whole thing is this isn't very nice, and I was going tell you something that wasn't
very nice.
L. L. : Can I put it on?
M. C. : Put it off
005 L. L. : [Here I turned the tape recorder off at Margaret's request. She began to tell me of a
professor she once worked with (Margaret was a teacher at the time). Margaret shared
that she had a "conflict of principles" with the principal who was known as one of the "7
Devils" in the Seattle school district at them time. The principal told her what to teach and
was very strict about this; Margaret implies that she believes it would be better if she could
have more lee-way in what she is teaching, Also, Margaret liked to teach standing up, but,
.one day, this principal came in and told Margaret, in front of her students, to "sit down,"
which greatly embarrassed Margaret. Later, Margaret found out that the "problem" with
this principle (problem with her attitude is what is implied) is that she had only a "normal
education."]
[After Margaret completes this story, I turn the recorder back on]
008 M. C. : I started out in 1942...
L. L. : OK
M. C. : ...enrolled at the University Extension classes...
L. L. : OK
Seattle schools 010 M. C. : ...which were at the, held at the White Henry Stewart Building in Downtown Seattle...
L. L. : White... Henry... Stewart...
M. C. : yes
L. L. : OK
M. C. : And I stayed at the university until I had enough... well, I also took special classes... well,
now that's one thing I am always in is doing special work.
L. L. : um-huh
teaching 016 M. C. : As long as I was teaching elementary schools, I couldn't see Greek and Latin and
everything else in my way. I wanted to teach and have, urn, more ques, really, in teaching
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interests
the level I was teaching rather than branching out and having to take all those things I had
no use for. And, and it was so inferesfing because I was taking Choral Reading and I was
doing so many things. I was taking Seattle history, I was taking National Geography, and
the things that would pertain just to me, to what I was doing. Well, I kept that up,but you
see, I was, well I got enough credits that I could graduate if I wanted to. I didn't have s..,,
uh, senior residence which I needed though I never got it because I didn't need it. But I
got the credit from the Seattle schools for 6 years of university training. And they gave me
every bit of it, plus so much... extra that I never missed it. The only tiling that kept me
from having a degree in my hand was the fact that I would have probably joined the
Women's University Club because all my friends were there. But in, but in a second way,
that's a veiy expensive club, and you pay maybe $85 a month dues or 65 a month because
you have to buy so many meals whether you eat or not. And, and I wouldn't have done
that anyway. So I didn't miss anything, accept the degree in my hand.
L. L. : What year was that? That you...
M. C. : That I quit?
L. L.: That you, that you quit...
M. C. : I never quit!
L. L. : I mean that you, that you, stopped taking classes at the White Henry Stewart?
M. C. ; Oh goodness, I don't know; I did for so may years—maybe 20 years.
L. L. : Oh great.
M.C. : But it was interesting-all of it. Everything I have done has been interesting.
L. L. : Sounds like it. Urn... So is that the last places that you've taken classes... Was it the...
M. C. : No, I tell you the Seattle schools...
L. L, : um huh. .
042 M. C. : Had some wonderful courses, maybe over 2 weekends, you went all day long. And
they brought out, uh, specialist..., special teachers from, um, the Ivy,Ivy League
Colleges , and, to me, that was wonderful. One of them was a group development.
And, um, and social services, and that was the kind of a thing I needed-I didn't need
the other things. I don't know, um, the person [unreadable words] majored in things,
but I don't thi... I don't think any of them as interesting an education as I had.
L. L. : um huh...
M. C. : That's enough anyway.
L. L. : That's great, um, how about your interests, crafts, and talents?
M.C. : My uh, I beg...
053 L. L. : Interests, crafts, or talents?
M. C. : Well, I have plenty of interests. Interest number one, when I was in high school, you want
that in high school?
L. L. : Sure
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debate052 M. C. : Basketball, public speaking, debate. When I was sophomore in high school, I entered a
contest, uh city-wide, out in Auburn, in public speaking, uh, it was sponsored by, I don't
know, must have been, I, I don't really know who sponsored it. But anyway, the subject
was buy Liberty Bonds." And, uh, "Help Your Country" or something to that effect, but
that's what it was. And they had the contest in a little theater in the town because it was all
city interest, but it was high school students. And I entered with the junior and seniors in
high school. And I got the first prize, I can't even remember what it was, but it was a
citation of some sort. And I, I never did anything about that, well, and then I was on the
high school debating team that competed against Seattle schools, which was interesting
because, the, one of the judges on the Supreme Court was the judge, one of the judges, uh,
in the debate situation. And he used to take tlie inter-urban out to Auburn if the debate
was held out at Auburn. And,uh,one, I can remember several of the, uh, de..., debate
subjects. One of them was the United States Government should own and regulate the,
um, railroad system of the United States.
L.L.: Did you, Do you remember what you debated on that?
M. C. : Um, I wouldn't remember what I debated because I kept my debating interest even at the
University when I was Freshman. I belonged to Sacagewea, and that's the one I told you
the last time, I think, I tried out for it, and, uh, the subject, uh, that was given to me
spontaneously was speak 3 minutes on the word "it."
L. L. : [quiet laugh]
M. C. : Uh, it was interesting. See I have done so many interesting things tha, that uh, of interest to
me.
L. L. : Um huh, that's very interesting. Urn, did you...
sports 085 M. C. : ...then, and then, when I went to Bellingham, I continued the Basketball. I played
basketball at the University too, but not on the University team, just on a team, it may, it
could have been third or fourth, I don't know. But, then went I went to Bellingham, I also
was in sports, particularly basketball. I've got a, I've got a picture here of my, of my, uh
our basket, basketball team, um, when I was in basketball, urn let's see. Maybe you don't
want to even listen to this now; maybe it's, we're intermpting something else that's greater.
[mstling sound is Margaret looking for the picture.]
L. L. : No that's fine, if you want to...
M. C. : Oh, I've an envelope here, is that it? Yes. I have this already to send out to the museum
up in Auburn 'cause I want to get rid of some of these things. Here [laugh as she looks at
the picture], that's my best friend [points to picture] and myself. Here, th, this is what we
had to wear at the University, now you had you had, you had, uh, the....
L.L. : ...atBellingham?
fashion 100 M. C. : ...you know, uh, the uh, pants, the bloomers we wore at the University wore about 14
pounds. [Margaret and Libby laugh.] And re, and when I moved into here at, in my
eighties, I gave it to the Goodwill so that they could show what my suit was like at the
University. [Margaret and Libby laugh again]. And here's that... [Tape is turned off as
Margaret thumbs through her pictures.] [Tape turns back on.] Well, anyway...
L. L. : Would you mind if I borrowed these and, and took copies of them.
M. C. : Oh no [laugh] I don't care, I don't care what you do with them,
L. L. : ...and I'll bring them back to you .
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property 107 M. C. : Now of course you can bicycle out there, but I though if you had a car, maybe you'd want
to go out to my sons, he's done so much, well. he's worked for, with the University, or uh,
his lifetime. And out at his summer place, he has a big long hall. I have some of those
pictures, I have some of the, the things here, that you could, if you wanted to look at his
summer place, because he has all kinds of relics. Now this is it, this is the land my
grandfather homesteaded.
L. L. : Wow.
M. C. : And, uh...
L. L. : Do you have any older pictures?
M. C. : Older ones?
L. L. : Yeah, of maybe when you were little and he [Margaret's grandfather] owned it ?
son 118 M. C. : Oh yes. [laugh] He [Margaret's son] has [laugh], he's, because he, he, came into this
heritage, you see, through me. So, above the fire place in the family room out there, he has
a great big picture of me as a little girl. I think I was about 3 years old. And, uh, it is so
funny, I didn't want him to put that thing up in the, uh, room because, in my house, I had
it in the, uh, where the uh, coal bin, you might say, in the corner of the basement.
L. L. : Oh, so you didn't think it was very important?
M. C. : And he took it out and had it fixed. But he has two long halls of pioneer pictures and he,
he's a great collector of antiques. And most of the antiques that he has collected we had at
home, and I, I don't know what ever happened to 'em, I suppose they were given away or
something. They just disappeared, but he's gone out to find all these things.
L. L. : Things that you had in you family?
M. C. : Oh yes. He, and he has a collection of like, oh, he even has a, uh, paddle from the
University, you know, rowing crew and all that stuff, And early, you, uh, maybe he can
arrange to take you out there someday.
L. L. : Maybe that would be nice—get come pictures...
M. C. : It's about 30 miles from here. Maybe if I said I'd like to have you do that, maybe he'll
have, find time enough too do it.
L. L. : Would you like to go witli us?
M. C. : Oh I could. If he... they go out, they go out and stay, you know, for quite a bit of time.
L. L. : Because if you would like I have a car, and I could, I could bring you and myself.
M. C. : Oh, he has a.... Oh, I'll see what I can do because I've already written to him, you see, and
I sent him a copy of your contract...
L. L. : Oh, I see.
service 039 M. C. : ... and I put a big sheet of paper in with a felt pen, and I said, "Lookee, Lookee, Lookee,
she what I've gotten into now." because of my involvement.
property 149 But I think his, uh, his house is interesting out there because of the fact that this goes
clear back to the 1800's . And you see I am a member that owned two pieces of property
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here in King County that date back, well, this, this property, uh, here [Margaret points the
picture of her son's summer house] is, is property that dates back to territorial days...
L. L. : Before Washington was a state?
M. C. : ...because you see it's, uh, the deed to the property was signed by President Harrison...
L. L. : wow
M. C. : ...before Washington was made a state. Well, anyways, so much for that.
L. L. : OK. Um, let's see...
M. C. : Bring me back on track.
L. L. : Yeah, that's what... [laugh]. I just want to get through this [biographical information]; it's
kind of, this is kind of boring. Uli, how about honors of awards?
honors 155 M. C. : Well, you know, I don't think I'm a, I'm not an honors student.
L. L. : um- huh
M. C. : I would call myself maybe a B+,
L. L. : What about honors from different groups that you have been in, or...?
service 160 M. C. : Oh, I've had plenty of those. Here, here's one of those that I set out this morning. Where
is it? Being blind doesn't help me at all. Here's, here's one from the American Assoc..., or
from the... well, I can't read it at all. What, what..., Washington Association for Retard
Children.
L. L. : Yeah, Washington Association for Retard Children. What did you do for, urn, that
association?
M. C. : Well, for that, um, I worked for forty years for that group because I had, have a retarded
daughter you see.
L. L. : um-huh
M. C. : That'll come up a little later.
L. L. : um-huh
debating, AKT 170 M. C. : And, I went east to Boston to study and, uh, oh, uh, now I've done a lot of things like for
debating, and the I belong to Delta Kappa Gamma, and I can, that's the committee that was
here yesterday.
L. L. : And Delta Kappa Gamma, that's the teachers....
PTA award 175 M. C. : It's an international, honor society, mternafiofial. And that's the one that did the 5 year
study. I've been involved a great deal and honors never bothered me. Now like the PTA
gave you, gave me the Golden Acorn award, from the PTA at Gatewood, no at Brighton.
Gatewood, I was principal for 6 months when the principal was sick. Now that put me in a
position where they called on me frequently afterward to, uh, accept a position that was
difficult, and they were having trouble getting someone to out that back on track.
L. L. : Do you remember what year that was, about?
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service217
PTA award 235
M. C. '. I beg your pardon.
L. L. : Do you remember what year... that you were principal at, urn, at Gatewood?
M. C. : No, I still did not understand you.
L. L. : Do you remember what year?
M. C. : What year?
L. L. : Yeah
M. C. : No, but now the Seattle Schools have a, an archives of their own and I can... I don't
remember. That must have been about '50, well, it was in the early, 19..., no. Well, maybe
I could figure it out.
L. L. : No, that's okay, I was just wondering a proximate number.
M. C. : Well, because I went over there in 1944,1 think it was that I went to Gatewood , and I
stayed there until.... It's uh, it's no wonder I can't remember the exact dates because I
stayed there until '56. '56. Because the reason I know when I moved the Brighton, I
bought a new Buick and it was a '56 Buick. [Margaret and Libby laugh] You pinpoint
things in different ways. I never did keep track of where I was because I was doing so
much in the mean time.
L. L. : So, we'll just say, like early 50's?
M. C. : Well, you can put '56- I left there in , what did I say ? '44, urn, no, yes? Well, If I went
back to, uh, Bailey Gatzert in 42-43 it must be because 1 year makes 2 years in numbers.
So, it must have been, well at least that's good enough.
L. L. : OK. Uh, what about volunteer work. You said you worked for the Washington
Association for the Retard, were there another groups that you volunteered for?
M. C. : I worked for forty some years for the Washington Association. Now, that was not the
first name. The first name was Children's Benevolent League.
L. L. : um-huh
M. C. : Children's Benevolent League, and the man is, was the national president is living here
now.
L. L. : At Ida Culver?
M. C. : Yes. He's here, he eats at the table next to me. And he had a daughter and son like I did.
His son was very bright like my son and the daughter was Down syndrome. And, uh, so I
don't talk too often with him because he has had a stroke and it is difficult for him to
underst..., uh ennu, to, uh, speak. And I sometimes feel that I it's too great a obligation to
have him, uh, talk. But anyway, he was the national president.
Well, and like I said, I had the, uh, Gatewood, no the Brighton PTA gave me the
Golden Acorn Award.
L. L. : What was that award for?... Do you remember what the purpose of it was?
M. C. : Well, eflBciency as a teacher I would recall, and interest in, uh, working with parents.
Every position I had, I grew into, and they were always something, um, usually something
new. And that's what made it so interesting. Now when I went to Gatewood in 1943 or
what ever it was you put down- that would do- uh, that was during World War II.
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249And you see you had the children, children at that time were a big problem because
they had no place to go. Mama was going back to work, Papa was overseas, and they
were restless. Like I remember one fifth-grade little boy, and that teacher just had an awful
time with him. She was a wonderful music teacher, but that youngster didn't want to listen
to anything, and every morning when he came in he walked right down the aisle and kicked
every kid right and left. And, you blow, you have to solve those problems, you have to
work with 'em. And, and it is, uh... and so I created, as a P.E. teacher(and I had 6 classes
of 30 minutes a day), but, uh, we had square dancing that the kinds just loved. First, it was
rhythm, you see, so music was wonderful. And the, uh, the uh, gym was an old portable
moved onto the school grounds, and that portable was about 3 times the size of the normal
portable which would be a regular classroom. And building just rocked with those
children!
L. L, : dancing?
dancing
sports
A'r
Joe Petta
teaching
269 M. C. : And, and, they had square-dangling out on the blacktop at recess and at noons. It helped a
great deal.
271 And then I also had sports. And, uh, 2 of the years I was over there, uh, the sports
involved all ofWest-Seattle schools. And that was a big, big interest for the whole
community over there. They practiced, and then on days when they would have events,
and they would go to the field house on the golf course, and that's where they would, uh,
(they would train on their schools you see and then have these events) and Gatewood won
the pennant twice while I was there when I had the children.
286 And we had the champion high-jumper in the whole city. And he looked like he was
the laziest boy, and he was, but he sure could jump. And he weighed, you'd never dream
he could do what he did. li remember he was an Italian boy, he and his brother. But he
made it in the art world as an artist back in New York. He was written up in the, in the
paper in the, uh, Society section...
L. L. : Did you...
M. C. : ...in the paper years later.
L. L. : Did you keep in contact with him, or how did you find out that he was written up in the
Society section?
M. C. : It was printed in the Seattle times.
L. L. : Oh.
M. C. : And I read it in the paper.
L. L. : ... you remembered him.
M. C. : And it showed him on a motorcycle with his little 3 year old girl.
302 And one time, the principal was so tired of talking to Tommy, uh. Tommy was one of
the boys, Tommy and Joe, Petta, Petta was their last name, P-E-T-T-A, and the principle
called me into his office and he said, "Margaret, I wish you'd go down and talk to Mrs.
Petta. Tommy's broken another window with a ball." And he said, "Go down and see if,
what you can do ." He said, "I just can't go there any more because," he said, "I'm just
not getting any place." I went down to Mrs. Petta's house-nice common little house, well,
kept-and when she saw me, she threw up both hands and she says, "My Got! Not my boys
again!" [with Italian accent.] But it was her boys again. And that, uh, that kind of a
family interested me because, uh, she spoke with an accent, she was Italian, and they had a
nice home, well-kept, and she said that the father had put up a basketball hoop, you know,
in the backyard, and he had done everything for those boys he could do, but they were still
getting into trouble. But, anyway, I guess they made out.
[see slide 26 for a picture of Margaret's father]
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328 L. L. : Um, would you like to move on, how 'bout to your family, urn your spouses name?
M. C. : How 'bout what did you say?
L. L. : Your family?
M.C. : My Family?
L. L. : Your family, how 'bout your spouses name, your husband's name?
M. C. : Well, you have to start back, back if you want my family, you start back with my, my
father.
L. L. : Actually, I thing we'll get to that, it starts actually, that's, it's starts with relationships and
marriage, and then it goes to family background.
M. C. : Oh, oh. Well, yours are different.
L. L. : Yeah
M. C. : Well, my husband, what do you want to know.
334
L. L. : [The rest of tape 1, side A up through tape 1, side B @ 412 deals strictly with family
history, so see biographical information.]
Tape 1
side B (beginning @ 412)
BlckDmnd 412 L. L. : So you were born in Black Diamond?
M. C. : I was born in Black Diamond.
L. L. : Urn, what, what do you remember most about your childhood there?
M. C. : About my life there?
L. L. : About your childhood?
M. C. : Now, I'm, urn, I'm missing a word with you.
L. L. : Childhood.
M. C. : Oh, my childhood.
L. L. : Right.
childhood 417 M. C. : I remember every bit of it just as well as if it were yesterday. That, that follows through
with memory. I lived in Black Diamond, we lived in Black Diamond m a very nice house
for those days. We were the first, we had the first bathroom in town.
[see slides 12 & 13 for pictures of Margaret as a young child]
L. L. : How old were you when you had the bathroom?
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Washington Women's Heritage Project records, 1900-2000
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
Margaret S. Covey
Aprils,1995
Cassette 1, Side 1
[The end of tape 1, side 1 was transcribed and added to the original transcript, 2026.]
Libby Lunstrum 24:04
What was his name?
Margaret Covey 24:06
Roland Jerome Covey.
Libby Lunstrum 24:08
Okay.
Margaret Covey 24:10
Roland.
Libby Lunstrum 24:10
Jerome.
Margaret Covey 24:11
Jerome, J-E-R-0-M-E.
Libby Lunstrum 24:14
Covey. And when- What date were you married?
Margaret Covey 24:17
July 21,1926.
Libby Lunstrum 24:22
1926. And the place?
Margaret Covey 24:26
We were married in a wedding ceremony at the White River Presbyterian Church in Auburn,
Washington.
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Lib by Lunstrum 24:36
When was he born?
Margaret Covey 24:39
Where was he born?
Libby Lunstrum 24:40
When, what year and— The date and the year?
Margaret Covey 24:43
Goodness, I never figured it out. He was three years, he must, he was born in 1890- Goodness, I
ought to get that right. I ought to get that right. Now, I have to get that from a family Bible that I
gave to my grandson.
Lib by Lunstrum 25:30
Okay,so—
Margaret Covey 25:31
I'll get that for you.
Libby Lunstrum 25:32
Okay. Let's see, do you know where he was born?
Margaret Covey 25:36
I beg your pardon?
Libby Lunstrum 25:37
Do you know where he was born, in what city?
Margaret Covey 25:40
Rochester. It wasn't in, he was born in Rochester, but it wasn't Rochester, New York. It was-
Libby Lunstrum 25:54
Like Pennsylvania?
Margaret Covey 25:56
What's another Rochester, back there in a little- Rhode Island, is it? I don't know, I think it was
Rhode Island.
Libby Lunstrum 26:02
Okay. What did he do for a living?
Margaret Covey 26:06
What?
Libby Lunstrum 26:07
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His profession.
Margaret Covey 26:09
Oh, he was an engineer.
Libby Lunstrum 26:11
An engineer. What type of engineer?
Margaret Covey 26:13
Drafting.
Libby Lunstrum 26:18
When did he pass away?
Margaret Covey 26:20
Well, he just died recently, but we were divorced.
Libby Lunstrum 26:23
Oh, you were?
Margaret Covey 26:24
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 26:24
Okay. Do you know what year he died?
Margaret Covey 26:27
Where he died?
Libby Lunstrum 26:28
What year?
Margaret Covey 26:29
Yes, he died this year.
Libby Lunstrum 26:35
Oh,okay.
Margaret Covey 26:35
At 95. Now, you can back up and find out what date that was.
Lib by Lunstrum 26:42
1900.
Margaret Covey 26:42
You can put down 95 and then I could figure that out myself, couldn't I?
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Libby Lunstrum 26:46
Yeah, well, since it's 1995 now, he must have been born in 1900.
Margaret Covey 26:50
No, he wasn't. He was born in 1800 and something.
Libby Lunstrum 26:53
1899?
Margaret Covey 26:55
18" Now let's see, was he 90- I thought he was 95 [?there at the beginning?], and he was born
on February 12, Lincoln's birthday.
Lib by Lunstrum 27:11
Okay, February 12. Did he, do you know if he died in Seattle, or was he somewhere else?
Margaret Covey 27:19
Did I what?
Libby Lunstrum 27:20
Did he die in Seattle or was he—
Margaret Covey 27:23
I think he died in Tacoma.
Libby Lunstrum 27:24
Tacoma. And you had two children?
Margaret Covey 27:26
I have two children.
Libby Lunstrum 27:27
Are those from him? He's their father?
Margaret Covey 27:30
Yes.
Libby Lunstrum 27:30
And how many marriages have you had?
Margaret Covey 27:33
Only one.
Libby Lunstrum 27:34
Just one. And what, what year did you get divorced?
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Margaret Covey 27:37
1960.
Lib by Lunstrum 27:40
Okay.
Margaret Covey 27:41
That's about 45 years ago, isn't it?
Libby Lunstrum 27:45
Yeah.
Margaret Covey 27:45
I know it's a long time.
Libby Lunstrum 27:46
Okay.
Margaret Covey 27:49
You see, this is where the, the years with the retarded child, with the handicapped child, comes
in, because he and his family never really accepted her. And I knew when she was born, our
pediatrician was head of the Children's Orthopedic Hospital, and when I could see how things
were going, his family never accepted her.
Libby Lunstrum 28:14
How— What year was she born?
Margaret Covey 28:17
She was born on February 18, in 1939.
Libby Lunstrum 28:25
Okay, I'd like to ask you questions about that later, if you don't mind.
Margaret Covey 28:29
Yes, of course.
Libby Lunstrum 28:31
Any common law marriages? I doubt—
Margaret Covey 28:34
Only one.
Libby Lunstrum 28:34
Just the one? Let's do family background. Mother's, your mother's name?
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Margaret Covey 28:48
My mother's name was Elizabeth Ann— Now, do you want her married name or her maiden
name?
Libby Lunstrum 28:55
How about both?
Margaret Covey 28:56
All right, Elizabeth Ann Gibbon, G-I-B-B-O-N.
Libby Lunstrum 29:02
That's maiden? That's her maiden name or her married name?
Margaret Covey 29:06
Her maiden name.
Libby Lunstrum 29:07
Okay. Gibbon G-I-B-B-O-N, and what was her married name?
Margaret Covey 29:11
Her married name was Spaight, the same as my maiden name, S-P-A-I-G-H-T.
Libby Lunstrum 29:18
Okay. Do you know when she was born, what year?
Margaret Covey 29:22
Well, I'll have to look it up.
Libby Lunstrum 29:24
Okay.
Margaret Covey 29:24
And I don't have that information, and I probably won't get it until Don gets home in maybe
another week or so.
Libby Lunstrum 29:31
Okay, that's fine. Would you like to go back to this when you get your family di- your family
history back?
Margaret Covey 29:38
I don't know why, I'm not deaf, and I don't know why I'm not, I'm not clicking with you.
Libby Lunstrum 29:43
Okay.
Margaret Covey 29:44
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Would you give, tell me the question again?
Libby Lunstrum 29:47
I was wondering if you'd like to wait to fill this out when you have the information? Because we
could always do—
Margaret Covey 29:53
Well, what else is there? Tell me.
Libby Lunstrum 29:55
Information, let's see, where your mother was born.
Margaret Covey 29:58
Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Libby Lunstrum 30:00
How do you spell Scranton?
Margaret Covey 30:01
S-C-R-A-N-T-0-N, Scranton, Pennsylvania. My father was born in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Lib by Lunstrum 30:12
One second here.
Margaret Covey 30:13
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Lib by Lunstrum 30:15
Okay, and what was your father's name?
Margaret Covey 30:20
Thomas George Spaight.
Lib by Lunstrum 30:30
Where were your mother and father married?
Margaret Covey 30:33
They were married in Seattle.
Lib by Lunstrum 30:35
Okay. Do you know the date of their marriage anniversary?
Margaret Covey 30:39
Oh, dear, I'll have to look that up.
Libby Lunstrum 30:44
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Okay.
Margaret Covey 30:44
I'm not sure.
Libby Lunstrum 30:45
That's fine. What about, did your mother hold a job outside of the home?
Margaret Covey 30:52
What was—
Libby Lunstrum 30:53
[Inaudible] occupation?
Margaret Covey 30:55
I'd say business.
Libby Lunstrum 30:57
Business?
Margaret Covey 30:58
We lived on a farm, but he was no- [recording ends].